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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... Democratic “ Hickory Men " paraded through hamlet , town , and city in one of the most acrimonious cam- paigns ever waged in the state . Leading Democrats in Newark , the state's largest city , fearful that Douglas could not defeat ...
... Democratic “ Hickory Men " paraded through hamlet , town , and city in one of the most acrimonious cam- paigns ever waged in the state . Leading Democrats in Newark , the state's largest city , fearful that Douglas could not defeat ...
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... Democratic Banner dismissed the Daily Journal as unpatriotic and its course as ultimately disastrous for the Democratic party . Said the Ban- ner : The Newark Daily Journal , ever since the battles on the Chickahominy , has been crying ...
... Democratic Banner dismissed the Daily Journal as unpatriotic and its course as ultimately disastrous for the Democratic party . Said the Ban- ner : The Newark Daily Journal , ever since the battles on the Chickahominy , has been crying ...
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... Democrats . Newark voted heavily Democratic in the mayoralty contest of 1861 when incumbent Moses Bigelow received fifty - eight percent . In 1863 Democrat Theodore Runyon received fifty - five percent . The Democratic hold on the city ...
... Democrats . Newark voted heavily Democratic in the mayoralty contest of 1861 when incumbent Moses Bigelow received fifty - eight percent . In 1863 Democrat Theodore Runyon received fifty - five percent . The Democratic hold on the city ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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