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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... Morrison , from the pen of a man who was not in the fight , we claim the privilege , as wounded soldiers of the 26th N.J. Regiment , to say a word or two in defense of our noble Col. Morrison . There are a great many who have left the ...
... Morrison , from the pen of a man who was not in the fight , we claim the privilege , as wounded soldiers of the 26th N.J. Regiment , to say a word or two in defense of our noble Col. Morrison . There are a great many who have left the ...
Page 183
... Morrison was drunk on the 3d and 4th inst . It seems that the " Acting Adjutant " was afraid of an expression of sym- pathy at home in favor of Colonel Morrison . Why was this ? Was it because the truth in the matter was leaking out ...
... Morrison was drunk on the 3d and 4th inst . It seems that the " Acting Adjutant " was afraid of an expression of sym- pathy at home in favor of Colonel Morrison . Why was this ? Was it because the truth in the matter was leaking out ...
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... Morrison helped organize the Worth Guards , a volunteer outfit that proclaimed its readiness to free Cuba from Spanish domination should hostilities break out . After cooler heads smoothed over the trouble with Spain , the Worth Guards ...
... Morrison helped organize the Worth Guards , a volunteer outfit that proclaimed its readiness to free Cuba from Spanish domination should hostilities break out . After cooler heads smoothed over the trouble with Spain , the Worth Guards ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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