Chapter twenty-six
WilmingtonThe Monday, July 6 copy of the New York Times reported the battle details of Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia. Denning knew by past experience that he’d read a clearer and less biased view of the Gettysburg battle in the Times than he would in any propaganda-filled Southern paper. He chuckled to himself, in the privacy of his top-floor room in the Prince Hotel. He knew that interested parties, including military officers on both sides, would read each other’s papers for news of the political scene and battle fronts in Virginia and elsewhere. Censorship was nonexistent, which suited Denning fine.
He always sought the truth.
The first page announced the South’s misfortunes. Off to the left in bold print was — SPLENDID TRIUMPH OF THE ARMY OF THE
