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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Page 37
... North . The Civil War " was a struggle in which political biases permeated every consideration , ” wrote Joseph J. Mathews in his history of Civil War newspapermen . " The Copperhead and disloyal press in the Union deemphasized ...
... North . The Civil War " was a struggle in which political biases permeated every consideration , ” wrote Joseph J. Mathews in his history of Civil War newspapermen . " The Copperhead and disloyal press in the Union deemphasized ...
Page 64
... North , after nearly a year and a half of fruitless warfare , had grown immune to patriotic appeals . Congressional au- thorization of a months ' advance pay for three - year volunteers and a two - dollar premium did little to stimulate ...
... North , after nearly a year and a half of fruitless warfare , had grown immune to patriotic appeals . Congressional au- thorization of a months ' advance pay for three - year volunteers and a two - dollar premium did little to stimulate ...
Page 65
... north for burial , a reluctant appreciation that victory was not to be achieved cheaply or quickly or gloriously . Disabled veterans on furlough from the front , their empty sleeves and wooden crutches mute evidence of the slaughter ...
... north for burial , a reluctant appreciation that victory was not to be achieved cheaply or quickly or gloriously . Disabled veterans on furlough from the front , their empty sleeves and wooden crutches mute evidence of the slaughter ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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