Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
6-18-2014
Department 1
Civil War Era Studies
Abstract
The assault on Battery Wagner: we so often look at that tense moment on a beach in South Carolina from the eyes of the men of the 54th Massachusetts. They hailed from all over the United States. Some were from Pennsylvania, Massachusets, Connecticut - born free and willing to risk it all for the freedom of others. Some were from the American South, former chattel property who had seized their freedom of their own accord. [excerpt]
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Recommended Citation
Rudy, John M., "Slave Revolt at Battery Wagner" (2014). Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public. 50.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/interpretcw/50
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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."