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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... Colonel breasted the torrent ; in vain the Major urged the men to stand fast ; in vain did Adjutant White , the chivalric De Bayard of the 26th , implore the gods for aid . The boys never rallied . Lieutenant Woods made an attempt to ...
... Colonel breasted the torrent ; in vain the Major urged the men to stand fast ; in vain did Adjutant White , the chivalric De Bayard of the 26th , implore the gods for aid . The boys never rallied . Lieutenant Woods made an attempt to ...
Page 182
... Colonel Morrison . Let these facts be remembered that while Colonel Morrison was bravely leading his troops into action the com- missionless " Adjutant " who caused his arrest for drunkenness on the field of battle from a personal ...
... Colonel Morrison . Let these facts be remembered that while Colonel Morrison was bravely leading his troops into action the com- missionless " Adjutant " who caused his arrest for drunkenness on the field of battle from a personal ...
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... Colonel Edward Martindale , also entered service at the same time . Commissioned captain and commissary of subsistence , U.S. Volunteers , on September 19 , 1861 , Colonel Martindale was attached to the staff of Brigadier General ...
... Colonel Edward Martindale , also entered service at the same time . Commissioned captain and commissary of subsistence , U.S. Volunteers , on September 19 , 1861 , Colonel Martindale was attached to the staff of Brigadier General ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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