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Fear In Illinois: A Father's Grief, John M. Rudy
Fear In Illinois: A Father's Grief, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
Like a prose poem, the passage leaped off of the page of the Lutheran and Missionary as I scanned the newspaper's columns. Sitting in the reading room of the Abdel Ross Wentz Library at the Lutheran Theological Seminary, my heart raced. It's not often that you find new words penned by someone you've been studying for years. [excerpt]
An 1858 Patent Office Report: The Joy Of Being Wrong, John M. Rudy
An 1858 Patent Office Report: The Joy Of Being Wrong, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
I love being wrong. I think every historian should love that feeling. Finding that one small piece of evidence that puts a crack in your perception of the past and makes you restructure your view of the flow of history is a joy.
I had one of those moments a few weeks ago at Adams County Historical Society, digging through the vertical files for random things. I go digging every week or so, simply immersing myself in the raw material of the past and seeing what floats to the surface. [excerpt]
Once Upon A Time In Gettysburg: Sometimes It Works, John M. Rudy
Once Upon A Time In Gettysburg: Sometimes It Works, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
Monday night, I took my class out on the 'battlefield.' I know some of them are taking my class because, "it's Gettysburg College and I should take a Civil War class before I leave." I couldn't resist the siren call to show them where they have lived for four years and transform the meanings of that ground for them. So we went on a campus tour, the battlefield they walk everyday when they go to class or dinner or out to party on a Friday night. [excerpt]
Confederates In The Dorm: Hidden In Plain Sight, John M. Rudy
Confederates In The Dorm: Hidden In Plain Sight, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
You can imagine the terror in the young 21-year-old's eyes as he realized who was charging down the Cashtown Pike into Gettysburg on the 26th of June. You can feel the chill that might have run down his spine as he realized that the rebel army he had deserted, the one he had escaped by running to the Federal lines, was crashing down upon him again. And the deserter's fate during this war was simple: execution. [excerpt]