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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... Salem Church , an unpretentious village midway between Chancellors- ville and Fredericksburg . The First Division ran into opposition almost im- mediately . A series of sharp skirmishes broke out as the advancing bluecoats clashed with ...
... Salem Church , an unpretentious village midway between Chancellors- ville and Fredericksburg . The First Division ran into opposition almost im- mediately . A series of sharp skirmishes broke out as the advancing bluecoats clashed with ...
Page 171
... Salem Church began badly for the Twenty - sixth . According to the official records , it was the only regiment in the brigade to run in the face of the enemy . The Vermont regiments , strengthened by elements of the Twenty- sixth New ...
... Salem Church began badly for the Twenty - sixth . According to the official records , it was the only regiment in the brigade to run in the face of the enemy . The Vermont regiments , strengthened by elements of the Twenty- sixth New ...
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... Church , Newark N.J. , 84 Runyon , Theodore , 41-42 , 193 , 197 Salem Church , Battle of , 167-71 Schuiffner , Emil , 58 Sears , Mark , 153 , 169 , 210 Secession , Democratic support for , 17-18 , 20 Second N.J. Brigade , 93–94 , 101 ...
... Church , Newark N.J. , 84 Runyon , Theodore , 41-42 , 193 , 197 Salem Church , Battle of , 167-71 Schuiffner , Emil , 58 Sears , Mark , 153 , 169 , 210 Secession , Democratic support for , 17-18 , 20 Second N.J. Brigade , 93–94 , 101 ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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