Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
7-19-2012
Department 1
Civil War Era Studies
Abstract
I love being wrong. I think every historian should love that feeling. Finding that one small piece of evidence that puts a crack in your perception of the past and makes you restructure your view of the flow of history is a joy.
I had one of those moments a few weeks ago at Adams County Historical Society, digging through the vertical files for random things. I go digging every week or so, simply immersing myself in the raw material of the past and seeing what floats to the surface. [excerpt]
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Rudy, John M., "An 1858 Patent Office Report: The Joy of Being Wrong" (2012). Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public. 123.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/interpretcw/123
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Comments
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."