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 43
... sides , it said , was " fearful , " Union generalship " incompetent , " Secession scouts already two miles from ... side of this terrible civil war have been successful and have met with repulse . Both have shown a terrible front ...
... sides , it said , was " fearful , " Union generalship " incompetent , " Secession scouts already two miles from ... side of this terrible civil war have been successful and have met with repulse . Both have shown a terrible front ...
Page 127
... side of the hill on one side of the ravine , and the tents of the Colonel and his staff on the opposite side , and it is a grand sight in the night to stand at the Colonel's tent door and view the camp on the opposite side . As far as ...
... side of the hill on one side of the ravine , and the tents of the Colonel and his staff on the opposite side , and it is a grand sight in the night to stand at the Colonel's tent door and view the camp on the opposite side . As far as ...
Page 167
... side of the road , the Jerseyman talked for the first time of the fate of their colonel , who , soon after the charge up the heights began , had been ordered to the rear . A Republican with little use for the flamboyant colonel ...
... side of the road , the Jerseyman talked for the first time of the fate of their colonel , who , soon after the charge up the heights began , had been ordered to the rear . A Republican with little use for the flamboyant colonel ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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