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 54
... cause " at the cannon's mouth , the ladies should raise a subscription to get up the young man a petticoat , in which to appear at all war meetings in future . " From time to time the Journal lobbed an explosive at the Advertiser as ...
... cause " at the cannon's mouth , the ladies should raise a subscription to get up the young man a petticoat , in which to appear at all war meetings in future . " From time to time the Journal lobbed an explosive at the Advertiser as ...
Page 67
... cause for exemption from the service , but it is unlikely the Administration will allow such an excuse to prevail , although it is generally regarded as a correct principle that those who approve of the war and its objects are the right ...
... cause for exemption from the service , but it is unlikely the Administration will allow such an excuse to prevail , although it is generally regarded as a correct principle that those who approve of the war and its objects are the right ...
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... cause as they claim this to be , [ General Thomas F. ] Meagher would not fight , nor [ General Michael ] Corcoran languish in heroic captivity . . . . Germans , when you are thus approached , point to the noble and war - torn [ General ...
... cause as they claim this to be , [ General Thomas F. ] Meagher would not fight , nor [ General Michael ] Corcoran languish in heroic captivity . . . . Germans , when you are thus approached , point to the noble and war - torn [ General ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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