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 163
... Lee's intentions and unsure of the enemy's true strength , lost his nerve . With an army still twice as large as Lee's , Hooker was on the verge of the victory he so carefully planned . Yet to the astonishment of his commanders and the ...
... Lee's intentions and unsure of the enemy's true strength , lost his nerve . With an army still twice as large as Lee's , Hooker was on the verge of the victory he so carefully planned . Yet to the astonishment of his commanders and the ...
Page 166
... Lee's rear was now in terrible danger . A vigorous push westward along the Turnpike Road might yet redeem the fortunes of the Union army and catch the wily Lee in a mortal trap . But it was not to be . Exhausted by the heat , fatigue ...
... Lee's rear was now in terrible danger . A vigorous push westward along the Turnpike Road might yet redeem the fortunes of the Union army and catch the wily Lee in a mortal trap . But it was not to be . Exhausted by the heat , fatigue ...
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... Lee's proposal after two days of intensive discussion . ' Between June 3 and 5 the whole of Lee's army , excepting three divisions under General A. P. Hill , started north from Fredericksburg toward Maryland . Lee hoped to withdraw from ...
... Lee's proposal after two days of intensive discussion . ' Between June 3 and 5 the whole of Lee's army , excepting three divisions under General A. P. Hill , started north from Fredericksburg toward Maryland . Lee hoped to withdraw from ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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