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 108
... the long dark lines of the Union army stretched for miles away into the distance
. On the opposite bank we could catch glimpses of the rebel host , and from the
hills directly in front of us their batteries peered out , half masked by the trees .
... the long dark lines of the Union army stretched for miles away into the distance
. On the opposite bank we could catch glimpses of the rebel host , and from the
hills directly in front of us their batteries peered out , half masked by the trees .
Page 110
Yet the Twenty - sixth , most of the men hugging the muddy plain , remained in
place , protected somewhat by a slight embankment . Column after column filed
past us on the way to the front , and one regiment after another of our own
brigade ...
Yet the Twenty - sixth , most of the men hugging the muddy plain , remained in
place , protected somewhat by a slight embankment . Column after column filed
past us on the way to the front , and one regiment after another of our own
brigade ...
Page 138
The acting General and staff were in front and the prisoners were then marched
in under a guard to the centre of the Brigade . The acting Adjt . General then read
the sentence to each one separately ; each prisoner stepping forward a few ...
The acting General and staff were in front and the prisoners were then marched
in under a guard to the centre of the Brigade . The acting Adjt . General then read
the sentence to each one separately ; each prisoner stepping forward a few ...
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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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