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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... York City , was a significant influence within New Jersey because of the prominence of its editor , C. Chauncey Burr , one of four or five acknowledged leaders of New Jersey's Peace Democracy . Editor of the weekly Bergen County ...
... York City , was a significant influence within New Jersey because of the prominence of its editor , C. Chauncey Burr , one of four or five acknowledged leaders of New Jersey's Peace Democracy . Editor of the weekly Bergen County ...
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... York and James Rivers known as the Penin- sula , attacking the Confederate capital at its least protected point . Instead , with over 100,000 troops under his command , the " Young Napoleon " wasted the summer and his army in a ...
... York and James Rivers known as the Penin- sula , attacking the Confederate capital at its least protected point . Instead , with over 100,000 troops under his command , the " Young Napoleon " wasted the summer and his army in a ...
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... York , on February 4 , 1817. His father , Henry C. Martindale , an attorney who served five terms in Congress during the administra- tions of Monroe , Adams , and Jackson , was an influential member of New York's Whig Party for many ...
... York , on February 4 , 1817. His father , Henry C. Martindale , an attorney who served five terms in Congress during the administra- tions of Monroe , Adams , and Jackson , was an influential member of New York's Whig Party for many ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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