For the Glory of the Union: Myth, Reality, and the Media in Civil War New JerseyFairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984 - 231 pages American newspapers during the War Between the States were intensely partisan and reported the war news with strong biases. This intriguing study in the manipulation of the news follows the account of the military adventures of the Twenty-Sixth New Jersey Infantry, a nine-month volunteer regiment raised in and around Newark. |
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... acting General and staff were in front and the prisoners were then marched in under a guard to the centre of the Brigade . The acting Adjt . General then read the sentence to each one separately ; each prisoner stepping forward a few ...
... acting General and staff were in front and the prisoners were then marched in under a guard to the centre of the Brigade . The acting Adjt . General then read the sentence to each one separately ; each prisoner stepping forward a few ...
Page 181
... Acting Adjutant 26th N.J.V. , " who is sailing under false colors , in wearing staff straps and but- tons , when nothing but a simple Lieutenant of Company E. At the time expressed in the date of that letter Lieutenant Albert Allen , of ...
... Acting Adjutant 26th N.J.V. , " who is sailing under false colors , in wearing staff straps and but- tons , when nothing but a simple Lieutenant of Company E. At the time expressed in the date of that letter Lieutenant Albert Allen , of ...
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... Acting Bombastos Furioso , " on the plea that he had no horse to ride , ( something he never has had since he joined the regiment - Major Morris was on foot , ) besought Colonel Morrison to leave him in the road in charge of the ...
... Acting Bombastos Furioso , " on the plea that he had no horse to ride , ( something he never has had since he joined the regiment - Major Morris was on foot , ) besought Colonel Morrison to leave him in the road in charge of the ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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