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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... drafted after all . The August 4 order was nevertheless a powerful stimulus for recruitment : no state government wished to have anything remotely to do with the draft if it could help it , prompting officials from governor to mayor to ...
... drafted after all . The August 4 order was nevertheless a powerful stimulus for recruitment : no state government wished to have anything remotely to do with the draft if it could help it , prompting officials from governor to mayor to ...
Page 67
... draft . " The Journal foresaw opposition to the presidential order : Some people anticipate trouble when drafting goes into operation , many persons regarding an honest opposition to the principles and theory of the war as a sufficient ...
... draft . " The Journal foresaw opposition to the presidential order : Some people anticipate trouble when drafting goes into operation , many persons regarding an honest opposition to the principles and theory of the war as a sufficient ...
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... draft . ” Will not our banks , insurance offices , and other monied corporations and monied men , and every man who is liable to be drafted , come forward and furnish the necessary funds ? There are those willing to volunteer , but they ...
... draft . ” Will not our banks , insurance offices , and other monied corporations and monied men , and every man who is liable to be drafted , come forward and furnish the necessary funds ? There are those willing to volunteer , but they ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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