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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... turned out to cheer him , at Rahway , 3,000 , and another 5,000 at New Brunswick . Near Princeton , wrote a reporter on the president - elect's train , " the people from every house on the [ rail ] road came out . At one place ...
... turned out to cheer him , at Rahway , 3,000 , and another 5,000 at New Brunswick . Near Princeton , wrote a reporter on the president - elect's train , " the people from every house on the [ rail ] road came out . At one place ...
Page 128
... turned our backs upon the enemy . Can the Thirteenth show as clean a record ? Let their present disparity of numbers and past history answer . The Inspector General of the Army of the Potomac visited us a few days since , and ...
... turned our backs upon the enemy . Can the Thirteenth show as clean a record ? Let their present disparity of numbers and past history answer . The Inspector General of the Army of the Potomac visited us a few days since , and ...
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... turned to baseball , the most popular sport in the army . On April 11 , explained the chaplain , a match game of " base ball " came off upon the drill ground of the 1st N.J. Brigade , in Virginia between the players of the 2d Regt ...
... turned to baseball , the most popular sport in the army . On April 11 , explained the chaplain , a match game of " base ball " came off upon the drill ground of the 1st N.J. Brigade , in Virginia between the players of the 2d Regt ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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