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 107
... heights west of the city . More graybacks arrived hourly , ultimately swelling the Confederate host occupying the heights to some 80,000 . Burnside's senior officers , peering nervously across the river , feared the rebel positions were ...
... heights west of the city . More graybacks arrived hourly , ultimately swelling the Confederate host occupying the heights to some 80,000 . Burnside's senior officers , peering nervously across the river , feared the rebel positions were ...
Page 163
... heights . To General John Newton's First Division he assigned the storming of Mayre's Heights , a heavily fortified posi- tion considered the key to the Rebel defenses . Three - quarters of a mile south lay Lee's Hill , the goal of the ...
... heights . To General John Newton's First Division he assigned the storming of Mayre's Heights , a heavily fortified posi- tion considered the key to the Rebel defenses . Three - quarters of a mile south lay Lee's Hill , the goal of the ...
Page 164
... heights . But Sedgwick had studied reports of the battle , concluding that Burnside's attack failed because the Union troops halted to reload and return the Rebel fire , exposing themselves to danger longer than necessary . Sedgwick's ...
... heights . But Sedgwick had studied reports of the battle , concluding that Burnside's attack failed because the Union troops halted to reload and return the Rebel fire , exposing themselves to danger longer than necessary . Sedgwick's ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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