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 163
... victory he so carefully planned . Yet to the astonishment of his commanders and the confusion of his troops , he ordered his men back toward Chancellorsville to prepare a defensive position . “ From that time the whole situation was ...
... victory he so carefully planned . Yet to the astonishment of his commanders and the confusion of his troops , he ordered his men back toward Chancellorsville to prepare a defensive position . “ From that time the whole situation was ...
Page 171
... victory was gained , and the opposing force was almost entirely killed , wounded , or taken prison- ers . . . . The Twenty - sixth New Jersey redeemed itself . It charged gallantly down with the Sixth Vermont , and left the conflict a ...
... victory was gained , and the opposing force was almost entirely killed , wounded , or taken prison- ers . . . . The Twenty - sixth New Jersey redeemed itself . It charged gallantly down with the Sixth Vermont , and left the conflict a ...
Page 172
... victory seemed likely . From the confused and in some respects conflicting accounts which reach us from the main scene of battle , near Chancellorsville , it is difficult to arrive at a correct judgment as to the results of the ...
... victory seemed likely . From the confused and in some respects conflicting accounts which reach us from the main scene of battle , near Chancellorsville , it is difficult to arrive at a correct judgment as to the results of the ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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