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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... duty by giving them no mention , while others , more favored it may be by his friendship , have been held up to the gaze of Jerseymen as distinguished for courage and bravery who were really undeserving any mention at all . The ...
... duty by giving them no mention , while others , more favored it may be by his friendship , have been held up to the gaze of Jerseymen as distinguished for courage and bravery who were really undeserving any mention at all . The ...
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... duty in the crossing and in forming upon the opposite bank and particularly upon the exhausting and trying duty of the skirmish line . ” On another occasion Martindale wrote “ in terms of high commendation ” of the major's “ unflinching ...
... duty in the crossing and in forming upon the opposite bank and particularly upon the exhausting and trying duty of the skirmish line . ” On another occasion Martindale wrote “ in terms of high commendation ” of the major's “ unflinching ...
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... duty , Martindale enlisted the aid of his brother , General Martindale , then re- cuperating in Washington from a severe bout of typhoid fever , to secure a command of his own . In late December of 1862 Martindale obtained a leave of ...
... duty , Martindale enlisted the aid of his brother , General Martindale , then re- cuperating in Washington from a severe bout of typhoid fever , to secure a command of his own . In late December of 1862 Martindale obtained a leave of ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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