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 98
... advance . His arrival was most welcome to many of the men . The saying of one for the time seemed true . " Sutler is king . " It is not hunger , but a craving for a change of diet that make soldiers willing to pay anything for something ...
... advance . His arrival was most welcome to many of the men . The saying of one for the time seemed true . " Sutler is king . " It is not hunger , but a craving for a change of diet that make soldiers willing to pay anything for something ...
Page 159
... advance upon a stronghold from which we have been once repulsed , and which has been considered impregnable . . . . The spirit of the The spirit of the army is very good when the fact of its former experience is remembered . * Few ...
... advance upon a stronghold from which we have been once repulsed , and which has been considered impregnable . . . . The spirit of the The spirit of the army is very good when the fact of its former experience is remembered . * Few ...
Page 196
... advance or retreat . Afterward the guests being comfortably disposed of in groups upon the grass , or enjoying a quiet after dinner quadrille with their sweethearts , the families and friends of the company sat down to the seeming ...
... advance or retreat . Afterward the guests being comfortably disposed of in groups upon the grass , or enjoying a quiet after dinner quadrille with their sweethearts , the families and friends of the company sat down to the seeming ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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