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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... enemy , and everybody seemed certain that Hooker had pierced the lines of the enemy , and the heights surmounting Fredericksburg would be evacuated by them during the coming night . About sundown Reynolds brought his wagon trains across ...
... enemy , and everybody seemed certain that Hooker had pierced the lines of the enemy , and the heights surmounting Fredericksburg would be evacuated by them during the coming night . About sundown Reynolds brought his wagon trains across ...
Page 164
... enemy lines . Newton's divi- sion was first off , encountering severe opposition , then gaining ground rapidly . Howe's forces met equally stubborn resistance , so much so that for a time it seemed their assault might fail . Sergeant ...
... enemy lines . Newton's divi- sion was first off , encountering severe opposition , then gaining ground rapidly . Howe's forces met equally stubborn resistance , so much so that for a time it seemed their assault might fail . Sergeant ...
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... enemy from Lee's Hill . General Sedgwick , standing beside General Newton when Howe made his final attack , " expressed himself highly displeased at the attempt , as the enemy was already virtually dislodged , and a short time would ...
... enemy from Lee's Hill . General Sedgwick , standing beside General Newton when Howe made his final attack , " expressed himself highly displeased at the attempt , as the enemy was already virtually dislodged , and a short time would ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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