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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... Union army , the State Legislature debated resolutions expressing New Jersey's thanks to Lincoln , certain generals ... Union . " 8 The political tides that ebbed and flowed across New Jersey during the Civil War reflected the state's ...
... Union army , the State Legislature debated resolutions expressing New Jersey's thanks to Lincoln , certain generals ... Union . " 8 The political tides that ebbed and flowed across New Jersey during the Civil War reflected the state's ...
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... Union , confiscation of the landed property of the rebels , and its distribution among Union sol- diers . " Chief spokesman for the Radical Republicans was the Newark Daily Mercury , whose longtime editor , Horace N. Congar , had served ...
... Union , confiscation of the landed property of the rebels , and its distribution among Union sol- diers . " Chief spokesman for the Radical Republicans was the Newark Daily Mercury , whose longtime editor , Horace N. Congar , had served ...
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... Union troops on the field of battle , the Confederate army had " completely routed " Union forces and “ driven them with great loss toward the Capital . " The carnage on both sides , it said , was “ fearful , " Union generalship ...
... Union troops on the field of battle , the Confederate army had " completely routed " Union forces and “ driven them with great loss toward the Capital . " The carnage on both sides , it said , was “ fearful , " Union generalship ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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