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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... Brigade , Gen. [ Alfred T. A. ] Torbert , is in our front , and it is computed by competent judges that there are three hundred thousand Union troops between us and Culpepper Court House . As far as the eye can reach it discloses fields ...
... Brigade , Gen. [ Alfred T. A. ] Torbert , is in our front , and it is computed by competent judges that there are three hundred thousand Union troops between us and Culpepper Court House . As far as the eye can reach it discloses fields ...
Page 122
... brigade being relieved . Under the circumstances , a council of war was held by the colonel of the brigade , and Colonel Morrison volunteered in an effort to have the men relieved if possible , if not , he would march off his regiment ...
... brigade being relieved . Under the circumstances , a council of war was held by the colonel of the brigade , and Colonel Morrison volunteered in an effort to have the men relieved if possible , if not , he would march off his regiment ...
Page 219
... brigade in this corps efficiently and I can recommend him and do so cheerfully for authority to raise even a full brigade . " While Martindale's request to raise a regiment was disap- proved , he was relieved from duty with the Twenty ...
... brigade in this corps efficiently and I can recommend him and do so cheerfully for authority to raise even a full brigade . " While Martindale's request to raise a regiment was disap- proved , he was relieved from duty with the Twenty ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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