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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... seemed light and gay to me before . But no dead march ever seemed more solemn to me than Dixie then . Between the roar of cannon and the crash of musketry these brazen throats cried " Away , Away ! " Away to gaping wounds - away to ...
... seemed light and gay to me before . But no dead march ever seemed more solemn to me than Dixie then . Between the roar of cannon and the crash of musketry these brazen throats cried " Away , Away ! " Away to gaping wounds - away to ...
Page 123
... seemed as if they could never be separated . Many a poor fellow lay down by the roadside utterly exhausted and helpless , and the army seemed totally demoralized . Only twenty or thirty of the Twenty- sixth came into camp with the ...
... seemed as if they could never be separated . Many a poor fellow lay down by the roadside utterly exhausted and helpless , and the army seemed totally demoralized . Only twenty or thirty of the Twenty- sixth came into camp with the ...
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... seemed certain that Hooker had pierced the lines of the enemy , and the heights surmounting Fredericksburg would be evacuated by them during the coming night . About sundown Reynolds brought his wagon trains across the lower pontoons ...
... seemed certain that Hooker had pierced the lines of the enemy , and the heights surmounting Fredericksburg would be evacuated by them during the coming night . About sundown Reynolds brought his wagon trains across the lower pontoons ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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