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 35
... remained a wartime favorite of the Copperheads ( and many Democrats as well ) and a frequent target of the Unionist press . Typical was the reaction of the staunchly Republican Sussex Register to reports that Naar had filed a libel suit ...
... remained a wartime favorite of the Copperheads ( and many Democrats as well ) and a frequent target of the Unionist press . Typical was the reaction of the staunchly Republican Sussex Register to reports that Naar had filed a libel suit ...
Page 105
... remained , either to put them out in the mud to get along as best they could , or remain there during the long , cold , cheerless night . Our sick choose the first alternative , and well they did , for two Vermont soldiers in our ...
... remained , either to put them out in the mud to get along as best they could , or remain there during the long , cold , cheerless night . Our sick choose the first alternative , and well they did , for two Vermont soldiers in our ...
Page 128
... remained without an effort [ to improve ] their condition . One thing he omitted to state , viz : as regards the soberness of his informant when he visited our camp . The statement has not the imprint of truth on a single particular ...
... remained without an effort [ to improve ] their condition . One thing he omitted to state , viz : as regards the soberness of his informant when he visited our camp . The statement has not the imprint of truth on a single particular ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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