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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... Government , and I wish to know who is to transfer us . Is it to be done by Rodman M. Price , Fernando Wood & Co. ? or is it by Wigfall and his 25,000 of the chivalry , who are to subjugate the North , and proclaim from the top of ...
... Government , and I wish to know who is to transfer us . Is it to be done by Rodman M. Price , Fernando Wood & Co. ? or is it by Wigfall and his 25,000 of the chivalry , who are to subjugate the North , and proclaim from the top of ...
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... Government was called upon to de- cide , were , " Whether the convenience , comfort and business prosperity of individuals should be consulted , or the National existence be preserved ? Whether the rebels alone should be allowed to use ...
... Government was called upon to de- cide , were , " Whether the convenience , comfort and business prosperity of individuals should be consulted , or the National existence be preserved ? Whether the rebels alone should be allowed to use ...
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... Government , the conduct of the war , and everything in fact that looks to the aid of the administration , or the honor of the Government in suppressing this most iniquitous rebellion . ** Morrill read the officer's letter when the ...
... Government , the conduct of the war , and everything in fact that looks to the aid of the administration , or the honor of the Government in suppressing this most iniquitous rebellion . ** Morrill read the officer's letter when the ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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