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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... Republicans , could not agree on a single candidate , placing three presidential nominees before the public , Stephen A. Douglas , John Bell , and John Breckinridge , known for his Southern sympathies . Republican " Wide Awakes " and ...
... Republicans , could not agree on a single candidate , placing three presidential nominees before the public , Stephen A. Douglas , John Bell , and John Breckinridge , known for his Southern sympathies . Republican " Wide Awakes " and ...
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... Republican , or more precisely , Union , parties were split into opposing and at times contending factions . The Union or Union Republican party , forced to defend both an unpopular war and administration , was con- signed to the role ...
... Republican , or more precisely , Union , parties were split into opposing and at times contending factions . The Union or Union Republican party , forced to defend both an unpopular war and administration , was con- signed to the role ...
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... Republican , the official spokesman for the Union Republican movement . The State Gazette , founded in 1840 , supported the Whigs , the Opposition party , the Union Republicans , and , after the war , the Republican party . A favorite ...
... Republican , the official spokesman for the Union Republican movement . The State Gazette , founded in 1840 , supported the Whigs , the Opposition party , the Union Republicans , and , after the war , the Republican party . A favorite ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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