Civil War newspaper suppression in Oregon

A number of pro-Southern, Democratic newspapers in Oregon were suppressed by the federal government of the United States in the early 1860s.

Among them were the following weekly newspapers: the Albany Oregon Democrat, the Corvallis Union, the Jacksonville Southern Oregon Gazette. The Portland Advertiser, the only daily newspaper in the state at the time, was also suppressed.^[1] Mail suppression was the primary means of suppressing the papers.^[2]

References

^ Turnbull, George S. (1939). "Dailies That Struggled and Died" . History of Oregon Newspapers . Binfords & Mort.
^ McKay, Floyd J. "Civil War, Newspaper Suppression". The Oregon Encyclopedia. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

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[turnbull39-1] Turnbull, George S. (1939). "Dailies That Struggled and Died" . History of Oregon Newspapers . Binfords & Mort.

[2] McKay, Floyd J. "Civil War, Newspaper Suppression". The Oregon Encyclopedia. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

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