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 142
... Hooker's plan of operation ; even his closest subordinates remained ignorant of his true intentions . Whatever Hooker's plan for the spring campaign , the Army of the Potomac clearly enjoyed the power to carry it to execution . By ...
... Hooker's plan of operation ; even his closest subordinates remained ignorant of his true intentions . Whatever Hooker's plan for the spring campaign , the Army of the Potomac clearly enjoyed the power to carry it to execution . By ...
Page 163
... Hooker was on the verge of the victory he so carefully planned . Yet to the astonishment of his commanders and the ... Hooker's lines on May 2. Howard's Eleventh Corps broke , the entire Union army was nearly routed , and only by ...
... Hooker was on the verge of the victory he so carefully planned . Yet to the astonishment of his commanders and the ... Hooker's lines on May 2. Howard's Eleventh Corps broke , the entire Union army was nearly routed , and only by ...
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... Hooker's failure , and Washington fairly staggered under the blow . Hurrying to Secretary of War Gideon Wells with the news , Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner cried out , “ Lost , lost , all is lost ! " Many panicked . rumors ...
... Hooker's failure , and Washington fairly staggered under the blow . Hurrying to Secretary of War Gideon Wells with the news , Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner cried out , “ Lost , lost , all is lost ! " Many panicked . rumors ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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