Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
10-18-2012
Department 1
Civil War Era Studies
Abstract
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]
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Rudy, John M., "Why The "Harvest of Death" Doesn't Matter (And Why It Does)" (2012). Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public. 109.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/interpretcw/109
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Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public is written by alum and adjunct professor, John Rudy. Each post is his own opinions, musings, discussions, and questions about the Civil War era, public history, historical interpretation, and the future of history. In his own words, it is "a blog talking about how we talk about a war where over 600,000 died, 4 million were freed and a nation forever changed. Meditating on interpretation, both theory and practice, at no charge to you."