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

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2013

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Just Fields: 30 June 1863, John M. Rudy (June 30, 2013)

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There is Still Time: Contingency And History, John M. Rudy (June 25, 2013)

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Stormclouds Gather on the Horizon, John M. Rudy (June 18, 2013)

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George C. Wallace: Schoolhouse Door to Gettysburg, John M. Rudy (June 13, 2013)

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Memory and Meaning: Civil Rights in Lee's Backyard, John M. Rudy (June 11, 2013)

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Meanings: Where This Is All Headed, John M. Rudy (June 6, 2013)

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Inside the Resource: Interpreting is Pointing at Things, John M. Rudy (June 4, 2013)

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Born in Slavery: One Grave in Chambersburg, John M. Rudy (May 30, 2013)

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Fire on the Mountain: A Forest Fire Ignored?, John M. Rudy (May 23, 2013)

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Rewind: Good Morning to the Night, John M. Rudy (May 21, 2013)

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Hearing His Voice: What Does "War" Have to Say?, John M. Rudy (May 16, 2013)

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Sockdologizing: Finally Laughing at the Lincoln Assassination, John M. Rudy (May 14, 2013)

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From a Place of Fear: Death, Slavery & Stonewall, John M. Rudy (May 10, 2013)

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The Semester Ends, The Semester Begins, John M. Rudy (May 9, 2013)

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Virtual Sesquicentennial: #Invasion63 Goes Live, John M. Rudy (May 7, 2013)

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Pennsylvania at Chancellorsville, But Headed Back Home, John M. Rudy (May 2, 2013)

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Gettysburg's Other Unknown Soldier, John M. Rudy (April 30, 2013)

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Thinking of the Ending and Beginning of a War, John M. Rudy (April 25, 2013)

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Loyalty: Democracy and Gettysburg's Union League, John M. Rudy (April 23, 2013)

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Building the War One Brick at a Time, John M. Rudy (April 18, 2013)

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Big Interp: Processing Massive Meaning, John M. Rudy (April 16, 2013)

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Dark Town's Wealth: A 150-Year-Old Rock-and-Roll Concert Review, John M. Rudy (April 11, 2013)

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On the Battleground at Gettysburg: A Journey to Remember, John M. Rudy (April 9, 2013)

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We're Not Important: Historian in an Operating Room, John M. Rudy (April 4, 2013)

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Wilmington: A World Turned Upside Down, John M. Rudy (April 2, 2013)

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Tool of Revolution, Piece of the True Cross, John M. Rudy (March 28, 2013)

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Choice Poetry: Valiant Manhood's Flinch, John M. Rudy (March 26, 2013)

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An Unexpected Hiatus and a Few Remarks, John M. Rudy (March 21, 2013)

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Loading Chekhov’s Gun in 9-Times: The Fundamental Disconnect in Historical Interpretation, John M. Rudy (March 12, 2013)

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Shattered by War: The Huber Family, John M. Rudy (March 7, 2013)

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Interpreting Different Cheesesteaks, John M. Rudy (March 5, 2013)

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Food, Fuel and Fodder: Civil War Carbon Footprints, John M. Rudy (February 28, 2013)

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“A time to be born, and a time to die.”, John M. Rudy (February 26, 2013)

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Consumptive Use History, John M. Rudy (February 21, 2013)

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In Plain Black and White: Race & Gettysburg, Winter 1863, John M. Rudy (February 19, 2013)

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Presidents' Day in a Land at War, John M. Rudy (February 14, 2013)

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Two Kosciuszkos: Fighting for Liberty, John M. Rudy (February 12, 2013)

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Downwind from Gettysburg, John M. Rudy (February 7, 2013)

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Her Meaning, My Meaning, Our Meanings, John M. Rudy (February 5, 2013)

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War Against Slavery Without a Black Soldier in Sight?, John M. Rudy (January 31, 2013)

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Out of Sorts: Finding the Passion behind the Article, John M. Rudy (January 28, 2013)

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Old, Worn Bibles: What Did She Feel?, John M. Rudy (January 24, 2013)

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Sunrise with Lincoln and Meanings with Chuck, John M. Rudy (January 21, 2013)

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Meaningless Lists of Soldiers: Hidden in Plain Sight, John M. Rudy (January 17, 2013)

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"...let the spinning wheel turn": A Piece of Gettysburg Lost in Rebeldom, John M. Rudy (January 15, 2013)

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On Larsen: Friends, Philosophers and Historians, John M. Rudy (January 10, 2013)

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Bells on Bobtail Ring: A Cold Day in Hell, John M. Rudy (January 8, 2013)

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25425 & 20500: ZIP codes for a Revolution, John M. Rudy (January 3, 2013)

2012

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Two More Proclamations for a Special New Years Eve, John M. Rudy (December 31, 2012)

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Resolute on the Eve of Emancipation, John M. Rudy (December 27, 2012)