The story appeared in the third of nine columns on the front page of what was then the Chicago Daily Tribune, and began under a stack of seven headlines:
From Gettysburg
The Consecration of the Battle Cemetery
50,000 Persons in Attendance
Impressive Exercises at the Occasion
Dirge by Hon. D.B. French--Oration by Hon. Edward Everett
Dedicatory Address by President Lincoln
A Grand National testimonial to Our Fallen Braves
Interesting that Lincoln got the sixth headline.
--Old Secsh
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
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Wednesday, July 2, 2014
The Chicago Tribune Reports the Gettysburg Address-- Part 2
The Lincoln Gettysburg Address we know ends with the declaration "that the government of the people, by the people and for the people, shall not perish from the Earth."
The Tribune article had it "that the government the people founded, by the people shall not perish."
The reporter got the general idea correct, but not as striking as Lincoln's actual word usage.
Eric Zorn says that the reporter's effort wasn't really too bad, especially considering he didn't get an advance copy like reporters today do. Back then, they had to rely on notes, most likely taken while standing up and, then, there were the transcription skills of various telegraph operators with their relay equipment who would be relaying the story back to Chicago.
--Old Secesh
The Tribune article had it "that the government the people founded, by the people shall not perish."
The reporter got the general idea correct, but not as striking as Lincoln's actual word usage.
Eric Zorn says that the reporter's effort wasn't really too bad, especially considering he didn't get an advance copy like reporters today do. Back then, they had to rely on notes, most likely taken while standing up and, then, there were the transcription skills of various telegraph operators with their relay equipment who would be relaying the story back to Chicago.
--Old Secesh
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Problems Reporting During the Civil War: Oops, Tribune Got It Wrong-- Part 1
From the November 17, 2014, Chicago Tribune "Dateline Gettysburg: The Tribune regrets the (minor) error" by Eric Zorn.
Reporting during the Civil War had hardships that today's journalists could hardly imagine. And, the unknown reporter from the Chicago Tribune assigned to go out to Gettysburg Battlefield in November 1863 could hardly be blamed for getting a few words wrong. After all, this was in the time before loudspeakers and recorders.
We know the beginning words to be: "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
But the Tribune correspondent (no byline appeared) had it: "Four score and seven years ago, our fathers established upon this continent a government subscribed in liberty and dedicated to the fundamental principle that all mankind are created equal by a good God."
Not Quite the Version We Know, --Old Secesh
Reporting during the Civil War had hardships that today's journalists could hardly imagine. And, the unknown reporter from the Chicago Tribune assigned to go out to Gettysburg Battlefield in November 1863 could hardly be blamed for getting a few words wrong. After all, this was in the time before loudspeakers and recorders.
We know the beginning words to be: "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
But the Tribune correspondent (no byline appeared) had it: "Four score and seven years ago, our fathers established upon this continent a government subscribed in liberty and dedicated to the fundamental principle that all mankind are created equal by a good God."
Not Quite the Version We Know, --Old Secesh
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