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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... continued , and appointed Dodd , Essex County Prosecutor Cortlandt Parker , and Marcus L. Ward a committee of three to develop new financing . Among the chief supporters of the Mercury at this crucial period , besides those already ...
... continued , and appointed Dodd , Essex County Prosecutor Cortlandt Parker , and Marcus L. Ward a committee of three to develop new financing . Among the chief supporters of the Mercury at this crucial period , besides those already ...
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... continued Monday and Tuesday ; but , at the rate he is getting along , he will not be done before Friday . We only receive two months pay this time . Mr. Rosseter arrived here Monday with small parcels for the boys . A number of boxes ...
... continued Monday and Tuesday ; but , at the rate he is getting along , he will not be done before Friday . We only receive two months pay this time . Mr. Rosseter arrived here Monday with small parcels for the boys . A number of boxes ...
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... continued . You will not be required to go out of the State of Pennsylvania , and will return as soon as the emergency will admit . Your response to this appeal will add to the fame you have already achieved . 19 The governor's ...
... continued . You will not be required to go out of the State of Pennsylvania , and will return as soon as the emergency will admit . Your response to this appeal will add to the fame you have already achieved . 19 The governor's ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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