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 49
... letter signed by " A Conservative ” published in the Daily Journal nearly three years later tends to confirm , how- ever , the intensity of the rivalry . The effect of the establishment of the Mercury ... created a feeling of bitter ...
... letter signed by " A Conservative ” published in the Daily Journal nearly three years later tends to confirm , how- ever , the intensity of the rivalry . The effect of the establishment of the Mercury ... created a feeling of bitter ...
Page 132
... letters as their chaplain has written home . 19 When Private Woodruff saw the letter , he was quick to assure Mercury readers that " [ t ] he boys are in the best of spirits . " Another letter says we are the “ sickest set he ever saw ...
... letters as their chaplain has written home . 19 When Private Woodruff saw the letter , he was quick to assure Mercury readers that " [ t ] he boys are in the best of spirits . " Another letter says we are the “ sickest set he ever saw ...
Page 181
... letter must have gladdened the heart of every Journal reader : This communication is signed by " H.C. Terhune , Acting Adjutant 26th N.J.V. , " who is sailing under false colors , in wearing staff straps and but- tons , when nothing but ...
... letter must have gladdened the heart of every Journal reader : This communication is signed by " H.C. Terhune , Acting Adjutant 26th N.J.V. , " who is sailing under false colors , in wearing staff straps and but- tons , when nothing but ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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