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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... editor was commonplace , whether the paper was Republican or Democrat . Upon hearing news of the Union debacle at Fredericksburg in December 1862 , the owner of the Philadel- phia Press wired his managing editor : " Don't treat the ...
... editor was commonplace , whether the paper was Republican or Democrat . Upon hearing news of the Union debacle at Fredericksburg in December 1862 , the owner of the Philadel- phia Press wired his managing editor : " Don't treat the ...
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... editor's chair led to the abandonment of the newspaper scheme . Whatever accommodations were reached between Kinney and the committee can only be conjectured , although Kinney's acceptance of the former Mercury editor was a major ...
... editor's chair led to the abandonment of the newspaper scheme . Whatever accommodations were reached between Kinney and the committee can only be conjectured , although Kinney's acceptance of the former Mercury editor was a major ...
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... editor of the Weekly Tribune , and then in rapid succession night editor , city and political editor of the daily edition . Cummings resigned from the Tribune in the fall of 1868 . In December of the same year Cummings became night ...
... editor of the Weekly Tribune , and then in rapid succession night editor , city and political editor of the daily edition . Cummings resigned from the Tribune in the fall of 1868 . In December of the same year Cummings became night ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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