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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... civil rights for Blacks were the chief programs advocated by the Radicals . The Democrats were similarly divided . Small in number , War Democrats supported administration measures to defeat the Confederacy , cooperating with Union ...
... civil rights for Blacks were the chief programs advocated by the Radicals . The Democrats were similarly divided . Small in number , War Democrats supported administration measures to defeat the Confederacy , cooperating with Union ...
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... civil by the military authorities . We must insist upon the enjoyment of the sacred privilege of writ of Habeas Corpus — the only safeguard of popular freedom . We must oppose the creation of a large standing army , and an unnecessary ...
... civil by the military authorities . We must insist upon the enjoyment of the sacred privilege of writ of Habeas Corpus — the only safeguard of popular freedom . We must oppose the creation of a large standing army , and an unnecessary ...
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Myth, Reality, and the Media in Civil War New Jersey Alan A. Siegel. its armies . As military as all things were I was glad to be reminded that we still had a civil head . " The grand review had refreshed the chaplain's waning patriotism ...
Myth, Reality, and the Media in Civil War New Jersey Alan A. Siegel. its armies . As military as all things were I was glad to be reminded that we still had a civil head . " The grand review had refreshed the chaplain's waning patriotism ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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