An independent blog about the American Civil War by Professor John M. Rudy in the Civil War Era Studies Department.

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2015

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We've Got A Movement Down in Selma: Day 5, John M. Rudy (March 26, 2015)

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Can't Turn Around, We've Come This Far By Faith: Day 4, John M. Rudy (March 24, 2015)

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The Thunder of the Marching Men of Joshua: Day 3, John M. Rudy (March 23, 2015)

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Like An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Day 2, John M. Rudy (March 22, 2015)

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Walking through 1965 on an Alabama Highway: Day 1, John M. Rudy (March 21, 2015)

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We Will Now Rejoin Your Civil War (Already In Progress), John M. Rudy (January 20, 2015)

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Fruit of a Vile Tree: The Eshelman Family's War, John M. Rudy (January 15, 2015)

2014

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A Carriage Ride from Home, John M. Rudy (July 9, 2014)

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One Year On: A Glorious Frightening Fourth, John M. Rudy (July 4, 2014)

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One Year On: New Gettysburgians, John M. Rudy (July 3, 2014)

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One Year On: Preparing a Somber Holiday, John M. Rudy (July 2, 2014)

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One Year On: Obliterated By Degrees, John M. Rudy (July 1, 2014)

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One Year On: June 28th, John M. Rudy (June 28, 2014)

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Slave Revolt at Battery Wagner, John M. Rudy (June 18, 2014)

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Broken Record. Broken Record. Broken Record., John M. Rudy (June 10, 2014)

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Gettysburg's Tragedy in Virginia, John M. Rudy (June 3, 2014)

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Pride Overcometh, John M. Rudy (May 15, 2014)

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Name Calling: It's What's Not There That Matters, John M. Rudy (May 13, 2014)

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Mom, John M. Rudy (April 15, 2014)

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Everyday Sesquicentennial: Ghoulish Capitalism Takes Root, John M. Rudy (April 10, 2014)

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Postage Due: Stewardship, Stamps and a Watch Pocket, John M. Rudy (April 8, 2014)

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Confederates in the Swimming Pool, John M. Rudy (January 16, 2014)

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For Gods' Sake, Copy-edit that Textbook on the Wall, John M. Rudy (January 14, 2014)

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Bloody January: Adams County's Own Fall, John M. Rudy (January 7, 2014)

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Gettysburg's New Dawn, 1864, John M. Rudy (January 1, 2014)

2013

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Halfway out of the Dark: Christmas 1863, John M. Rudy (December 26, 2013)

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Tarnish'd with Ashes and Soot: A Classic Poem’s Dank Corners, John M. Rudy (December 24, 2013)

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And With The Sound The Carols Drowned: Captives in Bleak December, John M. Rudy (December 19, 2013)

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Obsessive Digging in Carolina Sand and Baltimore Asphalt, John M. Rudy (December 5, 2013)

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Buckeye Blood Waters the Longleaf Pines, John M. Rudy (December 3, 2013)

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Another Real Gettysburg Address, 50 Years On, John M. Rudy (November 26, 2013)

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Scalia: A Real Gettysburg Address, John M. Rudy (November 20, 2013)

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Interpretation is Evolution: Whose History?, John M. Rudy (November 18, 2013)

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It's OK to Giggle: Colbert's Gettysburg Address, John M. Rudy (November 14, 2013)

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Only Hindsight: Where are the Historian Futurists?, John M. Rudy (October 22, 2013)

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Her Bright Blazon Forever Unstained, John M. Rudy (October 17, 2013)

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Martin L. Stoever: Moving His Abolition Needle, John M. Rudy (October 10, 2013)

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America's Pastime: Base Ball's Battlefields, John M. Rudy (October 8, 2013)

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Echoes on the Gettysburg Battlefield, John M. Rudy (October 3, 2013)

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Ngram 150th: Race, Sex and Big Data, John M. Rudy (September 26, 2013)

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Things Never Change: Piecing Together College Life, John M. Rudy (September 19, 2013)

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Shaw's Backside: The Other Side of an Icon, John M. Rudy (September 10, 2013)

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Plunge into Shonash Ravine: Thinking 4th Dimensionally in Interpretation, John M. Rudy (August 20, 2013)

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Child's Play: War, Toys and Avoiding the Trivial, John M. Rudy (August 8, 2013)

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Birthday Party, Cheesecake, Jelly Bean, Boom: The Easy Sesquicentennial Ends, John M. Rudy (July 30, 2013)

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Finding The Good: An Emotional Anniversary, John M. Rudy (July 23, 2013)

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Stewart W. Woods: A Peculiar Casualty at Fort Wagner?, John M. Rudy (July 18, 2013)

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A New Theory for Battle Landscapes - Toward An Interpretive Future, John M. Rudy (July 16, 2013)

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Hopkins and Anthony: A Struggle Over Freedom, John M. Rudy (July 9, 2013)

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To My Great Great Grand Uncle - On the Occasion of the 150th Anniversary of your Death, John M. Rudy (July 2, 2013)