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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... served as corresponding secretary of the National Council of the American or Know - Nothing party in 1854–56 . In 1859 he moved to Jersey City to become editor of the Standard , a moderate Democratic paper that endorsed Bell and Everett ...
... served as corresponding secretary of the National Council of the American or Know - Nothing party in 1854–56 . In 1859 he moved to Jersey City to become editor of the Standard , a moderate Democratic paper that endorsed Bell and Everett ...
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... served in the State Militia . Other officers had enlisted in the First New Jersey Regiment , a three - month unit mustered into federal service on April 30 , 1861. Among these were Captains Mark Sears of Company B , Stephen C. Fordham ...
... served in the State Militia . Other officers had enlisted in the First New Jersey Regiment , a three - month unit mustered into federal service on April 30 , 1861. Among these were Captains Mark Sears of Company B , Stephen C. Fordham ...
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... served as assistant cashier until his retirement . Terhune died in Red Bank after an illness of nearly two years on August 9 , 1914. Past commander of Arrowsmith Post No. 61 , GAR , Terhune served for a number of years as adjutant ...
... served as assistant cashier until his retirement . Terhune died in Red Bank after an illness of nearly two years on August 9 , 1914. Past commander of Arrowsmith Post No. 61 , GAR , Terhune served for a number of years as adjutant ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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