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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... months ' men at the end of last summer was one of the most absurd things the wiseheads at Washington could have done , " complained Colonel Charles S. Wainwright in 1863. " Any fool could have told them that the regi- ments would not be ...
... months ' men at the end of last summer was one of the most absurd things the wiseheads at Washington could have done , " complained Colonel Charles S. Wainwright in 1863. " Any fool could have told them that the regi- ments would not be ...
Page 138
... months ' pay and having half their heads and faces shaved and being marched up and down in front of their Regiments with a label on their backs of " Deserter " to the tune of " the Rogue's March ; " and forfeiting all their pay past ...
... months ' pay and having half their heads and faces shaved and being marched up and down in front of their Regiments with a label on their backs of " Deserter " to the tune of " the Rogue's March ; " and forfeiting all their pay past ...
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... months ' view of him . Cummings closed his letter on a note of fulsome praise for a fellow Democrat . In Colonel Morrison we recognize a man and a soldier , one from whom every member of the 26th Regiment will part with sincere regret ...
... months ' view of him . Cummings closed his letter on a note of fulsome praise for a fellow Democrat . In Colonel Morrison we recognize a man and a soldier , one from whom every member of the 26th Regiment will part with sincere regret ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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