Who was? (03-23-15)

[St Albans Raid]

Who was the 1st African American war correspondent for a major daily newspaper?

 

[chellers]

Thomas Morris Chester

 

[Mike Serpa]

The first African American war correspondent for a major daily newspaper, the Philadelphia Press, Thomas Morris Chester...

 

[GELongstreet]

Thomas M. Chester?

 

[Copperhead-mi]

Who was the 1st African American war correspondent for a major daily newspaper?

Thomas Morris Chester

 

[Northern Light]

Thomas Morris Chester

 

[rhettbutler1865]

Who was the 1st African American war correspondent for a major daily newspaper?

Thomas Morris Chester...

 

[Brenal]

Thomas Morris Chester of the Philadelphia Press.

 

[FarawayFriend]

"The first African American war correspondent for a major daily newspaper, the Philadelphia Press, Thomas Morris Chester witnessed Union soldiers with the Army of the Potomac seizing Richmond, Virginia. The Harrisburg native - the son of an escaped slave from Baltimore and an oyster salesman - was one of the city's most famous 19th century African Americans."

From: http://pacivilwar150.com/ThroughPeople/AfricanAmericans/ThomasMorrisChester

 

[Seduzal]

Thomas Morris Chester

 

[Stony]

Thomas Morris Chester

 

[Cumpston1862]

Thomas Morris Chester of the "Philadelphia Press"

 

[Littlestown]

Thomas Morris Chester

 

[ErnieMac]

Thomas M. Chester of the Philadelphia Press.

 

[adisciu9]

Thomas Morris Chester

 

[lelliott19]

Thomas Morris Chester - who served as war correspondent for the Philadelphia Press from Aug 1864 until the end of the war.

 

[BrrrBRRRR]

Thomas Morris Chester

 

[sarladaise]

Thomas Morris Chester

 

[C.S.M 1861]

Thomas Morris Chester
http://blog.pennlive.com/gettysburg-150/2013/06/harrisburg_native_was_first_bl.html

 

[hoosier]

Thomas Morris Chester