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3 unusual facts about New-York Tribune


New-York Tribune

After the failure of the Peninsular Campaign in the spring of 1862, the Tribune pressured President Abraham Lincoln into installing John Pope as commander of the Army of Virginia.

During the first few months of the war, the paper's "on to Richmond" slogan pressured Union general Irvin McDowell into advancing on the Confederate capital of Richmond before his army was ready, resulting in the defeat at the First Battle of Manassas on July 21, 1861.

The paper, which was originally named The News World and later changed to The New York City Tribune, was published by News World Communications, Inc., owned by the Unification Church.



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Alvan E. Bovay

At that time, Bovay visited New York and had a conversation with Horace Greeley, the editor of the New York tribune about the topic.

Andersonville National Historic Site

It was published by the New York Tribune when Horace Greeley, the owner, learned that the federal government had refused and given Atwater much grief.

W. F. Johnson

Willis Fletcher Johnson (1857–1931), American writer for The New York Tribune

Washington Allon Bartlett

The name was also attached to a satirical poem written by Edmund Clarence Stedman which appeared in The New York Tribune, which so enraged the father of the bride that an apology or "satisfaction" was demanded.