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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... Union Republicans as by a third faction within the Democratic party , the Cop- perheads . The so - called Peace Democrats held extreme views : they were against the war , bemoaned every step taken in Washington to prosecute the war ...
... Union Republicans as by a third faction within the Democratic party , the Cop- perheads . The so - called Peace Democrats held extreme views : they were against the war , bemoaned every step taken in Washington to prosecute the war ...
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... Union troops on the field of battle , the Confederate army had " completely routed " Union forces and “ driven them with great loss toward the Capital . " The carnage on both sides , it said , was " fearful , " Union generalship ...
... Union troops on the field of battle , the Confederate army had " completely routed " Union forces and “ driven them with great loss toward the Capital . " The carnage on both sides , it said , was " fearful , " Union generalship ...
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... Union governors that if they could raise additional troops , and enroll them without delay , Richmond itself could be taken and the Confederacy subdued . The Union governors welcomed Lincoln's assurances : By chance , their meet- ing ...
... Union governors that if they could raise additional troops , and enroll them without delay , Richmond itself could be taken and the Confederacy subdued . The Union governors welcomed Lincoln's assurances : By chance , their meet- ing ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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