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 70
... fight with trembling knees " does “ the sternest and most brilliant fighting " when " the fierce wine of battle pours in tumultuous surges through his veins . " In any event , added the paper , " few of the new soldiers called into ...
... fight with trembling knees " does “ the sternest and most brilliant fighting " when " the fierce wine of battle pours in tumultuous surges through his veins . " In any event , added the paper , " few of the new soldiers called into ...
Page 140
... fight , or make him fight ; he ought to fight . He has as much or more at stake in this war than any one else . There is now and then one of the “ dog - in- the - manger " sort of men , who declare that they " will not fight for the ...
... fight , or make him fight ; he ought to fight . He has as much or more at stake in this war than any one else . There is now and then one of the “ dog - in- the - manger " sort of men , who declare that they " will not fight for the ...
Page 149
... fight them until they are coerced into submission to the Constitution and all the laws of the United States . That we are in favor of peace , but there is but one basis of peace with rebels , and that is unconditional submission to the ...
... fight them until they are coerced into submission to the Constitution and all the laws of the United States . That we are in favor of peace , but there is but one basis of peace with rebels , and that is unconditional submission to the ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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