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 37
... military intelligence , but the supposedly loyal press often allowed its prejudices to affect not only its edito- rials but military news as well . " In May of 1863 William Cullen Bryant's New York Evening Post , one of the best ...
... military intelligence , but the supposedly loyal press often allowed its prejudices to affect not only its edito- rials but military news as well . " In May of 1863 William Cullen Bryant's New York Evening Post , one of the best ...
Page 194
... military companies and firemen were then posted around the entire Park ; the 26th was drawn up in line and ordered to stack arms . " 3 The scene at Military Park was soon one of general confusion . Said the Mercury : The collation ...
... military companies and firemen were then posted around the entire Park ; the 26th was drawn up in line and ordered to stack arms . " 3 The scene at Military Park was soon one of general confusion . Said the Mercury : The collation ...
Page 221
... military prison near Fortress Monroe , Virginia , for three years or the duration of the war . Through the intercession of Marcus L. Ward , their sentences were modified , they were released from military prison and put to work on the ...
... military prison near Fortress Monroe , Virginia , for three years or the duration of the war . Through the intercession of Marcus L. Ward , their sentences were modified , they were released from military prison and put to work on the ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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