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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... cause " at the cannon's mouth , the ladies should raise a subscription to get up the young man a petticoat , in which to appear at all war meetings in future . 55 From time to time the Journal lobbed an explosive at the Advertiser as ...
... cause " at the cannon's mouth , the ladies should raise a subscription to get up the young man a petticoat , in which to appear at all war meetings in future . 55 From time to time the Journal lobbed an explosive at the Advertiser as ...
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... cause as they claim this to be , [ General Thomas F. ] Meagher would not fight , nor [ General Michael ] Corcoran languish in heroic captivity . . . . Germans , when you are thus approached , point to the noble and war - torn [ General ...
... cause as they claim this to be , [ General Thomas F. ] Meagher would not fight , nor [ General Michael ] Corcoran languish in heroic captivity . . . . Germans , when you are thus approached , point to the noble and war - torn [ General ...
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... cause for celebration ; the Rebel invasion transformed the city's welcome into an ex- travaganza of patriotism the like of which Newark would not see again until war's end . It was a hero's welcome , as much for the regiment ( which had ...
... cause for celebration ; the Rebel invasion transformed the city's welcome into an ex- travaganza of patriotism the like of which Newark would not see again until war's end . It was a hero's welcome , as much for the regiment ( which had ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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