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 82
... bridges , thoroughly guarded by Union soldiers . We arrived at Frederick on Wednesday morning at about daybreak . The regiment is now encamped about a mile outside the city , on the farm of a loyal Marylander . . . . The situation is ...
... bridges , thoroughly guarded by Union soldiers . We arrived at Frederick on Wednesday morning at about daybreak . The regiment is now encamped about a mile outside the city , on the farm of a loyal Marylander . . . . The situation is ...
Page 91
... bridge in reality , floated the first pontoon - bridge which had presented itself to the 26th . Beyond lay the densely - wooded and frowning hills of Virginia . But “ its no use talking . " We were sore and exhausted , and dropped ...
... bridge in reality , floated the first pontoon - bridge which had presented itself to the 26th . Beyond lay the densely - wooded and frowning hills of Virginia . But “ its no use talking . " We were sore and exhausted , and dropped ...
Page 159
... bridges at that point , and transferring it to Kelly's Ford , some eleven miles distant , and the scene of future important operations . A big plump - cheeked silver moon was swung out in the centre of the heavens , and beneath its ...
... bridges at that point , and transferring it to Kelly's Ford , some eleven miles distant , and the scene of future important operations . A big plump - cheeked silver moon was swung out in the centre of the heavens , and beneath its ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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