Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
5-13-2014
Department 1
Civil War Era Studies
Abstract
The article in the Adams Sentinel May 17th, 1863 was innocent enough.
David McConaughy, prominent local lawyer, moderate Republican and progenitor of the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association was passing along a simple request. "I am very anxious to have a collection of trophies and interesting relics from the Battle-field of Gettysburg," Margaretta Meade wrote to McConaughy. The famed General's wife was appealing to Gettysburg to create one of the central attractions for the Great Central Sanitary Fair in Philadelphia that summer. [excerpt]
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Recommended Citation
Rudy, John M., "Name Calling: It's What's Not There That Matters" (2014). Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public. 55.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/interpretcw/55
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."