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Resources: Reporters and Artists for Confederate Newspapers
This page compiled and uploaded November 6, 2006

The first list on this page presents an alphabetical list of reporters by name, with their pseudonyms in parentheses. The second list provides an alphabetical list of Southern newspapers for which they wrote.

Reporters Newspapers
  • Abrams, Alexander St. Claire
    Atlanta Daily Intelligencer ("A.S.A.", "St. Clair")

  • Adams, Warren
    Mobile Daily Advertiser and Register

  • Albertson, Jonathan White
    Confederate Press Association

  • Alexander, Peter Wellington
    Savannah Republican ("P.W.A.")
    Mobile Daily Advertiser and Register ("A")
    Richmond Daily Dispatch ("Sallust")

  • Bagby, Dr. George William
    Charleston Mercury ("Hermes")
    Columbus (GA) Daily Sun ("Pan")
    Mobile Daily Advertiser and Register ("Gamma")
    New Orleans Daily Crescent ("Malou")

  • Barr, M. W.
    Memphis Daily Appeal

  • Barr, William D.
    Memphis Daily Appeal ("B")

  • Bass, J. N.
    Atlanta Daily Southern Confederacy

  • Bell, James Pinkey
    Richmond Daily Dispatch

  • Britton, E. H.
    Charlotte (N.C.) Bulletin

  • Bruns, Dr. John Dickson
    Charleston Mercury ("J.D.B.")

  • Bunting, Robert Franklin
    Houston Telegraph
    San Antonio Herald

  • Carter, Captain Theodoric
    Chattanooga Daily Rebel ("Mint Julep")
    Montgomery Daily Mail ("Mint Julep")

  • Cooke, John Esten
    Richmond Whig
    Richmond Southern Illustrated News

  • Courtenay, William A.
    Charleston Mercury ("Kiawah")

  • Cox, T. J.
    Columbus Daily Sun

  • Da Ponte, Durant
    New Orleans Daily Delta ("D.")

  • Davis, Captain Richard T.
    Savannah Republican

  • Dawson, Andrew H.
    Mobile Daily Advertiser and Register ("Bayard")

  • de Fontaine, Felix Gregory
    Charleston Daily Courier ("Personne")
    Columbia Daily South Carolinian ("Personne")
    Daily Richmond Enquirer
    Memphis Daily Appeal ("Quel Qu'un")
    Mobile Daily Advertiser and Register ("Personne")
    Richmond Whig ("F. G. de F.")
    Savannah Republican ("F. G. de F.")

  • De Gournay, Captain Francis F.
    New Orleans Daily Picayune

  • Dill, Benjamin F.
    Memphis Daily Appeal

  • Duncan, David Grieve
    Charleston Mercury
    New Orleans Daily Delta
    Richmond Daily Dispatch
    Savannah Morning News

  • Duprè, Colonel Louis J.
    Knoxville Daily Register ("Sous Lieutenant", "S. L.")

  • Dutcher, Salem
    Augusta Daily Constitutionalist (Tyrone Powers)

  • Ette, Robert
    Memphis Daily Appeal

  • Farris / Ferris (?) Captain
    Atlanta (Knoxville) Daily Register

  • Flournoy, J. G.
    Memphis Daily Appeal

  • Fouard, N. E.
    Charleston Daily Courier

  • Forbes, -
    Confederate Press Association

  • Forsyth, John
    Mobile Daily Advertiser and Register ("Press")
    Atlanta Daily Southern Confederacy ("Press")
    Augusta Daily Constitutionalist ("Press")
    Charleston Daily Courier ("Press")

  • Fowler, W. B.
    Mobile Daily Tribune

  • Galbreath, W. B.
    Memphis Daily Appeal ("Grapeshot")

  • Gibbons, Israel
    New Orleans Daily Crescent ("I. G.")
    Mobile Daily Advertiser and Register ("I. G")

  • Graeme, John Jr.
    Southern Associated Press
    Confederate Press Association

  • Gray, Alexander
    Southern Associated Press

  • Hatcher, John E.
    Confederate Press Association ("Scantling")
    Mobile Daily Advertiser and Register

  • Hotze, Henry
    Mobile Dailiy Advertiser and Register ("Cadet")

  • Hutchen, Virginius
    Columbus Daily Sun

  • Jenkins, Donelson Caffery
    New Orleans Daily Delta

  • Jeter, Oliver
    Mobile Daily Advertiser and Register

  • Kennedy, Captain John
    Southern Associated Press

  • Kirk, Charles D.
    Louisville Daily Courier ("Se De Kay")
    Chattanooga Daily Rebel ("Se De Kay")
    Memphis Daily Appeal ("Se De Kay")
    Augusta Daily Constitutionalist ("Se De Kay")

  • Lane, J. L.
    New Orleans Daily Delta ("J. J. L.")

  • Linebaugh, John H.
    Memphis Daily Appeal ("Ashantee")

  • Loomis, -
    Southern Associated Press

  • Marx, Bonhomme
    New Orleans Daily Picayune

  • Mathews, L. H.
    Pensacola Observer ("Nemo")

  • Matthews, Captain
    Memphis Daily Appeal ("Harvey")

  • Meyer, Gustave
    Richmond Daily Dispatch

  • Montgomery, Louis M.
    New Orleans Daily Delta ("Louis M. M.")

  • Parks, Virgil A. S.
    Savannah Republican ("VA.S.P.")

  • Perry, Major Henry H.
    Memphis Daily Appeal ("H. P.")
    New Orleans Daily Picayune ("H. P.")

  • Pleasants, Hugh
    Richmond Daily Dispatch

    Memphis Daily Appeal ("H. P.") Posey, Ben Lane
    Mobile Daily Advertiser and Register ("Ben Lane")

  • Pryor, J. P.
    Memphis Daily Appeal ("J.P.P.)

  • Purvis, Captain George E.
    Atlanta Daily Southern Confederacy ("Burley")

  • Reid, Samuel Chester Jr.
    Chattanooga Daily Rebel ("Sparta")
    Memphis Daily Appeal ("Sparta")
    New Orleans Daily Picayune ("Sparta")
    Montgomery Daily Advertiser ("Ora")
    Mobile Daily Advertiser and Register ("Ora")
    Atlanta Daily Intelligencer ("290")

  • Reyburn, W. P.
    New Orleans Daily Crescent

  • Riordan, Bartholomew R.
    Charleston Mercury ("Adsum")
    Confederate Press Association

  • Roberts, Albert
    Nashville Republican Banner ("John Happy")

  • Rowe, George Henry Clay
    Daily Richmond Examiner

  • Russell, -
    Daily Richmond Examiner

  • Ryan, Lipscomb
    New Orleans Daily Crescent

  • Sanderson, -
    Confederate Press Association

  • Screws, William Wallace
    Montgomery Daily Advertiser

  • Semple, William M.
    Mobile Daily Advertiser and Register ("Crescent")

  • Sener, James Beverly
    Richmond Daily Dispatch ("X")
    Daily Richmond Enquirer ("X")

  • Shepardson, Dr. William G.
    Mobile Daily Advertiser and Register ("Evelyn")
    Columbus (Georgia) Times
    Montgomery Daily Advertiser
    Richmond Daily Dispatch ("Bohemian")

  • Sledge, James
    Athens Southern Banner

  • Smith, J. Henlry
    Confederate Press Association

  • Smoot, -
    Confederate Press Association

  • Smyth, Frank
    Petersburg Daily Express

  • Sneed, James Roddy
    Savannah Republican

  • Sossman, -
    Mobile Daily Tribune

  • Sparnick, Henry
    Charleston Daily Courier ("Sigma")

  • Spratt, Leonidas W.
    Charleston Mercury ("L.W.S.")

  • Stedman, George Clinton
    Daily Richmond Enquirer

  • Stoddard, George
    New Orleans Daily Crescent

  • Street, Albert J.
    Mobile Daily Advertiser and Register (N'Importe")
    Savannah Republic (N'Importe")

  • Thompson, J. H.
    Jackson Daily Mississipian

  • Thompson, John R.
    Memphis Daily Appeal ("Dixie")

  • Thompson, William Tappan
    Savannah Morning News

  • Timrod, Henry
    Charleston Mercury ("Kappa")

  • Tinsley, H. T.
    Richmond Daily Dispatch ("T.")

  • Wagner, A. J.
    Confederate Press Association

  • Walker, Alexander
    New Orleans Daily Delta

  • Ward, John S.
    Atlanta Daily Register

  • Watterson, Henry
    Atlanta Daily Southern Confederacy
    Augusta Daily Constitutionalist ("Grape")
    Mobile Daily Advertiser and Register

  • West, John M.
    New Orleans True Delta

  • Woodson, Will O.
    Confederate Press Association

  • Wright, Lieutenant T. D.
    Atlanta Daily Southern Confederacy ("T.D.W.")

  • Wright, -
    New Orleans Bee

  • Yarington, Richard J.
    Richmond Associated Press ("R.J.Y.")
    Richmond Daily Press ("R.J.Y.")
    Columbus Daily Sun ("R.J.Y.")

  • Youngblood, Captain J. W.
    Memphis Daily Appeal ("Juventis")
  • Athens Southern Banner
    Sledge, James

  • Atlanta Daily Intelligencer
    Abrams, Alexander St. Claire ("A.S.A.", "St. Clair")
    Reid, Samuel Chester Jr. ("290")

  • Atlanta Daily Register
    Ward, John S.

  • Atlanta Daily Southern Confederacy
    Bass, J. N.
    Forsyth, John ("Press")
    Purvis, Captain George E. ("Burley")
    Watterson, Henry
    Wright, Lieutenant T. D. ("T.D.W.")

  • Atlanta (Knoxville) Daily Register
    Farris / Ferris (?) Captain

  • Augusta Daily Constitutionalist
    Dutcher, Salem (Tyrone Powers)
    Forsyth, John ("Press")
    Kirk, Charles D. ("Se De Kay")
    Watterson, Henry ("Grape")

  • Charleston Daily Courier
    de Fontaine, Felix Gregory ("Personne")
    Forsyth, John ("Press")
    Fouard, N. E.
    Sparnick, Henry ("Sigma")

  • Charleston Mercury
    Bagby, Dr. George William ("Hermes")
    Bruns, Dr. John Dickson ("J.D.B.")
    Courtenay, William A. ("Kiawah")
    Duncan, David Grieve
    Riordan, Bartholomew R. ("Adsum")
    Spratt, Leonidas W. ("L.W.S.")
    Timrod, Henry ("Kappa")

  • Charlotte (N.C.) Bulletin
    Britton, E. H.

  • Chattanooga Daily Rebel
    Carter, Captain Theodoric ("Mint Julep")
    Kirk, Charles D. ("Se De Kay")
    Reid, Samuel Chester Jr. ("Sparta")

  • Columbia Daily South Carolinian
    de Fontaine, Felix Gregory ("Personne")

  • Columbus (GA) Daily Sun
    Bagby, Dr. George William ("Pan")
    Cox, T. J.
    Hutchen, Virginius
    Yarington, Richard J. ("R.J.Y.")

  • Columbus (GA) Times
    Shepardson, Dr. William G.

  • Confederate Press Association
    Albertson, Jonathan White
    Forbes, -
    Hatcher, John E. ("Scantling")
    Graeme, John Jr.
    Riordan, Bartholomew R. (as "Adsum"?)
    Sanderson, -
    Smith, J. Henlry
    Smoot, -
    Woodson, Will O.
    Wagner, A. J.

  • Daily Richmond Enquirer
    de Fontaine, Felix Gregory
    Sener, James Beverly ("X")
    Stedman, George Clinton

  • Daily Richmond Examiner
    Rowe, George Henry Clay
    Russell, -

  • Houston Telegraph
    Bunting, Robert Franklin

  • Jackson Daily Mississipian
    Thompson, J. H.

  • Knoxville Daily Register
    Duprè, Colonel Louis J. ("Sous Lieutenant", "S. L.")
  • Louisville Daily Courier
    Kirk, Charles D. ("Se De Kay")

  • Memphis Daily Appeal
    Barr, M. W.
    Barr, William D. ("B")
    Dill, Benjamin F.
    de Fontaine, Felix Gregory ("Quel Qu'un")
    Ette, Robert
    Flournoy, J. G.
    Galbreath, W. B. ("Grapeshot")
    Kirk, Charles D. ("Se De Kay")
    Linebaugh, John H. ("Ashantee")
    Matthews, Captain ("Harvey")
    Perry, Major Henry H. ("H. P.")
    Pryor, J. P. ("J.P.P.)
    Reid, Samuel Chester Jr. ("Sparta")
    Thompson, John R. ("Dixie")
    Youngblood, Captain J. W. ("Juventis")

  • Mobile Daily Advertiser and Register
    Adams, Warren
    Alexander, Peter Wellington ("A.")
    Bagby, Dr. George William ("Gamma")
    Dawson, Andrew H. ("Bayard")
    de Fontaine, Felix Gregory ("Personne")
    Forsyth, John ("Press")
    Jeter, Oliver
    Hotze, Henry ("Cadet")
    Hatcher, John E. (as "Scantling?")
    Gibbons, Israel ("I. G.")
    Reid, Samuel Chester Jr. ("Ora")
    Semple, William M. ("Crescent")
    Shepardson, Dr. William G. ("Evelyn")
    Street, Albert J. (N'Importe")
    Watterson, Henry

  • Mobile Daily Tribune
    Fowler, W. B.
    Posey, Ben Lane ("Ben Lane")
    Sossman, -

  • Montgomery Daily Advertiser
    Reid, Samuel Chester Jr. ("Ora")
    Screws, William Wallace
    Shepardson, Dr. William G.

  • Montgomery Daily Mail
    Carter, Captain Theodoric ("Mint Julep")

  • Nashville Republican Banner
    Roberts, Albert ("John Happy")

  • New Orleans Bee
    Wright, -

  • New Orleans Daily Crescent
    Bagby, Dr. George William ("Malou")
    Gibbons, Israel ("I. G.")
    Reyburn, W. P.
    Ryan, Lipscomb
    Stoddard, George

  • New Orleans Daily Delta
    Duncan, David Grieve
    Da Ponte, Durant ("D.")
    Jenkins, Donelson Caffery
    Lane, J. L. ("J. J. L.")
    Montgomery, Louis M. ("Louis M. M.")
    Walker, Alexander

  • New Orleans Daily Picayune
    De Gournay, Captain Francis F.
    Marx, Bonhomme
    Perry, Major Henry H. ("H. P.")
    Reid, Samuel Chester Jr. ("Sparta")

  • New Orleans True Delta
    West, John M.

  • Pensacola Observer
    Mathews, L. H. ("Nemo")

  • Petersburg Daily Express
    Smyth, Frank

  • Richmond Associated Press
    Yarington, Richard J. ("R.J.Y.")

  • Richmond Daily Dispatch
    Alexander, Peter Wellington ("Sallust")
    Bell, James Pinkey
    Duncan, David Grieve
    Meyer, Gustave
    Pleasants, Hugh
    Sener, James Beverly ("X")
    Shepardson, Dr. William G. ("Bohemian")
    Tinsley, H. T. ("T.")
    Yarington, Richard J. ("R.J.Y.")

  • Richmond Southern Illustrated News
    Cooke, John Esten
    Richmond Whig
    Cooke, John Esten
    de Fontaine, Felix Gregory ("F. G. de F.")

  • San Antonio Herald
    Bunting, Robert Franklin

  • Savannah Morning News
    Duncan, David Grieve
    Thompson, William Tappan

  • Savannah Republican
    Alexander, Peter Wellington ("P.W.A.")
    Davis, Captain Richard T.
    de Fontaine, Felix Gregory ("F. G. de F.")
    Parks, Virgil A. S. ("VA.S.P.")
    Sneed, James Roddy
    Street, Albert J. (N'Importe")

  • Southern Associated Press
    Gray, Alexander
    Graeme, John Jr.
    Kennedy, Captain John
    Loomis, -
  • Bibliography
    The South Reports The Civil War, J. Cutler Andrews, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1985

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