For the Glory of the Union: Myth, Reality, and the Media in Civil War New JerseyAmerican 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 89
Burnside regrouped his corps into Right , Left , and Center Grand Divisions ,
ordering his division and corps commanders to move by forced march . Between
November 17 and 19 the Army of the Potomac reached Falmouth , occupying the
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Burnside regrouped his corps into Right , Left , and Center Grand Divisions ,
ordering his division and corps commanders to move by forced march . Between
November 17 and 19 the Army of the Potomac reached Falmouth , occupying the
...
Page 112
He would personally lead the charge , he announced , at the head of his old
corps . Thoroughly sickened by the day ' s butchery , his division commanders
persuaded Burnside that further combat would be futile . On December 14 an ...
He would personally lead the charge , he announced , at the head of his old
corps . Thoroughly sickened by the day ' s butchery , his division commanders
persuaded Burnside that further combat would be futile . On December 14 an ...
Page 171
After an early - evening conference with his corps commanders , Hooker decided
to abandon battle and withdraw his entire force to the other side of the
Rappahannock . Elated by his success at Salem Church , Sedgwick was eager to
...
After an early - evening conference with his corps commanders , Hooker decided
to abandon battle and withdraw his entire force to the other side of the
Rappahannock . Elated by his success at Salem Church , Sedgwick was eager to
...
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Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 19 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | For the Glory of the Union: Myth, Reality, and the Media in Civil War New Jersey |
| Author | Alan A. Siegel |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 8 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 083863172X, 9780838631720 |
| Length | 231 pages |
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