Author Debra Reddin van Tuyll: Debra Reddin van Tuyll is Professor of Communications at Georgia Regents University, USA.Author Nancy McKenzie Dupont: Nancy McKenzie Dupont is Associate Professor in the Meek School of Journalism and New Media at The University of Mississippi, USA.Author Joseph R. Hayden: Joseph R. Hayden is Associate Professor of Journalism at the University of Memphis, USA.

• Introduction: Occupied! 1. 'Sic Semper Tyrannis': The Alexandria Gazette Under Union Occupation 2. 'Ruling the Roost': The Occupied Press in Civil War Chattanooga 3. 'This Causeless War': The Transformation of New Orleans Newspapers During Union Occupation 4. Siege, Surrender and a New Age of Journalism in Occupied Vicksburg Conclusion