Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
7-2-2014
Department 1
Civil War Era Studies
Abstract
Newspapers are built by bits and pieces. Type is set all throughout the week, long before the paper in Gettysburg goes to press. July's first edition in 1864 was cobbled together in the last few days of June and the first few days of July. Dropping sorts into the frames must have been agonizing work. It was labor intensive, requiring the meticulous placing of each letter and every space into the plate for every single word. [excerpt]
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Recommended Citation
Rudy, John M., "One Year On: Preparing a Somber Holiday" (2014). Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public. 48.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/interpretcw/48
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."