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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... Soldiers ' Retreat . Our accommodations were not the best , for we had to lie down on the hard floor , but having had very little sleep the night before most of us slept as soundly as if we were on beds of down . On Sunday morning we ...
... Soldiers ' Retreat . Our accommodations were not the best , for we had to lie down on the hard floor , but having had very little sleep the night before most of us slept as soundly as if we were on beds of down . On Sunday morning we ...
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... soldier's narrow bed , or lie down untented in the mud . Goaded by these alternatives we plunged into the darkness ... soldiers call it , and in this awful plight the Col. welcomed us to his quarters , and after spending some two hours ...
... soldier's narrow bed , or lie down untented in the mud . Goaded by these alternatives we plunged into the darkness ... soldiers call it , and in this awful plight the Col. welcomed us to his quarters , and after spending some two hours ...
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... Soldiers , " printed a note from a member of the Twenty - sixth : [ T ] he writer . . . affirms that a certain City Official in a late visit to the Camps of the New Jersey Soldiers endeavored to create dissatisfaction among them by ...
... Soldiers , " printed a note from a member of the Twenty - sixth : [ T ] he writer . . . affirms that a certain City Official in a late visit to the Camps of the New Jersey Soldiers endeavored to create dissatisfaction among them by ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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