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 95
... Brigade , Gen. [ Alfred T. A. ] Torbert , is in our front , and it is computed by competent judges that there are three hundred thousand Union troops between us and Culpepper Court House . As far as the eye can reach it discloses fields ...
... Brigade , Gen. [ Alfred T. A. ] Torbert , is in our front , and it is computed by competent judges that there are three hundred thousand Union troops between us and Culpepper Court House . As far as the eye can reach it discloses fields ...
Page 138
... brigade was called out for the sentencing of eleven deserters : The Regiments were drawn up in the form of three sides of a parallelo- gram . The acting General and staff were in front and the prisoners were then marched in under a ...
... brigade was called out for the sentencing of eleven deserters : The Regiments were drawn up in the form of three sides of a parallelo- gram . The acting General and staff were in front and the prisoners were then marched in under a ...
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... Brigade had already crossed . There was no firing in front of us during the day , but on our left the white smoke and occasional booming of artillery , told us that Reynolds was experiencing some difficulty . From the hill a few paces ...
... Brigade had already crossed . There was no firing in front of us during the day , but on our left the white smoke and occasional booming of artillery , told us that Reynolds was experiencing some difficulty . From the hill a few paces ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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