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 63
... Potomac less than sixty - five miles from Richmond . New Jersey Copperheads rejoiced . Unionists despaired . Responding to the crisis , Foster of the Mercury called for the sternest resolution ; Kinney at the Advertiser was by turns ...
... Potomac less than sixty - five miles from Richmond . New Jersey Copperheads rejoiced . Unionists despaired . Responding to the crisis , Foster of the Mercury called for the sternest resolution ; Kinney at the Advertiser was by turns ...
Page 130
... Potomac to Aquia Creek Landing . Newark City Alderman Nathaniel C. Ball , Auditor Smith Ward , and a Mr. Clements made the journey in midmonth . Alderman Ball , a Democrat , wrote up his account for the Daily Journal : We arrived in ...
... Potomac to Aquia Creek Landing . Newark City Alderman Nathaniel C. Ball , Auditor Smith Ward , and a Mr. Clements made the journey in midmonth . Alderman Ball , a Democrat , wrote up his account for the Daily Journal : We arrived in ...
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... Potomac Creek Hospital . There were twenty - seven in all , several with legs and arms amputated . All our wounded whom we were compelled to leave behind us have been paroled and brought over , and are at Potomac Creek Hospital doing ...
... Potomac Creek Hospital . There were twenty - seven in all , several with legs and arms amputated . All our wounded whom we were compelled to leave behind us have been paroled and brought over , and are at Potomac Creek Hospital doing ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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