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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... carried out . On the other hand the Committee say they never authorized any such promise , as they have not the funds necessary to carry it out . The matter as it now stands , has caused a general dissatisfaction , and unless it is ...
... carried out . On the other hand the Committee say they never authorized any such promise , as they have not the funds necessary to carry it out . The matter as it now stands , has caused a general dissatisfaction , and unless it is ...
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... carried a line of rifle - pits , and drove the enemy to the protection of their earthworks , but in vain en- deavored to carry the heights above them . The enemy's batteries rose on the hill above them , one over another , like a pair ...
... carried a line of rifle - pits , and drove the enemy to the protection of their earthworks , but in vain en- deavored to carry the heights above them . The enemy's batteries rose on the hill above them , one over another , like a pair ...
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... carrying everything before them.13 The force of their assault carried the Union troops far beyond the Rebel works . Journal readers , grown accustomed to the paper's usual glowing reports of Confederate military prowess , must have been ...
... carrying everything before them.13 The force of their assault carried the Union troops far beyond the Rebel works . Journal readers , grown accustomed to the paper's usual glowing reports of Confederate military prowess , must have been ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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