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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... river . In the back - ground , the Heights of Fredericksburg stood out against the horizon . To our right , the plain narrowed , and just where the hills met the river , lay the little , quaint old city . That view would have been ...
... river . In the back - ground , the Heights of Fredericksburg stood out against the horizon . To our right , the plain narrowed , and just where the hills met the river , lay the little , quaint old city . That view would have been ...
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... river they were not safe , and the flight was continued down the river at a 2.40 rate of speed until the wagons were released from their precarious position . That night was passed by the regi- ment upon the hill - side overlooking the ...
... river they were not safe , and the flight was continued down the river at a 2.40 rate of speed until the wagons were released from their precarious position . That night was passed by the regi- ment upon the hill - side overlooking the ...
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... river and apparently - deserted plain and hills , some one ventured the rash opinion that the enemy had decamped . The stammerer quickly replied : " You j - just g - g - go ov - ver and s - stir up the hive , and the b - b - bees will c ...
... river and apparently - deserted plain and hills , some one ventured the rash opinion that the enemy had decamped . The stammerer quickly replied : " You j - just g - g - go ov - ver and s - stir up the hive , and the b - b - bees will c ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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Adjutant Aquia Creek army batteries battle Battle of Fredericksburg boys brigade Bruce Catton Bull Run Burnside Burnside's called Camp Frelinghuysen campaign Captain Chancellorsville Chaplain Morrill cheer Civil Colonel Morrison command Confederate Congar Copperhead Corps cross Daily Advertiser Daily Journal Daily Mercury December Democratic Dodd draft duty editor elected enemy enlisted Essex County field fight fire Fredericksburg front heights hereinafter cited hill History honor Hooker Ibid Irvington Jersey Historical Society Jersey's June June 20 Kinney Lee's Lieutenant Lincoln Major Martindale McClellan McIntee Mercury military months morning Morrill's Mud March nearly Newark Newark Daily newspaper night November o'clock officers Orange paper party patriotic political pontoons Potomac ranks Rappahannock rebel regiment reported river September September 26 shell soldiers soon South streets tents Terhune Trenton troops Twenty-sixth New Jersey Twenty-sixth Regiment Union army Vermont victory Virginia volunteers Washington wounded wrote York