Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 1 of 1
Full-Text Articles in History
Name Calling: It's What's Not There That Matters, John M. Rudy
Name Calling: It's What's Not There That Matters, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
The article in the Adams Sentinel May 17th, 1863 was innocent enough.
David McConaughy, prominent local lawyer, moderate Republican and progenitor of the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association was passing along a simple request. "I am very anxious to have a collection of trophies and interesting relics from the Battle-field of Gettysburg," Margaretta Meade wrote to McConaughy. The famed General's wife was appealing to Gettysburg to create one of the central attractions for the Great Central Sanitary Fair in Philadelphia that summer. [excerpt]