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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... situation is pleasant , and water is plenty for all purposes . The weather , since we have been here , has been delightful . The regiment is now furnished with small shelter tents , which will accom- modate but two men , each man ...
... situation is pleasant , and water is plenty for all purposes . The weather , since we have been here , has been delightful . The regiment is now furnished with small shelter tents , which will accom- modate but two men , each man ...
Page 145
... situation . ” Let , then , the next three months be given to unceasing , unsparing war- using every means to cripple and subdue our foe . Let every patriot , from this day forward , take new courage . Let the hands A Trumpet Blast from ...
... situation . ” Let , then , the next three months be given to unceasing , unsparing war- using every means to cripple and subdue our foe . Let every patriot , from this day forward , take new courage . Let the hands A Trumpet Blast from ...
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... situation was changed , " wrote Major General Alfred Pleasanton , cavalry commander at Chancellorsville . " Without striking a blow , the army was placed on the defensive . The golden moment had been lost , and it never appeared again ...
... situation was changed , " wrote Major General Alfred Pleasanton , cavalry commander at Chancellorsville . " Without striking a blow , the army was placed on the defensive . The golden moment had been lost , and it never appeared again ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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