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 68
... volunteers . That while we deplore a fratricidal war , we pledge ourselves to stand by the Government in maintain- ing the Union and Constitution as bequeathed to us by our fathers . A list " opened for subscriptions , " said the Daily ...
... volunteers . That while we deplore a fratricidal war , we pledge ourselves to stand by the Government in maintain- ing the Union and Constitution as bequeathed to us by our fathers . A list " opened for subscriptions , " said the Daily ...
Page 150
... Volunteers , and a vote was declared to have been taken , resulting nearly unanimously in favor thereof ; therefore RESOLVED , That we , non - commissioned officers and privates of the Twenty - sixth Regiment , New Jersey Volunteers ...
... Volunteers , and a vote was declared to have been taken , resulting nearly unanimously in favor thereof ; therefore RESOLVED , That we , non - commissioned officers and privates of the Twenty - sixth Regiment , New Jersey Volunteers ...
Page 218
... volunteers . His son , Lieutenant Edward H. Martindale , and the general's two brothers , Brevet Major F. E. Martindale and Colonel Edward Martindale , also entered service at the same time . Commissioned captain and commissary of ...
... volunteers . His son , Lieutenant Edward H. Martindale , and the general's two brothers , Brevet Major F. E. Martindale and Colonel Edward Martindale , also entered service at the same time . Commissioned captain and commissary of ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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