Question

The south defeat, 1865

2. What does the author mean by "The press is now muzzled- and all news comes to us through the
sieve of Yankee eyes."?

Please help due at 8:00pm

Answer 1

The phrase comes from the perspective of a confederacy supporter. The author is pointing out at the fact that with the total defeat of the confederacy during the American Civil War, all news about the war, and historiography would come from the side of the victors: the Union, known in the South as the "yankees".