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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... ranks , however , it was ascertained that there were some fifteen men short ; although 75 more men had enrolled themselves than were really required to fill the quota ! At length the company was formed into line by Capt . Cairns , and ...
... ranks , however , it was ascertained that there were some fifteen men short ; although 75 more men had enrolled themselves than were really required to fill the quota ! At length the company was formed into line by Capt . Cairns , and ...
Page 79
... ranks of most of the companies told how fearfully the war had decimated the rolls of our gallant firemen , the regiment on the march numbering itself , hundreds of the truest and bravest of their number , and inspiriting because it told ...
... ranks of most of the companies told how fearfully the war had decimated the rolls of our gallant firemen , the regiment on the march numbering itself , hundreds of the truest and bravest of their number , and inspiriting because it told ...
Page 110
... ranks and ensconsed [ sic ] themselves behind a pile of cracker boxes - among them three Sergeants . The most of the boys , however , stood the fire nobly . " As the day wore on the shelling grew even heavier . Yet the Twenty - sixth ...
... ranks and ensconsed [ sic ] themselves behind a pile of cracker boxes - among them three Sergeants . The most of the boys , however , stood the fire nobly . " As the day wore on the shelling grew even heavier . Yet the Twenty - sixth ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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