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 103
... cross the Rappahannock and oc- cupy the city . Burnside refused . Two days later General Joseph Hooker , com- manding the Center Grand Division , arrived at Stafford Heights . A rapid dash across the river would secure the town and open ...
... cross the Rappahannock and oc- cupy the city . Burnside refused . Two days later General Joseph Hooker , com- manding the Center Grand Division , arrived at Stafford Heights . A rapid dash across the river would secure the town and open ...
Page 107
... cross directly opposite the city ; Franklin's Left Grand Division would cross some distance below , then flank the heights ; Hooker's Center Grand Division would be held in reserve . war . Burnside's plan , already shambled by ...
... cross directly opposite the city ; Franklin's Left Grand Division would cross some distance below , then flank the heights ; Hooker's Center Grand Division would be held in reserve . war . Burnside's plan , already shambled by ...
Page 156
... cross the Rappahannock afforded Hooker another ten days to perfect his plan of attack . Instead of striking directly at the heavily fortified heights to the rear of Fredericksburg as Burnside had done with such disastrous results in ...
... cross the Rappahannock afforded Hooker another ten days to perfect his plan of attack . Instead of striking directly at the heavily fortified heights to the rear of Fredericksburg as Burnside had done with such disastrous results in ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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