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 91
... rear . Acting Gen. [ Henry ] Whiting , Colonel of a Vermont regi- ment in our brigade , rode at our head , and seemed bent on “ bushing " us , if possible . Rests were , like angel's visits , few and far between , and many a weary ...
... rear . Acting Gen. [ Henry ] Whiting , Colonel of a Vermont regi- ment in our brigade , rode at our head , and seemed bent on “ bushing " us , if possible . Rests were , like angel's visits , few and far between , and many a weary ...
Page 142
... rear , trenching tools and sandbags requisitioned and the Army Secret Service called on for up - to - date maps of Richmond's defenses . Hooker proposed that the War Department begin stockpiling huge quantities of siege equipment for ...
... rear , trenching tools and sandbags requisitioned and the Army Secret Service called on for up - to - date maps of Richmond's defenses . Hooker proposed that the War Department begin stockpiling huge quantities of siege equipment for ...
Page 166
... rear and flank . " Sedgwick " stigmatized the attack as useless , and as an unnecessary effusion of blood , " added George Stevens , a surgeon attached to the Sixth Corps . “ The enemy must have fled in a few moments in any event ...
... rear and flank . " Sedgwick " stigmatized the attack as useless , and as an unnecessary effusion of blood , " added George Stevens , a surgeon attached to the Sixth Corps . “ The enemy must have fled in a few moments in any event ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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