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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... once urged a peaceful separation of the states if that were the only means of avoiding bloodshed . " When the ... once . All others will stay at home and defy Old Abe and his minions to drag them from their families . We hope that the ...
... once urged a peaceful separation of the states if that were the only means of avoiding bloodshed . " When the ... once . All others will stay at home and defy Old Abe and his minions to drag them from their families . We hope that the ...
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... once be reported to Gen. McClellan the Jersey boys meanwhile appropriating the plunder . " 2 The men , wrote Sergeant Cummings , were dog tired , some ill with fever , as another day's march began . Once again the reveille . Every man ...
... once be reported to Gen. McClellan the Jersey boys meanwhile appropriating the plunder . " 2 The men , wrote Sergeant Cummings , were dog tired , some ill with fever , as another day's march began . Once again the reveille . Every man ...
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... once a week . ” A liberal furlough policy cut the tide of desertion while in the midst of all this reform , the paymasters came down from Washington , their carpetbags stuffed with welcome greenbacks . ' One of Hooker's first acts was ...
... once a week . ” A liberal furlough policy cut the tide of desertion while in the midst of all this reform , the paymasters came down from Washington , their carpetbags stuffed with welcome greenbacks . ' One of Hooker's first acts was ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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