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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... force , and in a fair and well contested fight , where our soldiers nobly vindicated the bravery of the country , we have been disaster- ously defeated , and our capital placed at the mercy of our enemies . But does this defeat prove ...
... force , and in a fair and well contested fight , where our soldiers nobly vindicated the bravery of the country , we have been disaster- ously defeated , and our capital placed at the mercy of our enemies . But does this defeat prove ...
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... force be brought into the field , as soon as will be necessary . The great demand for labor at the North , in the harvest field , in manufac- tures , and in the various ramifications of business - indeed all the elements of our ...
... force be brought into the field , as soon as will be necessary . The great demand for labor at the North , in the harvest field , in manufac- tures , and in the various ramifications of business - indeed all the elements of our ...
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... forces moved out of the thick undergrowth and onto the fields of Chancellorsville , they met fierce and unex- pected resistance . At this critical juncture the odds favored the Army of the Potomac . If only its commander would put all ...
... forces moved out of the thick undergrowth and onto the fields of Chancellorsville , they met fierce and unex- pected resistance . At this critical juncture the odds favored the Army of the Potomac . If only its commander would put all ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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