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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... Mercury was kept afloat with loans and contributions from Newark Abolitionists and Republican business and profes- sional men . Sheer determination substituted for profit : The Mercury's circula- tion of some 1,500 copies barely met ...
... Mercury was kept afloat with loans and contributions from Newark Abolitionists and Republican business and profes- sional men . Sheer determination substituted for profit : The Mercury's circula- tion of some 1,500 copies barely met ...
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... Mercury's suspicions were confirmed in mid - 1861 when Charles D. Deshler , who had worked for the Constitutional Union ticket of Bell and Everett in the presidential campaign , was named editor of the Advertiser . Wrote Porter to ...
... Mercury's suspicions were confirmed in mid - 1861 when Charles D. Deshler , who had worked for the Constitutional Union ticket of Bell and Everett in the presidential campaign , was named editor of the Advertiser . Wrote Porter to ...
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... Mercury , December 15 , 1862 . 5. Ibid . General Vinton , actually twenty - seven , was severely wounded at ... Mercury , December 18 , 1862 . 11. Foster , p . 541 . 12. Mercury , December 22 , 1862 . 13. Ibid . 14. Foote , 2 : 33–39 ...
... Mercury , December 15 , 1862 . 5. Ibid . General Vinton , actually twenty - seven , was severely wounded at ... Mercury , December 18 , 1862 . 11. Foster , p . 541 . 12. Mercury , December 22 , 1862 . 13. Ibid . 14. Foote , 2 : 33–39 ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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