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 108
... front of us their batteries peered out , half masked by the trees . To the right , the cannonading was becoming more and more terrible , and the smoke from the rebel guns hung like a pall over the devoted city . We soon had descended ...
... front of us their batteries peered out , half masked by the trees . To the right , the cannonading was becoming more and more terrible , and the smoke from the rebel guns hung like a pall over the devoted city . We soon had descended ...
Page 110
... front , and one regi- ment after another of our own brigade fell quietly into their ranks and moved off to battle , until we were left alone . We awaited our turn , a little nervously , perhaps , but still quietly and hopefully . We ...
... front , and one regi- ment after another of our own brigade fell quietly into their ranks and moved off to battle , until we were left alone . We awaited our turn , a little nervously , perhaps , but still quietly and hopefully . We ...
Page 111
... front . General Howe observed us from the roof of a house near by , and knowing the colors , sent an orderly peremptorily ordering us to resume our position , saying it " was nothing but murder to send men to the front with such ...
... front . General Howe observed us from the roof of a house near by , and knowing the colors , sent an orderly peremptorily ordering us to resume our position , saying it " was nothing but murder to send men to the front with such ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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