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Full-Text Articles in Military History
And With The Sound The Carols Drowned: Captives In Bleak December, John M. Rudy
And With The Sound The Carols Drowned: Captives In Bleak December, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
Christmas was coming, and a knot of officers of the 87th Pennsylvania suddenly found their December a bit brighter. Nine boxes had been sent along to the officers, packed to the brim with, "all kinds of necessaries and delicacies, such as will be conducive to our comfort and health while in our present condition." And the soldiers were pleased.
Any soldier would be pleased to have a pair of warm socks, a stack of stationary or a can of preserved vegetables from home. But these men were doubly pleased.
The letter of gratitude they wrote to the Gettysburg Compiler was …
Obsessive Digging In Carolina Sand And Baltimore Asphalt, John M. Rudy
Obsessive Digging In Carolina Sand And Baltimore Asphalt, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
My parents moved to Wilmington, North Carolina a couple years ago. I have to admit, I am fascinated when I visit the South, for the sheer fact that it is such a vastly different environment than I'm used to. For one thing, the war happened there. For another, the war got very complex and interesting there. [excerpt]
Buckeye Blood Waters The Longleaf Pines, John M. Rudy
Buckeye Blood Waters The Longleaf Pines, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
In the woods south of Wilmington, men in blue uniforms moved forward in a loose skirmish line. They were probing, trying to find General Hoke's last line of defense. Brig. General Charles Paine sent the men forward to develop the enemy. But in the pine thicket ahead, in a thin, ragged line, the bedraggled rebel troops likely had more to fear than bullets as those skirmishers probed and prodded on a February day in 1865. [excerpt]
Ambivalent About Tragedy: David Blight On Bruce Catton, Brianna E. Kirk
Ambivalent About Tragedy: David Blight On Bruce Catton, Brianna E. Kirk
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
November 19, 2013, marked a momentous day in the small Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg – the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. The 272 worded speech given four months after the Battle of Gettysburg assigned meaning to the intense fighting and death that had besieged the nation for two years. With the war’s end nowhere in sight, Lincoln directed the American people on how to fathom the tragedy that surrounded them, both figuratively and literally, at the dedication of the National Cemetery in 1863. 150 years after this speech, thousands gathered to celebrate and commemorate those few appropriate remarks Lincoln …
“Consternation Was Depicted On All Their Countenances”: Gettysburg’S African American Community And Confederate Invasion, Brian D. Johnson
“Consternation Was Depicted On All Their Countenances”: Gettysburg’S African American Community And Confederate Invasion, Brian D. Johnson
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
On June 15, 1863, Albert Jenkins’s Confederate cavalry brigade became the first of Lee’s men to enter the North when it crossed the Potomac River and headed for Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Lee had issued strict orders forbidding his men to damage or confiscate private property unless it was a requisition made for necessary supplies, and overseen by authorized Confederate staff. Jenkins’s men half-heartedly obeyed, and scoured the area for anything valuable, including African Americans, fugitive or legally free, who might be sold into slavery. One horrified Chambersburg resident watched local blacks attempt to hide in cornfields only to have troopers chase …
Her Bright Blazon Forever Unstained, John M. Rudy
Her Bright Blazon Forever Unstained, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
Just a few lyrics today, nothing more, nothing less. Lyrics of joy. Lyrics of home. Lyrics of who we are as a nation. Might we never forget who we are again. [excerpt]
Shaw's Backside: The Other Side Of An Icon, John M. Rudy
Shaw's Backside: The Other Side Of An Icon, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
This week I find myself in Boston, one of the couple of American cities which call themselves the cradle of liberty. But I'm not drawn like a moth to the Revolution. It's just not my bean.
Instead, I find myself in the awkward position of standing at a visitor desk and asking a park ranger what will interest a Civil War geek in a Revolutionary-bent city. That dog don't hunt so well. [excerpt]
Child's Play: War, Toys And Avoiding The Trivial, John M. Rudy
Child's Play: War, Toys And Avoiding The Trivial, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
This past weekend, I let my two hobbies combine. I spend a good chunk of my spare time doing incessant, weird and wild historical research. If you've read along on the blog for any appreciable time, you know the odd corners I've turned finding peculiar and striking stories both here in Gettysburg and beyond.
But I have another hobby.
I am an Adult Fan of LEGO. [excerpt]
Finding The Good: An Emotional Anniversary, John M. Rudy
Finding The Good: An Emotional Anniversary, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
I am an exacting judge of interpretive product. I realize this. My boss and I have had a few discussions about how both of our standards, sometimes, might be just a bit too high.
I still am not convinced that pure and utter excellence is not too much to ask for on every interpretive program. All too often, though, I don't find it.
When I do see amazing moments, it thrills me. I get outrageously excited. Through my entire experience as a visitor at the sesquicentennial celebration at Gettysburg, two programs stand out as verging on that sort of gleaming …
Stewart W. Woods: A Peculiar Casualty At Fort Wagner?, John M. Rudy
Stewart W. Woods: A Peculiar Casualty At Fort Wagner?, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
Captured in the darkness of July 18th on a sandy beach in South Carolina was a native of Adams County. Stewart W. Woods, born in Heidlersburg around 1836, found himself in the hands of the rebels, among a handful of his compatriots in the 54th Massachusetts. The fighting of Woods' war was over and his fate was unclear. Stewart was a free man, born under the folds of the same American flag under which he now fought. At some point, he had drifted over the mountain range and called Carlisle home when the war erupted in 1861. [excerpt]
A New Theory For Battle Landscapes - Toward An Interpretive Future, John M. Rudy
A New Theory For Battle Landscapes - Toward An Interpretive Future, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
There's a misunderstanding. The misunderstanding has been long and deep. It goes something like this:
Your crusade to destroy the current practice of military history on battlefields is a form of fundamentalism just like the supposed fundamentalism of military history you aim to change. [excerpt]
To My Great Great Grand Uncle - On The Occasion Of The 150th Anniversary Of Your Death, John M. Rudy
To My Great Great Grand Uncle - On The Occasion Of The 150th Anniversary Of Your Death, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
Dear William Henry,
I'm writing this standing near the spot where you died, exactly 150 years ago nearly to the second. I'm typing on a tiny screen, a technological marvel that lets me share the stories of men like you with the world instantly.
They've put up a monument to you and the 17 other men who died along with you along the banks of Plum Run creek. We call this place "The Valley of Death" now. I think you among all people who have walked this green earth would understand why.... [excerpt]
Review Of Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War In Vietnam, Gregory A. Daddis
Review Of Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War In Vietnam, Gregory A. Daddis
History Faculty Articles and Research
A review of Nick Turse's Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam.
Just Fields: 30 June 1863, John M. Rudy
Just Fields: 30 June 1863, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
South of Gettysburg as midnight chimed on June 30th and the calendar flipped over to July, a quiet peach orchard sat at the corner of a narrow lane and the road to Emmitsburg. It was just a peach orchard. [excerpt]
There Is Still Time: Contingency And History, John M. Rudy
There Is Still Time: Contingency And History, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
"...and it's all in the balance, it hasn't happened yet, it hasn't even begun yet, it not only hasn't begun yet but there is still time for it not to begin against that position and those circumstances which made more men than Garnett and Kemper and Armistead and Wilcox look grave..."
William Faulkner's Intruder in the Dust has that beautifully evocative passage that anyone worth their salt contemplating a Pickett's Charge program has considered including in their ebb and flow. Faulkner was a master of language, and his passage about, "every Southern boy fourteen years old," is a particularly artful. …
Inside The Resource: Interpreting Is Pointing At Things, John M. Rudy
Inside The Resource: Interpreting Is Pointing At Things, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
We preserve the places of the past for a very specific reason: they are places. They are physical manifestations of the past, either landscapes where that past was played out or the remnants of the people who made that past happen.
That was clear to me last week as I watched David Fox, one of Harpers Ferry's premier interpreters, twiddle a shaving mirror in the sunlight and shine a twinkling beam on the gravestone of Rev. Alexander Morrell in the cemetery at the end of Fillmore Street. [excerpt]
Gaman: How Japanese Americans Persevered In The Face Of Racial Injustice 1941-1988, Derek James Koehler
Gaman: How Japanese Americans Persevered In The Face Of Racial Injustice 1941-1988, Derek James Koehler
History
A look at the racial injustice of Japanese Americans during WWII including the internment camps and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
The Semester Ends, The Semester Begins, John M. Rudy
The Semester Ends, The Semester Begins, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
It's finals week at Gettysburg College, but in another time, it was just the beginning of the oddest session of college just over 100 students would ever experience. Some would join the 26th PEMR, some would run home from the oncoming rebel hordes, and others would remain in Gettysburg, sitting in the cross-hairs of the war as the slowly rested on Adams County. [excerpt]
Virtual Sesquicentennial: #Invasion63 Goes Live, John M. Rudy
Virtual Sesquicentennial: #Invasion63 Goes Live, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
I teased this project a short while ago, and now that May has arrived history has begun coming back to life. Over the next three months, the men and women who walked Gettysburg's streets and crossed the Pennsylvania College campus will reenact their lives in the last few moments before Gettysburg changed irrevocably. As May creeps along, more characters will rise from the grave and begin reliving the past. [excerpt]
Female Paramilitary Experience In Northern Ireland, Emily Artalejo
Female Paramilitary Experience In Northern Ireland, Emily Artalejo
Honors Program Theses and Research Projects
"Peace is not what our people fought for. They fought for independence." Declared Bernadette Sands-McKevitt in response to the Provisional Irish Republican Army's acceptance of the Belfast Agreement. A former member of the PIRA, Sands-McKevitt is now an active member of the "Real IRA," a splinter group formed by republicans who were disillusioned by Gerry Adams' acceptance of the Mitchell Principles during the Northern Ireland Peace Process. She is the founder and current Vice Chair Person of the 32-County Sovereignty Committee, a single-issue pressure group designed to eliminate the partitionist articles of the Agreement and unite Northern Ireland with the …
Pennsylvania At Chancellorsville, But Headed Back Home, John M. Rudy
Pennsylvania At Chancellorsville, But Headed Back Home, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
With the anniversary of the battles around Fredericksburg this week, the Civil War world's eyes seem to be turned toward Chancellorsville and the battles there. Almost as a reflex, my mind has gone there too. I've been thinking about Simon Stein Wolf, the Gettysburgian who faced death at Chancellorsville only to find it terribly displayed in the days after. So today another excerpt from my manuscript, to start re-conceptualizing Chancellorsville through the eyes of a Pennsylvania College dropout. [excerpt]
Gettysburg's Other Unknown Soldier, John M. Rudy
Gettysburg's Other Unknown Soldier, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
We all know the name Amos Humiston. We know he was found on the first day's field. We know he clutched the image of his three children, an unknown soldier until his wife Philinda Humiston saw her children peering back at her from a copy of that picture. We know his drama and the agony of Philinda, we know the heartbreak and horror.
But who's buried next to him? [excerpt]
On The Battleground At Gettysburg: A Journey To Remember, John M. Rudy
On The Battleground At Gettysburg: A Journey To Remember, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
I was very pleased to be one of the two speakers at Sunday night's inaugural "Journey to Remember" event sponsored by Gettysburg College. A group of students and community members trekked up the hill from the campus, resting on Oak Hill at the base of the Eternal Light Peace Memorial to hear myself and Janet Riggs, the college's President and a fellow alum. The student organizers asked me to place that place into historical context. [excerpt]
The Spirit Of His Men: The Development Of The Lord Nelson Legend, 1805-1905, Alexa M. Price
The Spirit Of His Men: The Development Of The Lord Nelson Legend, 1805-1905, Alexa M. Price
Honors Theses and Capstones
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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]
Two Kosciuszkos: Fighting For Liberty, John M. Rudy
Two Kosciuszkos: Fighting For Liberty, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
I got in trouble down in the District of Columbia before Christmas. I made the mistake of asking friend and fellow blogger Aaron Urbanski why I should care who Thaddeus Kosciuszko was. He went mildly ballistic. Aaron has a soft spot in his heart for the old Polish general, partially because his last name is Urbanski. I can't begrudge him that.
So the name "Kosciuszko" has been rattling violently around in my head since December. Recently it broke free. And it was because of the Civil War, Gettysburg and a Pennsylvanian general that I found out why Thaddeus Kosciuszko might …
Meaningless Lists Of Soldiers: Hidden In Plain Sight, John M. Rudy
Meaningless Lists Of Soldiers: Hidden In Plain Sight, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
This week I had the chance to visit National Archives 1 to do some research for work into the history of the Federal Armory at Harpers Ferry, and particularly the building I work in. Mather Training Center waswas the Superintendent's House before the War came and upended the entire town. It was nice to get back into the stacks downtown and dig through musty boxes of (in this case) Office of the Chief of Ordinance records.
It brought to mind the last time that I got the chance to root around in the trove that is the Nation's repository down …
Eating Soup With A Spoon: The U.S. Army As A "Learning Organization" In The Vietnam War, Gregory A. Daddis
Eating Soup With A Spoon: The U.S. Army As A "Learning Organization" In The Vietnam War, Gregory A. Daddis
History Faculty Articles and Research
Standard Vietnam War narratives often argue that the U.S. Army lost the war because it failed to learn and adapt to the conditions of an unconventional conflict. Based on a reappraisal of learning processes rather than on the outcome of the war, this essay argues that as an organization, the U.S. Army did learn and adapt in Vietnam; however, that learning was not sufficient, in itself, to preserve a South Vietnam in the throes of a powerful nationalist upheaval. A reexamination of the Army's strategic approach, operational experiences, and organizational changes reveals that significant learning did occur during the Vietnam …
Why The "Harvest Of Death" Doesn't Matter (And Why It Does), John M. Rudy
Why The "Harvest Of Death" Doesn't Matter (And Why It Does), John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
I went on a tour a few Sundays ago. It was very tough to explain exactly what I had done (in sensible terms) with my coworkers when I came into the office the next Monday morning. Not just very tough, but embarrassingly tough.
THEM: "What did you do this weekend, John?"
ME: "Well, Sunday I went on a tour of places on the Gettysburg battlefield where one specific photo wasn't taken-"
THEM: *blank stare* [excerpt]
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]