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Provides an overview of the `Southern Illustrated News,' a publication of the South during the American Civil War. Distinction from illustrated papers from the North; Readers' response to the publication; Publishing problems encountered; Challenges in reporting battles; Criticisms against the paper; Adaptation of Northern newspapers' editorial cartoons.

The article looks at the use of Montreal, Quebec as a base for clandestine Confederate meetings during the U.S. Civil War. It looks at how Confederate President Jefferson Davis sent former Cabinet member Jacob Thompson to Montreal to organize a secret service that would raid the northern U.S. Thompson's plots included destabilizing the Union economy by converting paper money into gold, bioterrorism with yellow fever, and kidnapping President Abraham Lincoln.

The article reports that documents on Southern civilians collected by the United States War Department in 1891-1892 are digitized and available online at footnote.com. The "Confederate Papers Relating to Citizens or Business Firms" include documents such as contracts, telegrams and correspondence, and employee lists.