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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... army at Washington . Lincoln needed a man who could bring order out of confusion , who could put together in reasonable time an army to invade Virginia . McClel- lan , who had spent the early war months successfully chasing Confederates ...
... army at Washington . Lincoln needed a man who could bring order out of confusion , who could put together in reasonable time an army to invade Virginia . McClel- lan , who had spent the early war months successfully chasing Confederates ...
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... army with considerable confidence and hope , fully persuaded that the army was eager for the fray and confident of success . What was my surprise to hear the veterans of ten battles - officers and men - frequently express the opinion ...
... army with considerable confidence and hope , fully persuaded that the army was eager for the fray and confident of success . What was my surprise to hear the veterans of ten battles - officers and men - frequently express the opinion ...
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... Army of North- ern Virginia . General Hooker responded with a flurry of activity . Surplus baggage was ordered to the rear , trenching tools and sandbags requisitioned and the Army Secret Service called on for up - to - date maps of ...
... Army of North- ern Virginia . General Hooker responded with a flurry of activity . Surplus baggage was ordered to the rear , trenching tools and sandbags requisitioned and the Army Secret Service called on for up - to - date maps of ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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