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 86
... leave Hagerstown . The standing order , “ Prepare to march , " was yesterday morning followed by an order to " March ... leaving the sick comrades behind in hospitals among strangers . We left ten behind who were carried in ambu- lances ...
... leave Hagerstown . The standing order , “ Prepare to march , " was yesterday morning followed by an order to " March ... leaving the sick comrades behind in hospitals among strangers . We left ten behind who were carried in ambu- lances ...
Page 116
... leave of absence for a few days , that I might see them once more , either living or dead ; but all in vain . War is hard and unrelenting ; war has no bowels of compassion . Ordi- narily a Chaplain is considered by the officers a ...
... leave of absence for a few days , that I might see them once more , either living or dead ; but all in vain . War is hard and unrelenting ; war has no bowels of compassion . Ordi- narily a Chaplain is considered by the officers a ...
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... leaving a brilliant record and a personal history full of romance and stirring adventure . " He was , said the newspaper ... leave under nearly identical circumstances . Members of the guard posted by nervous officers anticipating a ...
... leaving a brilliant record and a personal history full of romance and stirring adventure . " He was , said the newspaper ... leave under nearly identical circumstances . Members of the guard posted by nervous officers anticipating a ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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