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 52
... Once or twice it came to the brink of the fate of its forerunners . . . and once was forced to suspend temporarily . " The Journal's one advantage was Wright's fortune and , after 1861 , the deep pockets of Newark's Democratic business ...
... Once or twice it came to the brink of the fate of its forerunners . . . and once was forced to suspend temporarily . " The Journal's one advantage was Wright's fortune and , after 1861 , the deep pockets of Newark's Democratic business ...
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... once urged a peaceful separation of the states if that were the only means of avoiding bloodshed . " When the ... once . All others will stay at home and defy Old Abe and his minions to drag them from their families . We hope that the ...
... once urged a peaceful separation of the states if that were the only means of avoiding bloodshed . " When the ... once . All others will stay at home and defy Old Abe and his minions to drag them from their families . We hope that the ...
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... once and say we will stand by you , and raise all the funds necessary to secure at once our full complement . 27 Not everyone was eager to enroll . Some , convinced a draft was inevitable , hastily obtained substitutes . Another ...
... once and say we will stand by you , and raise all the funds necessary to secure at once our full complement . 27 Not everyone was eager to enroll . Some , convinced a draft was inevitable , hastily obtained substitutes . Another ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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