List of war correspondents of the American Civil War

This is a list of war correspondents of the American Civil War and the outlets for which they typically reported. Overall there were about 600 different newspaper reporters covering the war.


 * Peter W. Alexander, Savannah Republican
 * A. Homer Byington, New York Tribune
 * Thomas Morris Chester, Philadelphia Press
 * Charles Carleton Coffin, Boston Journal 
 * William George, pen name "De Soto," The New York Times 
 * Felix Gregory de Fontaine, Charleston Courier
 * Thomas W. Knox, New York Herald
 * U.H. Painter, Philadelphia Inquirer
 * Whitelaw Reid, pen name "Agate," Cincinnati Gazette
 * William Howard Russell, London Times
 * George W. Smalley, New York Tribune
 * Benjamin C. Truman, Philadelphia Press and New York Times
 * Samuel Wilkeson Jr., The New York Times