Pharos is a pretty good choice
I believe there was a contest but I am not sure the answer to your first question.
They fled to Union camps in the North or West.
Answer C. Tom Wolfe
The term of New Journalism was introduce by Tom Wolfe in a 1973 collection of journalism articles including works by himself and other journalist as: Truman Capote, Norman Mailer and others. So we can say that Tom Wolfe influenced the development of this new movement.