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1850-1860s
Civil War Increased News Production
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Missouri's total newspapers rose from five to 16 during 1850 to 1860 because of an increasing demand for news on slavery issues. The Stars and Stripes, the newspaper of the United States military, was first printed by Union troops in the abandoned facilities of the Bloomfield (Mo.) Herald in 1861.
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(Top) A Harper's Weekly cartoon portrayed the defeat of Missouri secessionist Gov. Claiborne F. Jackson and Gen. Sterling Price by Union Gen. Nathaniel Lyon at Boonville, Mo., on June 17, 1861. (Bottom) The Liberty (Mo.) Tribune reported Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender in 1865.
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