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 122
... colonel of the brigade , and Colonel Morrison volunteered in an effort to have the men relieved if possible , if not , he would march off his regiment first in case the other colonels would follow his example . Not one of them faltered ...
... colonel of the brigade , and Colonel Morrison volunteered in an effort to have the men relieved if possible , if not , he would march off his regiment first in case the other colonels would follow his example . Not one of them faltered ...
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... colonel threw the line into " considerable disorder , " added an officer . Colonel Morrison , riding far ahead of us on his white - footed charger , urged us forward , but Lieutenant - Colonel Martindale with better judgment , begged ...
... colonel threw the line into " considerable disorder , " added an officer . Colonel Morrison , riding far ahead of us on his white - footed charger , urged us forward , but Lieutenant - Colonel Martindale with better judgment , begged ...
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... Colonel Morrison . Let these facts be remembered that while Colonel Morrison was bravely leading his troops into action the com- missionless " Adjutant " who caused his arrest for drunkenness on the field of battle from a personal ...
... Colonel Morrison . Let these facts be remembered that while Colonel Morrison was bravely leading his troops into action the com- missionless " Adjutant " who caused his arrest for drunkenness on the field of battle from a personal ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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