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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... December 9 , most of them entrenched along the heights west of the city . More graybacks arrived hourly , ultimately swelling the Confederate host occupying the heights to some 80,000 . Burnside's senior officers , peering nervously ...
... December 9 , most of them entrenched along the heights west of the city . More graybacks arrived hourly , ultimately swelling the Confederate host occupying the heights to some 80,000 . Burnside's senior officers , peering nervously ...
Page 213
... December illness left the major as senior officer of the regiment during the Battle of Fredericksburg . All in all , Morris was an exceptional soldier . Colonel Grant singled him out for praise in his official report of the assault on ...
... December illness left the major as senior officer of the regiment during the Battle of Fredericksburg . All in all , Morris was an exceptional soldier . Colonel Grant singled him out for praise in his official report of the assault on ...
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... December 15 , 1862 . 5. Ibid . General Vinton , actually twenty - seven , was severely wounded at Fredericksburg and ... December 18 , 1862 . 8. Joseph Cullen , " The Battle of Fredericksburg , " American History Illustrated 13 , no . 3 ...
... December 15 , 1862 . 5. Ibid . General Vinton , actually twenty - seven , was severely wounded at Fredericksburg and ... December 18 , 1862 . 8. Joseph Cullen , " The Battle of Fredericksburg , " American History Illustrated 13 , no . 3 ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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