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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... head presented a horrible appearance , the blood and oozing brains hiding their features . 29 The field hospital of ... heads and anti - McClellan men hung theirs . A sad and anxious look was written on every face . . . . It was a hard ...
... head presented a horrible appearance , the blood and oozing brains hiding their features . 29 The field hospital of ... heads and anti - McClellan men hung theirs . A sad and anxious look was written on every face . . . . It was a hard ...
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... Head Off ! Lee's superb victory at Chancellorsville was in sharp contrast to the gloomy Southern military picture elsewhere . In Tennessee the Army of the Cumber- land under General William S. Rosecrans threatened Chattanooga , gateway ...
... Head Off ! Lee's superb victory at Chancellorsville was in sharp contrast to the gloomy Southern military picture elsewhere . In Tennessee the Army of the Cumber- land under General William S. Rosecrans threatened Chattanooga , gateway ...
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... head swung around , threatening collision with the craft beside us . In that other boat was a red - haired captain , a fiery little Irish gamecock . Quick as thought he grasped the situation , and leaning far over the gunwale with ...
... head swung around , threatening collision with the craft beside us . In that other boat was a red - haired captain , a fiery little Irish gamecock . Quick as thought he grasped the situation , and leaning far over the gunwale with ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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