Bonnie Louise Daniels Milton,
2011
Georgia Southern University
Governor Wise's War: Loose Lips (Part 2),
2011
Gettysburg College
Governor Wise's War: Loose Lips (Part 2), John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
When last we left Ex-Governor Henry Wise, he was exceedingly impatient at the Virginia secession convention's failure to act immediately and swiftly after the firing on Fort Sumter. The power broker who had stared down John Brown now called upon personal loyalties to get the job done where politics had failed. An account by John Imboden has the Governor querying the future Brigadier General, asking whether he remembered the charge Wise made upon presenting two brass cannon to a Staunton militia unit. Imboden recalled the Governor had told him, "he was bound to obey the call of Wise for those …
Hymn To Freedom: Obama's 150th Proclamation,
2011
Gettysburg College
Hymn To Freedom: Obama's 150th Proclamation, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
This post is about the President's proclamation on Tuesday. I was heartily pleased by this action from the White House. It phrasing brings to mind an intellectual fusion not unlike that crafted through Daniel Webster's 1830 pronouncement of, "Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable." Certainly the 19th century conception of Liberty and our modern conception of the term, as adeptly pointed out in the most recent episode of Backstory with the American History Guys, are not the same. Still, Obama's proclamation keenly joins the two Northern war aims and war outcomes at the hip. "The meaning of …
Sidney H. Barlow,
2011
Georgia Southern University
Mrs. Carrie Wilkins House,
2011
Georgia Southern University
Clifford Bryant,
2011
Georgia Southern University
Governor Wise's War: My Misconception (Part 1),
2011
Gettysburg College
Governor Wise's War: My Misconception (Part 1), John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
I worked in the living history branch at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park for three years, wearing old timey clothing and talking to visitors about the meanings of John Brown. Harpers Ferry is where I began to understand what the concept of interpretation means, and how it is such a radically different concept from academic history. [excerpt]
Jaden Marquis Simms,
2011
Georgia Southern University
Jaden Marquis Simms
African American Funeral Programs
Jaden_Marquis_Simms.pdf - Funeral program for Jaden Simms
Abraham L. Giles,
2011
Georgia Southern University
Henry Louis Mckenzie,
2011
Georgia Southern University
Melvina Mae Jones,
2011
Georgia Southern University
Public History Newsletter Spring 2011,
2011
Wright State University
Public History Newsletter Spring 2011, Public History Concentration
Public History Newsletter
A six page newsletter created by the Public History Concentration at Wright State University.
Traces Volume 39, Number 1,
2011
Western Kentucky University
Traces Volume 39, Number 1, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Traces, the Southern Central Kentucky, Barren County Genealogical Newsletter
Traces, the South Central Kentucky Genealogical Society's quarterly newsletter, was first published in 1973. The Society changed its name in 2016 to the Barren County Historical Society. The publication features compiled genealogies, articles on local history, single-family studies and unpublished source materials related to this area.
Review Of A Question Of Command: Counterinsurgency From The Civil War To Iraq,
2011
Chapman University
Review Of A Question Of Command: Counterinsurgency From The Civil War To Iraq, Gregory A. Daddis
History Faculty Articles and Research
A review of A Question of Command: Counterinsurgency from the Civil War to Iraq, by Mark Moyar.
The Civil War Centennial: Inspiration For The Civil Rights Movement?,
2011
Gettysburg College
The Civil War Centennial: Inspiration For The Civil Rights Movement?, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
I read Richard Williams' Old Virginia Blog, not because I agree with what he has to say but explicitly because it gets me so corking mad. Interspersed with tea party rants and modern political diatribes, Williams is an interesting (and sometimes frightening) voice of modern Confederatism and Southern exceptionalism.
Juanita April Fann,
2011
Georgia Southern University
Luther James Anthony,
2011
Georgia Southern University
Danny Herrington,
2011
Georgia Southern University
"...The Way Things Were Back Then": Why Making Excuses For Slavery Doesn't Work,
2011
Gettysburg College
"...The Way Things Were Back Then": Why Making Excuses For Slavery Doesn't Work, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
Presentism. Aside from historical revisionism, it is perhaps the 'epithet' with which the modern historian find themselves branded the most. I've been reading again a series of screeds by Bill Vallante, a Confederate reenactor and SCV member from Commack, NY (thanks to John Hennessy). I've read these pages before, but this time around was struck by the abject vitriol which oozes from the language employed. A line in one piece in particular stood out to me as quite angry:
"Add a heavy dose of presentism (judging or interpreting the past according to the standards of the present), mix thoroughly and …
Leola Munlin,
2011
Georgia Southern University
