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One Year On: New Gettysburgians, John M. Rudy
One Year On: New Gettysburgians, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
It's been one year since freedom was preserved on a black man's farm. It's been one year since the rebel charge of men from North Carolina and Virginia crashed against Abraham Brien's stone wall and were repelled, since men from South Carolina and Maryland found their best laid plans for independence dashed upon the rocks of Emancipation and American Liberty. [excerpt]
Hopkins And Anthony: A Struggle Over Freedom, John M. Rudy
Hopkins And Anthony: A Struggle Over Freedom, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
This piece is the original draft of a piece I wrote for the Philadelphia Inquirer, which appeared last week as part of the paper's Gettysburg sesquicentennial coverage. Here's the full, uncut piece for your perusal.
Tool Of Revolution, Piece Of The True Cross, John M. Rudy
Tool Of Revolution, Piece Of The True Cross, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
One of my former students, brilliant researcher and Gettysburg College Senior Lauren Roedner has been pulling together an exhibit from the private collection of Angelo Scarlato, displayed in the display cases in Gettysburg College's Special Collections. The exhibit,Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African American Artifacts of the Civil War Era opens officially on Monday. But I was able to sneak a quick peak on Wednesday night of the exhibit-in-progress. [excerpt]
Kingdom Comin': The Largest Slave Rebellion In U.S. History, John M. Rudy
Kingdom Comin': The Largest Slave Rebellion In U.S. History, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
Over at Present in the Past, Michael Lynch recently posted a provocative question and accompanying video about slave revolt. It got the wheels in my head turning. It also helped that Monday night was my first lecture scheduled on my course syllabus to dig into the "political war." My mind's been swimming with concepts of violence and resistance, freedom and slavery.