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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Page 157
To the Sixth Corps went the task of crossing the Rappahannock below
Fredericksburg . Numbering almost 24 , 000 men , the Sixth was the largest corps
in the Army of the Potomac . Its commander , fifty - year - old Major General John
...
To the Sixth Corps went the task of crossing the Rappahannock below
Fredericksburg . Numbering almost 24 , 000 men , the Sixth was the largest corps
in the Army of the Potomac . Its commander , fifty - year - old Major General John
...
Page 171
Elated by his success at Salem Church , Sedgwick was eager to counterattack ,
obeying Hooker ' s order to retreat only reluctantly . During the early morning
hours the Sixth Corps marched to Bank ' s Ford , crossing the river to safety
between ...
Elated by his success at Salem Church , Sedgwick was eager to counterattack ,
obeying Hooker ' s order to retreat only reluctantly . During the early morning
hours the Sixth Corps marched to Bank ' s Ford , crossing the river to safety
between ...
Page 218
... Colonel Martindale was attached to the staff of Brigadier General William F .
Smith , then in command of a division of the Army of the Potomac and later
commander of the Second Division , Fourth Corps , and Second Division , Sixth
Corps .
... Colonel Martindale was attached to the staff of Brigadier General William F .
Smith , then in command of a division of the Army of the Potomac and later
commander of the Second Division , Fourth Corps , and Second Division , Sixth
Corps .
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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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