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 92
... fields lining our march , we reached Wheatland , two miles beyond which we struck over the fields and the whole brigade encamped in a grove of small trees , near a field of unshocked corn , the stalks of which we immediately gobbled up ...
... fields lining our march , we reached Wheatland , two miles beyond which we struck over the fields and the whole brigade encamped in a grove of small trees , near a field of unshocked corn , the stalks of which we immediately gobbled up ...
Page 115
... field . Some of the dead were mashed into one complete jelly , their remains stringing over a distance of five yards , while others lay on their backs , hands clenched and toes turned in , a picture of stern determination and resolve ...
... field . Some of the dead were mashed into one complete jelly , their remains stringing over a distance of five yards , while others lay on their backs , hands clenched and toes turned in , a picture of stern determination and resolve ...
Page 182
... field of battle from a personal knowledge thereof , was snugly ensconced in the road- side near the bank of the Rappahannock , making a desperate effort to pre- serve his precious carcase from the perforations of the rebel bullets ...
... field of battle from a personal knowledge thereof , was snugly ensconced in the road- side near the bank of the Rappahannock , making a desperate effort to pre- serve his precious carcase from the perforations of the rebel bullets ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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