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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... returned filled with its victims . The crowd of passengers was great ; soldiers returning to the army , citizens going to visit their friends there , and among the number were a few females , willing to endure the hardships of travel in ...
... returned filled with its victims . The crowd of passengers was great ; soldiers returning to the army , citizens going to visit their friends there , and among the number were a few females , willing to endure the hardships of travel in ...
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... returned home , an indignant Mercury , under the headline , " How Our City Officials Encourage the Soldiers , " printed a note from a member of the Twenty - sixth : [ T ] he writer . . . affirms that a certain City Official in a late ...
... returned home , an indignant Mercury , under the headline , " How Our City Officials Encourage the Soldiers , " printed a note from a member of the Twenty - sixth : [ T ] he writer . . . affirms that a certain City Official in a late ...
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... returned to the Tribune in time for another kind of warfare . On July 13 , 1863 , a howling mob of antidraft rioters stormed the Tribune building , intent on burning it to the ground . While soldiers and policemen fired on the rioters ...
... returned to the Tribune in time for another kind of warfare . On July 13 , 1863 , a howling mob of antidraft rioters stormed the Tribune building , intent on burning it to the ground . While soldiers and policemen fired on the rioters ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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