For the Glory of the Union: Myth, Reality, and the Media in Civil War New JerseyAmerican 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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In the field the Union commanders in the East , McClellan , Burnside , and then
Hooker , blundered away the mighty Army of the Potomac less than sixty - five
miles from Richmond . New Jersey Copperheads rejoiced . Unionists despaired .
In the field the Union commanders in the East , McClellan , Burnside , and then
Hooker , blundered away the mighty Army of the Potomac less than sixty - five
miles from Richmond . New Jersey Copperheads rejoiced . Unionists despaired .
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ton , then boarded a steamer for the trip down the Potomac to Aquia Creek
Landing . Newark City Alderman Nathaniel C . Ball , Auditor Smith Ward , and a
Mr . Clements made the journey in midmonth . Alderman Ball , a Democrat , wrote
up ...
ton , then boarded a steamer for the trip down the Potomac to Aquia Creek
Landing . Newark City Alderman Nathaniel C . Ball , Auditor Smith Ward , and a
Mr . Clements made the journey in midmonth . Alderman Ball , a Democrat , wrote
up ...
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All the wounded not able to do duty have been sent away , some to Potomac
Creek and others to Washington , from whence I suppose some of them will be
transferred to Newark hospitals . A few of those whose names I have forwarded
have ...
All the wounded not able to do duty have been sent away , some to Potomac
Creek and others to Washington , from whence I suppose some of them will be
transferred to Newark hospitals . A few of those whose names I have forwarded
have ...
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Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 19 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | For the Glory of the Union: Myth, Reality, and the Media in Civil War New Jersey |
| Author | Alan A. Siegel |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 8 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 083863172X, 9780838631720 |
| Length | 231 pages |
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