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 192
... military and firemen assembled on Military Park . The carriages containing the aldermen of this city and Orange were soon on the ground , and at half - past four the cortege , headed by a file of policemen and Rubsam's brass band ...
... military and firemen assembled on Military Park . The carriages containing the aldermen of this city and Orange were soon on the ground , and at half - past four the cortege , headed by a file of policemen and Rubsam's brass band ...
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... Military District of Washington , to Major General Joseph Hooker , from Military Records of Edward Martindale , National Archives , Washington , D.C. 42. Advertiser , May 13 , 1863 . 43. Ibid . , May 19 , 1863 . 44. Mercury , May 22 ...
... Military District of Washington , to Major General Joseph Hooker , from Military Records of Edward Martindale , National Archives , Washington , D.C. 42. Advertiser , May 13 , 1863 . 43. Ibid . , May 19 , 1863 . 44. Mercury , May 22 ...
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... military prison near Fortress Monroe , Virginia , for three years or the duration of the war . Through the intercession of Marcus L. Ward , their sentences were modified , they were released from military prison and put to work on the ...
... military prison near Fortress Monroe , Virginia , for three years or the duration of the war . Through the intercession of Marcus L. Ward , their sentences were modified , they were released from military prison and put to work on the ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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