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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... nearly routed , and only by superhuman effort was a defensive perimeter formed and the Rebel advance halted . It was Lee's most brilliant victory . Against long odds , he had coolly divided his forces and smashed the principal Union ...
... nearly routed , and only by superhuman effort was a defensive perimeter formed and the Rebel advance halted . It was Lee's most brilliant victory . Against long odds , he had coolly divided his forces and smashed the principal Union ...
Page 166
... nearly a mile . Enthusiasm got the best of me , for I discarded the sword , picked up a musket , and joined the skirmish line . Mistaking a rebel regiment for the 5th Vermont , I came very near being captured . At one time four ...
... nearly a mile . Enthusiasm got the best of me , for I discarded the sword , picked up a musket , and joined the skirmish line . Mistaking a rebel regiment for the 5th Vermont , I came very near being captured . At one time four ...
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... nearly eighty prisoners — all who were left alive when we entered . There were some ghastly sights inside that yellow mound . A Confederate officer , torn by one of our shells , lay dying ; the captain of our company sprang to his side ...
... nearly eighty prisoners — all who were left alive when we entered . There were some ghastly sights inside that yellow mound . A Confederate officer , torn by one of our shells , lay dying ; the captain of our company sprang to his side ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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