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Thirty Years War
I’m going a bit afield here to look at a war most people have never heard of—the Thirty Years War. Bear with me, because I’m going to tie it in with the Civil War. Right now I’m working on reviews of several books dealing with guerilla warfar...
Last Shots of the War
One of our local columnists, Rob Neufeld, pens a short item on the last shots of the war, which were supposedly fired right here in Western NC. What caught my eye is that they were fired by sharpshooters under the command of Lt. Robert Conley of Comp...
The Becker Collection
Another most amazing Civil War resource has recently become available at Boston College—The Becker Archive, an extensive collection of the original drawings of the special artists working for Frank Leslie’s Weekly. There’s a long artic...
Smith & Wesson Revolvers
Gunbroker can be a fascinating place to browse around, in many ways like an online museum. I found a couple of examples of the first cartridge revolvers by Smith & Wesson. These were not by any means the first revolvers but they were the first to...
Short Takes
Looking for a couple of ex-Confederate brass Armstrong cannons to round out your collection? I just might know where you can find ‘em. R. Lee “Gunny” Ermey is at it again with a History Channel series on weapons call Lock N’ ...
Top 7 Shiloh Books: Combined List
The recent Civil War Bloggers Top 10 Gettysburg Books list turned out well, so well that I immediately contacted the members of the Shiloh Discussion Group to see if they would join me in creating another combined list, this time of the Top 7 Shiloh ...
Top 7 Shiloh Books: Shiloh Discussion Group Member mona
The recent Civil War Bloggers Top 10 Gettysburg Books list turned out well, so well that I immediately contacted the members of the Shiloh Discussion Group to see if they would join me in creating another combined list, this time of the Top 7 Shiloh ...
Top 7 Shiloh Books: Shiloh Discussion Group Member idaho native
The recent Civil War Bloggers Top 10 Gettysburg Books list turned out well, so well that I immediately contacted the members of the Shiloh Discussion Group to see if they would join me in creating another combined list, this time of the Top 7 Shiloh ...
Top 7 Shiloh Books: Shiloh Discussion Group Founder Wrap10
The recent Civil War Bloggers Top 10 Gettysburg Books list turned out well, so well that I immediately contacted the members of the Shiloh Discussion Group to see if they would join me in creating another combined list, this time of the Top 7 Shiloh ...
Top 7 Shiloh Books: Shiloh Discussion Group Member Manassas1
The recent Civil War Bloggers Top 10 Gettysburg Books list turned out well, so well that I immediately contacted the members of the Shiloh Discussion Group to see if they would join me in creating another combined list, this time of the Top 7 Shiloh ...
Top 7 Shiloh Books: Shiloh Discussion Group Member 54th OVI
The recent Civil War Bloggers Top 10 Gettysburg Books list turned out well, so well that I immediately contacted the members of the Shiloh Discussion Group to see if they would join me in creating another combined list, this time of the Top 7 Shiloh ...
Top 7 Shiloh Books: Nick Kurtz
The recent Civil War Bloggers Top 10 Gettysburg Books list turned out well, so well that I immediately contacted the members of the Shiloh Discussion Group to see if they would join me in creating another combined list, this time of the Top 7 Shiloh ...
Top 7 Shiloh Books: Shiloh Discussion Group Member vtclark
The recent Civil War Bloggers Top 10 Gettysburg Books list turned out well, so well that I immediately contacted the members of the Shiloh Discussion Group to see if they would join me in creating another combined list, this time of the Top 7 Shiloh ...
Top 7 Shiloh Books: Shiloh Discussion Group Member tcb816
The recent Civil War Bloggers Top 10 Gettysburg Books list turned out well, so well that I immediately contacted the members of the Shiloh Discussion Group to see if they would join me in creating another combined list, this time of the Top 7 Shiloh ...
Top 7 Shiloh Books: Shiloh Discussion Group Member Drew Wagenhoffer
The recent Civil War Bloggers Top 10 Gettysburg Books list turned out well, so well that I immediately contacted the members of the Shiloh Discussion Group to see if they would join me in creating another combined list, this time of the Top 7 Shiloh ...
Shiloh Top 7 Books: Shiloh Discussion Group Member Bjorn
The recent Civil War Bloggers Top 10 Gettysburg Books list turned out well, so well that I immediately contacted the members of the Shiloh Discussion Group to see if they would join me in creating another combined list, this time of the Top 7 Shiloh ...
Top 7 Shiloh Books: Shiloh Discussion Group Member Ron
The recent Civil War Bloggers Top 10 Gettysburg Books list turned out well, so well that I immediately contacted the members of the Shiloh Discussion Group to see if they would join me in creating another combined list, this time of the Top 7 Shiloh ...
Review: Fire in the Cane Field: The Federal Invasion of Louisiana and Texas, January 1861-January 1863
Fire in the Cane Field: The Federal Invasion of Louisiana and Texas, January 1861-January 1863 (Hardcover) by Donald S. Frazier Product Details Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: State House/McWhiney Foundation Press (July 1, 2009) Language: Engli...
Glory and Tarheels
Blogger/journalist Jules Crittenden reminds us that today is the 146th anniversary of the doomed assault of the 54th Massachusetts on Fort Wagner, near Charleston. Although the attack was a failure it proved that Black soldiers would fight and led to...
In The Review Queue: Death in the Trenches, Border War, and Civil War Guerrillas
The “In the Review Queue” series provides TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog readers with a brief look at books Brett Schulte is planning to review here on the blog. These will be very similar to Drew Wagenhoffer’s “Booknotes&#...
Thoughts on Struggle for the Shenandoah as The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864 Goes to Paperback
Drew Wagenhoffer’s review of the paperback version of The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864 yesterday led me to go back and read my own multi part summary of the *other* Gary Gallagher produced 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign book Struggle for...
In the Review Queue: Fire in the Cane Field: The Federal Invasion of Louisiana and Texas, January 1861-January 1863 by Donald S. Frazier
The “In the Review Queue” series provides TOCWOC - A Civil War Blog readers with a brief look at books Brett Schulte is planning to review here on the blog. These will be very similar to Drew Wagenhoffer’s “Booknotes” ...
Whither the History (?) Channel
Is a channel that spends more time on gangs, monsters, and prophecies really about history? Eric Wittenberg weighed in on the subject last year, and teacher Betsy Newmark is the latest to take aim with a hilarious but (but oh-so-true) graphic. ItR...
In the Review Queue: Thunder From a Clear Sky: Stovepipe Johnson’s Confederate Raid on Newbergh, Indiana
The “In the Review Queue” series provides TOCWOC - A Civil War Blog readers with a brief look at books Brett Schulte is planning to review here on the blog. These will be very similar to Drew Wagenhoffer’s “Booknotes” ...
Robert Duvall, Lawmakers to Commemorate Battle of the Wilderness
Jim Campi of the Civil War Preservation Trust sends this along: MEDIA ADVISORY:ROBERT DUVALL, LAWMAKERS, TO COMMEMORATE ANNIVERSARY OF BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS (Orange County, Va.) Academy and Emmy Award-winning actor Robert Duvall, who portrayed his...
Short Takes
Haven’t had much time to blog lately as I have been getting out another book. Nothing to do with the Civil War, this one’s the fourth edition of River Rescue, first published way back in 1985. If anyone out there in our radio audience is ...
Top 5 Civil War Books on the Battle of Antietam and the Maryland Campaign of 1862
I love sharing the knowledge I’ve gained over the years from reading, and reading about, top Civil War books. I’ve also always found the list format to be an easy way for readers to take in some of this knowledge. With these things in...
Blowin’ In The Wind at Petersburg
As a followup to my previous post on Bob Dylan, the Times blog has posted some thoughts on what he might have been reading. They put in a quote from a Times correspondent comparing Northern and Southern forces in mid-1864 (not 1863 as stated). The ro...
Bull of the West Wood
Thanks to Brett for his pointer to Jim Buchanan’s Walking in the West Woods. And thanks to Jim for the pointer to Gen. Sumner’s papers at the Archives and for publishing his post-battle letter. Sumner’s letter would seem to support ...
Modest Heroes
Eric Wittenberg has a couple of posts on David F. Day, a brave man who won a Medal of Honor but who had an unfortunate habit of boasting about himself and shamelessly embellishing his deeds. The Southern equivalent would be Lamar Fontaine, who I will...
