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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... duty refused to sign the resolutions . Added Cummings : The resolutions themselves have been framed , signed and ... duty that we owe to the Legislature of the State of New Jersey , which has faithfully fulfilled not only its duties to ...
... duty refused to sign the resolutions . Added Cummings : The resolutions themselves have been framed , signed and ... duty that we owe to the Legislature of the State of New Jersey , which has faithfully fulfilled not only its duties to ...
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... duty , Martindale enlisted the aid of his brother , General Martindale , then re- cuperating in Washington from a severe bout of typhoid fever , to secure a command of his own . In late December of 1862 Martindale obtained a leave of ...
... duty , Martindale enlisted the aid of his brother , General Martindale , then re- cuperating in Washington from a severe bout of typhoid fever , to secure a command of his own . In late December of 1862 Martindale obtained a leave of ...
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... duty in the Field in the 25th Army Corps , and that I may be authorised to raise such Regiment at and near Norfolk , Va . " Brigadier General Godfrey Weitzel , then chief engineer of the Army of the James , endorsed Martindale's request ...
... duty in the Field in the 25th Army Corps , and that I may be authorised to raise such Regiment at and near Norfolk , Va . " Brigadier General Godfrey Weitzel , then chief engineer of the Army of the James , endorsed Martindale's request ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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