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 67
... hour which had begotten the feeling in every man's breast that until he had offered himself to his country he owed an unpaid debt . " When a regiment was actually being organized in the neighborhood , added Dodd , “ this was brought ...
... hour which had begotten the feeling in every man's breast that until he had offered himself to his country he owed an unpaid debt . " When a regiment was actually being organized in the neighborhood , added Dodd , “ this was brought ...
Page 84
... hour with the 26th , but the time slipped away so pleasantly that it was almost the hour for dress parade , when I recollected that my original programme was to visit the 1st Ñ . J. Brigade , some ten miles away , yet that night . But ...
... hour with the 26th , but the time slipped away so pleasantly that it was almost the hour for dress parade , when I recollected that my original programme was to visit the 1st Ñ . J. Brigade , some ten miles away , yet that night . But ...
Page 86
... hour . " There was " hurrying to and fro , " and mounting knapsacks in “ hot haste . " One of the saddest events connected with breaking camp and marching along is leaving the sick comrades behind in hospitals among strangers . We left ...
... hour . " There was " hurrying to and fro , " and mounting knapsacks in “ hot haste . " One of the saddest events connected with breaking camp and marching along is leaving the sick comrades behind in hospitals among strangers . We left ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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