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 74
... reported daily on events at Camp Frelinghuysen : There are now over 2,000 men at the . . . rendezvous , and the order which prevails is a source of gratifying remark and surprise by the large number of visitors who are admitted every ...
... reported daily on events at Camp Frelinghuysen : There are now over 2,000 men at the . . . rendezvous , and the order which prevails is a source of gratifying remark and surprise by the large number of visitors who are admitted every ...
Page 144
... reported to have said that he could make one in " five minutes " and some of them look as if they had been very hastily constructed . As the colors of the various regiments were carried past him he stood uncovered and it would not have ...
... reported to have said that he could make one in " five minutes " and some of them look as if they had been very hastily constructed . As the colors of the various regiments were carried past him he stood uncovered and it would not have ...
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... reported as dead by reliable corre- spondents and still not be injured in the least , as was the case with Lt. Col. Martindale . I have tried to send you the earliest and most reliable information that could be obtained , and yet some ...
... reported as dead by reliable corre- spondents and still not be injured in the least , as was the case with Lt. Col. Martindale . I have tried to send you the earliest and most reliable information that could be obtained , and yet some ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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