General Sherman looked upon journalists as a nuisance and a danger at headquarters and in the field, and acted toward them accordingly, then as throughout his great war career.
Ferdinand Heinrich Gustav Hilgard Quotes
He surprised me by his familiarity with details of movements and battles which I did not suppose had come to his knowledge. As he kept me talking for over half an hour, I flattered myself that what I had to say interested him.
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| Birth: | 10th April, 1835 |
| Death: | 12th November, 1900 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Journalist |
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Ferdinand Heinrich Gustav Hilgard was born in Speyer, Germany. He was an American journalist and financier who was an early president of the Northern Pacific Railway. He reported the Lincoln–Douglas debates for eastern newspapers and the Pikes Peak gold rush for the Cincinnati Daily Commercial. During the Civil War he was a war correspondent, first for The New York Herald and then for the New York Tribune. In 1881 he purchased The Nation and the New York Evening Post.
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