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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... troops so unexpectedly that they were sur- prised , and fled panic stricken toward Washington , leaving their batteries , and everything to be captured by the enemy . " In succeeding issues the Advertiser sorted out the facts more ...
... troops so unexpectedly that they were sur- prised , and fled panic stricken toward Washington , leaving their batteries , and everything to be captured by the enemy . " In succeeding issues the Advertiser sorted out the facts more ...
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... troops in the shortest possible time , " he wrote , “ which will substantially end the war . " The president assured the governors that for all the military reverses of the first eighteen months of the war , despite all the home front ...
... troops in the shortest possible time , " he wrote , “ which will substantially end the war . " The president assured the governors that for all the military reverses of the first eighteen months of the war , despite all the home front ...
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... troops . The Mercury and the Advertiser had virtually assured their readers that little active service should be expected of the " nine - monthers . " And until October became November , men of the Twenty - sixth nursed the hope that a ...
... troops . The Mercury and the Advertiser had virtually assured their readers that little active service should be expected of the " nine - monthers . " And until October became November , men of the Twenty - sixth nursed the hope that a ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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