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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... peace - an honorable and permanent peace— whether it come to us by the exercise of power , or by the exercise of concilia- tion . It should be a peace on the basis of " the Union as it was , " not a Union of states where parts are held ...
... peace - an honorable and permanent peace— whether it come to us by the exercise of power , or by the exercise of concilia- tion . It should be a peace on the basis of " the Union as it was , " not a Union of states where parts are held ...
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... peace bringing with it such unity as will have the Constitution for its foundation , and obedience to law for its corner - stone . " Regular Democrats such as Parker were opposed as often by the Union Republicans as by a third faction ...
... peace bringing with it such unity as will have the Constitution for its foundation , and obedience to law for its corner - stone . " Regular Democrats such as Parker were opposed as often by the Union Republicans as by a third faction ...
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... peace , but there is but one basis of peace with rebels , and that is unconditional submission to the government which their and our fathers established , and that we mean to fight for such a peace and for no other . That compromise ...
... peace , but there is but one basis of peace with rebels , and that is unconditional submission to the government which their and our fathers established , and that we mean to fight for such a peace and for no other . That compromise ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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