Hale, E.J. (1802-1880) Fayetteville observer. [Vol. 47, no. 2460 (July 25, 1864)]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.34.42 Author/Creator: Hale, E.J. (1802-1880) Place Written: Fayetteville, North Carolina Type: Newspaper Date: 25 July 1864 Pagination: 4 p. ; 60 x 45 cm Order a Copy
The Battle of Monocracy, Killed in Georgia, General McPherson, General Giles Smith & General Hood.
From 1825 to 1865, he was the owner, publisher and editor of The Fayetteville Observer, taking over the newspaper that had been established in 1816 and growing it to become the largest-circulation paper in North Carolina before the Civil War.
After Gen. William T. Sherman's army destroyed the Observer in March 1865, E.J. Hale moved to New York and established a book-printing company; his son E.J. II re-established the Observer in 1883.
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