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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... bank , the sharpshooters on the other side opened on them . Then a battery , dashing down to the river bank , opened on the sharpshooters , and the flashing guns and shells bursting in the gathering darkness , made the scene ...
... bank , the sharpshooters on the other side opened on them . Then a battery , dashing down to the river bank , opened on the sharpshooters , and the flashing guns and shells bursting in the gathering darkness , made the scene ...
Page 158
... bank of the river , and within a mile of the place of our former passage of the river . The rain fell quite heavily during the night , and the boys slept on the wet ground beneath wet tents and wet blankets , but the night's rest was ...
... bank of the river , and within a mile of the place of our former passage of the river . The rain fell quite heavily during the night , and the boys slept on the wet ground beneath wet tents and wet blankets , but the night's rest was ...
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... Bank of Dennison . After a year on the frontier he returned to Newark , then in 1886 moved to Red Bank , New Jersey , to accept a position as discount clerk at the Second National Bank . Nine years later he left Second National to help ...
... Bank of Dennison . After a year on the frontier he returned to Newark , then in 1886 moved to Red Bank , New Jersey , to accept a position as discount clerk at the Second National Bank . Nine years later he left Second National to help ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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