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 118
... began . After his resignation was rejected by the president , Burnside grew even more determined not to sit out the winter in camp . January was still young when preparations for a renewal of the contest began . Its tents pitched near ...
... began . After his resignation was rejected by the president , Burnside grew even more determined not to sit out the winter in camp . January was still young when preparations for a renewal of the contest began . Its tents pitched near ...
Page 160
... began to draw his soft pinions over their eyes and the mud and slough - holes grew deeper the teams sinking to the hubs therein , and requiring almost any amount of human effort to release them , the boys sometimes sinking to their ...
... began to draw his soft pinions over their eyes and the mud and slough - holes grew deeper the teams sinking to the hubs therein , and requiring almost any amount of human effort to release them , the boys sometimes sinking to their ...
Page 188
... began to scatter . Some ran from the rifle - pits toward the earthwork , others disappeared through the bushes . Before the shore was fairly reached our men sprang out into the water and waded to the land , the boats were emptied ...
... began to scatter . Some ran from the rifle - pits toward the earthwork , others disappeared through the bushes . Before the shore was fairly reached our men sprang out into the water and waded to the land , the boats were emptied ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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