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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Page 128
... Vermont boys , in the night , and appropriated it to their own use . Some of the Vermont boys thereupon killed a dog , dressed it neatly and hung up the quarters in the Quartermaster's department . The " Jerseys , " mistaking it for ...
... Vermont boys , in the night , and appropriated it to their own use . Some of the Vermont boys thereupon killed a dog , dressed it neatly and hung up the quarters in the Quartermaster's department . The " Jerseys , " mistaking it for ...
Page 164
... Vermont , the Twenty - sixth New Jersey , and the Second Vermont . The Twenty - sixth held the left flank of the second line . 12 Recuperating from a wound received at Antietam , General Sedgwick had been absent from the army in ...
... Vermont , the Twenty - sixth New Jersey , and the Second Vermont . The Twenty - sixth held the left flank of the second line . 12 Recuperating from a wound received at Antietam , General Sedgwick had been absent from the army in ...
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... Vermont regiments , strengthened by elements of the Twenty- sixth New Jersey , broke the enemy's attack . “ In the meantime , ” wrote Colonel Grant , " Lieutenant - Colonel Martindale , with great gallantry and perseverance , rallied ...
... Vermont regiments , strengthened by elements of the Twenty- sixth New Jersey , broke the enemy's attack . “ In the meantime , ” wrote Colonel Grant , " Lieutenant - Colonel Martindale , with great gallantry and perseverance , rallied ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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