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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... elect Lincoln spent twelve days journeying by rail from Springfield , Illinois , to his inauguration at Washington , crossing eight states and delivering more than twenty speeches in the process . New Jersey , then as close as she ever ...
... elect Lincoln spent twelve days journeying by rail from Springfield , Illinois , to his inauguration at Washington , crossing eight states and delivering more than twenty speeches in the process . New Jersey , then as close as she ever ...
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... elect mutually acceptable candidates . State Senator Joseph T. Crowell of Union County was typical . Elected in 1860 on the Demo- cratic Fusion ticket , he came out strongly in support of the war , later joined the Union Republicans and ...
... elect mutually acceptable candidates . State Senator Joseph T. Crowell of Union County was typical . Elected in 1860 on the Demo- cratic Fusion ticket , he came out strongly in support of the war , later joined the Union Republicans and ...
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... elected to the vacancy . Cummings was reelected in 1890 and 1892 but defeated by a Republican two years later . Appointed commissioner of New York City subways , he was displaced by a change of administration and in 1895 was again elected ...
... elected to the vacancy . Cummings was reelected in 1890 and 1892 but defeated by a Republican two years later . Appointed commissioner of New York City subways , he was displaced by a change of administration and in 1895 was again elected ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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