Civil War newspaper suppression in Oregon

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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[edit]

  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.