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 86
... received guns to replace those that were out of order . About one - third of those we brought with us from Newark were worthless . Those we have received are the same style of gun - the old fashioned , smooth - bore muskets , and we are ...
... received guns to replace those that were out of order . About one - third of those we brought with us from Newark were worthless . Those we have received are the same style of gun - the old fashioned , smooth - bore muskets , and we are ...
Page 89
... received orders to be ready to leave camp at dawn with knapsacks , tents , and two day's rations . Private Woodruff took a moment to pen a short and somewhat inaccu- rate note to the Daily Mercury : I suppose you would like to know what ...
... received orders to be ready to leave camp at dawn with knapsacks , tents , and two day's rations . Private Woodruff took a moment to pen a short and somewhat inaccu- rate note to the Daily Mercury : I suppose you would like to know what ...
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... received a cent as yet , and the families of many of the troops are now actually suffering for the want of money . We should be paid , by rights , every two months . Some of the Vermonters have gone five , seven , and even nine months ...
... received a cent as yet , and the families of many of the troops are now actually suffering for the want of money . We should be paid , by rights , every two months . Some of the Vermonters have gone five , seven , and even nine months ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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