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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... remained without an effort [ to improve ] their condition . One thing he omitted to state , viz : as regards the soberness of his informant when he visited our camp . The statement has not the imprint of truth on a single particular ...
... remained without an effort [ to improve ] their condition . One thing he omitted to state , viz : as regards the soberness of his informant when he visited our camp . The statement has not the imprint of truth on a single particular ...
Page 153
... remained true to his colors . In mid - April Private Woodruff assured his readers that the Twenty - sixth was " thoroughly drilled , and if brought under fire would make our mark . " The army are now in better spirits than they have ...
... remained true to his colors . In mid - April Private Woodruff assured his readers that the Twenty - sixth was " thoroughly drilled , and if brought under fire would make our mark . " The army are now in better spirits than they have ...
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... remained at heart a newspaperman . His " Washington Letters , " writ- ten for a newspaper syndicate , were widely published . Cummings died at age sixty - four on May 2 , 1902. On May 6 his body was laid to rest in the family plot in ...
... remained at heart a newspaperman . His " Washington Letters , " writ- ten for a newspaper syndicate , were widely published . Cummings died at age sixty - four on May 2 , 1902. On May 6 his body was laid to rest in the family plot in ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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