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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Page 94
... Tents were hastily pitched on the hill - side , and then the 26th rested from its long march . We were in the woods , and the dead leaves were quickly scratched into our tents , on which despite the weather , which had suddenly grown ...
... Tents were hastily pitched on the hill - side , and then the 26th rested from its long march . We were in the woods , and the dead leaves were quickly scratched into our tents , on which despite the weather , which had suddenly grown ...
Page 127
... tents are pitched on the side of the hill on one side of the ravine , and the tents of the Colonel and his staff on the opposite side , and it is a grand sight in the night to stand at the Colonel's tent door and view the camp on the ...
... tents are pitched on the side of the hill on one side of the ravine , and the tents of the Colonel and his staff on the opposite side , and it is a grand sight in the night to stand at the Colonel's tent door and view the camp on the ...
Page 128
... tents , etc. , the Twenty - Sixth had pitched their tents on the cold ground and there remained without an effort [ to improve ] their condition . One thing he omitted to state , viz : as regards the soberness of his informant when he ...
... tents , etc. , the Twenty - Sixth had pitched their tents on the cold ground and there remained without an effort [ to improve ] their condition . One thing he omitted to state , viz : as regards the soberness of his informant when he ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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