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Raleigh Sentinel was a Raleigh, North Carolina, newspaper which was published daily, except Monday, from 1865 to 1875. It was printed semiweekly beginning in 1876 and ceased publication on February 27, 1877.^[1] During Reconstruction the editor, Josiah Turner, conducted a fervid campaign against carpetbaggers.^[2] The newspaper was the voice of the Democratic Party (United States), whose supporters were referred to as Conservatives.

History of publication

In June 1866 Turner said that he received a letter from Robert E. Lee. The general reported having misplaced his papers, which delayed him in writing a book about the American Civil War.^[3]

Theodore Bryant Kingsbury (1828 - 1913) left the Methodist Church ministry to edit the Raleigh Sentinel. He was a former journalist in Oxford, North Carolina, and Wilmington, North Carolina. In 1876 he moved to Wilmington to edit the Wilmington Morning Star.^[4]

On October 11, 1872, the offices of the Raleigh Sentinel were bombed with gunpowder. The powder was placed beneath a Hoe's large cylinder press early in the campaign to determine the outcome of the 1872 presidential election. Damage to property was estimated at $3,000.^[5] The Raleigh Sentinel{{'}}s views were in line with those of Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Herald. Like Greeley, the North Carolina newspaper exposed the corruption of the administration of Ulysses Grant.^[6]

On March 16, 1876, Turner and W.H.H. Howerton, North Carolina Secretary of State, were arrested and charged with conspiracy and libel.^[7]

References

1. ^{{cite news |publisher = Library of Congress|magazine = Chronicling America—The Raleigh Sentinel |date = 2009-09-02|location = Washington, District of Columbia}}
2. ^{{cite news|title = Josiah Turner|newspaper = New York Times|date = 1901-10-27|page = 7}}
3. ^{{cite news|title = News Of The Day|newspaper = New York Times|page = 4|date=1866-06-04}}
4. ^{{cite news|magazine = Southern Historical Collection at the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library|publisher = University of North Carolina|location = Chapel Hill|accessdate = 2009-09-02}}
5. ^{{cite news|title = A Singular Outrage|newspaper = New York Times|date = 1872-10-12|page = 7}}
6. ^{{cite news|title = An Administration Crime|newspaper = New York Times|date = 1872-10-13|page = 4}}
7. ^{{cite news|title = By Mail and Telegraph|newspaper = New York Times|date = 1876-03-17|page = 1}}