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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... river , and within a mile of the place of our former passage of the river . The rain fell quite heavily during the night , and the boys slept on the wet ground beneath wet tents and wet blankets , but the night's rest was very ...
... river , and within a mile of the place of our former passage of the river . The rain fell quite heavily during the night , and the boys slept on the wet ground beneath wet tents and wet blankets , but the night's rest was very ...
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... river they were not safe , and the flight was continued down the river at a 2.40 rate of speed until the wagons were released from their precarious position . That night was passed by the regi- ment upon the hill - side overlooking the ...
... river they were not safe , and the flight was continued down the river at a 2.40 rate of speed until the wagons were released from their precarious position . That night was passed by the regi- ment upon the hill - side overlooking the ...
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... river and apparently - deserted plain and hills , some one ventured the rash opinion that the enemy had decamped . The stammerer quickly replied : " You j - just g - g - go ov - ver and s - stir up the hive , and the b - b - bees will c ...
... river and apparently - deserted plain and hills , some one ventured the rash opinion that the enemy had decamped . The stammerer quickly replied : " You j - just g - g - go ov - ver and s - stir up the hive , and the b - b - bees will c ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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