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 164
... Rebel fire , exposing themselves to danger longer than necessary . Sedgwick's response was sensible , though it chilled the hearts of the men in the ranks . This time the bluecoats would attack with unloaded rifles and fixed bayonets ...
... Rebel fire , exposing themselves to danger longer than necessary . Sedgwick's response was sensible , though it chilled the hearts of the men in the ranks . This time the bluecoats would attack with unloaded rifles and fixed bayonets ...
Page 166
... Rebel works . Journal readers , grown accustomed to the paper's usual glowing reports of Confederate military prowess , must have been astonished by Cummings's letter : The rebels were flying in dismay , and throwing away everything ...
... Rebel works . Journal readers , grown accustomed to the paper's usual glowing reports of Confederate military prowess , must have been astonished by Cummings's letter : The rebels were flying in dismay , and throwing away everything ...
Page 170
... rebel lines reeled and were broken in an instant . The gallant 6th swept them from the woods like chaff , and the ground was covered with one commingled mass of rebel knapsacks , haver- sacks , canteens , muskets and equipments , beside ...
... rebel lines reeled and were broken in an instant . The gallant 6th swept them from the woods like chaff , and the ground was covered with one commingled mass of rebel knapsacks , haver- sacks , canteens , muskets and equipments , beside ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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