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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... fire in our camp was surrounded with a knot of eager listeners to their adventures . 13 Because the supply wagons ... fires of those fortunate enough to precede us . The sky threatened rain . Fires were built , coffee and meat vanished ...
... fire in our camp was surrounded with a knot of eager listeners to their adventures . 13 Because the supply wagons ... fires of those fortunate enough to precede us . The sky threatened rain . Fires were built , coffee and meat vanished ...
Page 111
... fires upon our devoted columns , while the answering fire of our batteries across the river had apparently but little effect upon them . . . . The number of wounded horses dashing over the plain throughout the day , riderless and bloody ...
... fires upon our devoted columns , while the answering fire of our batteries across the river had apparently but little effect upon them . . . . The number of wounded horses dashing over the plain throughout the day , riderless and bloody ...
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... fire of shot and shell , and they were forced to " take out " with a rush . The poor mules jirked [ sic ] the ... fire . The same officer tried the game in the afternoon , and our skirmishers obeyed orders , wounding the officer severely ...
... fire of shot and shell , and they were forced to " take out " with a rush . The poor mules jirked [ sic ] the ... fire . The same officer tried the game in the afternoon , and our skirmishers obeyed orders , wounding the officer severely ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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