A Fighting Editor by Annie Wittenmyer
Dr. Charles Elliott, editor of The Central Christian Advocate in St. Louis, defended the Union against the nearby Southern Christian Advocate as disunion intensified. After news of General Price’s victory prompted the Southern editor to display the State flag, Elliott raised an immense Union flag above it. Armed with pistols, he refused demands to remove it and threatened anyone who touched it. The opposing editor and his friends withdrew, and later martial law brought down rebel flags while Elliott’s Union banner continued to fly.
By Annie Wittenmyer · First published 1895 · Genre: Historical Nonfiction, American Civil War History, Biographical Sketch · 730 words
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In the spring of 1861, Dr. Charles Elliott edited _The Central Christian Advocate_, in the third story of a business block in St. Louis, Mo.
_The Southern Christian Advocate_, which represented the views of the South, was at the time published in the second story of the same building.
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- Work type: Historical account
- Author: Annie Wittenmyer
- Date: 1895 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Historical Nonfiction, American Civil War History, Biographical Sketch, Political History, Religious History
- Length: 730 words
- Structure: 1 section, 10 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Standard (8th-9th Grade)
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Genres
- Historical Nonfiction — The work recounts a purported real incident in St. Louis during the opening period of the American Civil War, using identifiable historical figures, places, institutions, and events.
- American Civil War History — Its central conflict is the national crisis of secession, the fall of Fort Sumter, divided loyalties in Missouri, Union military control, and opposition to Confederate sympathies.
- Biographical Sketch — The narrative concentrates on Dr. Charles Elliott's learning, character, political convictions, and decisive conduct as a Unionist editor.
- Political History — The text examines sectional division, Unionism, secession, slavery, martial law, and the public contest over political allegiance.
Tags
American Civil War · 1861 · St. Louis, Missouri · Union loyalty · secession crisis · disunion · slavery · Civil War journalism · religious newspapers · Methodist press · editorial rivalry · Charles Elliott
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