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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... Government , and I wish to know who is to transfer us . Is it to be done by Rodman M. Price , Fernando Wood & Co. ? or is it by Wigfall and his 25,000 of the chivalry , who are to subjugate the North , and proclaim from the top of ...
... Government , and I wish to know who is to transfer us . Is it to be done by Rodman M. Price , Fernando Wood & Co. ? or is it by Wigfall and his 25,000 of the chivalry , who are to subjugate the North , and proclaim from the top of ...
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... Government , and the guarantee of all their constitutional rights by the Government . It should be a peace bringing with it such unity as will have the Constitution for its foundation , and obedience to law for its corner - stone . " + ...
... Government , and the guarantee of all their constitutional rights by the Government . It should be a peace bringing with it such unity as will have the Constitution for its foundation , and obedience to law for its corner - stone . " + ...
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... government established by the Fathers of the Republic is engaged in a desper- ate struggle of life and death for its very existence , and while we are here to defend it from open foes , we learn with sorrow , shame and indignation that ...
... government established by the Fathers of the Republic is engaged in a desper- ate struggle of life and death for its very existence , and while we are here to defend it from open foes , we learn with sorrow , shame and indignation that ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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