TOCWOC - A Civil War Blog

Air Date: 032406
Subject: James P. Delgado: The Civil War Underwater

Guest: James P. Delgado

Summary: Beyond the CSS Hunley, the Civil War saw the invention of other submersible warships, and Dr. James P. Delgado has found one of them intact.

Civil War Talk Radio airs most Fridays at 12 PM Pacific on World Talk [...]

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For the past two years I’ve been more interested in the historiography of the Civil War than the actual events itself. The historiography through memory writing school is relatively new to the Civil War history scene, led by historians like David Blight, but it’s making steady progress. While most works (including this site) [...]

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Shock Troops of the Confederacy: The Sharpshooter Battalions of the Army of Northern Virginia
by Fred L. Ray

ISBN-10 0-9649585-5-4
ISBN-13 978-0-9649585-5-5
6 x 9 inch hardback - 450 Pages
43 Maps, 59 Illustrations
Footnoted / Indexed / Complete Bibliography
Publication date: Winter 2005
Price $34.95
Foreword
by Robert K. Krick
Robert Krick, probably the foremost historian today of the Army of Northern Virginia, leads off [...]

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Shock Troops of the Confederacy: The Sharpshooter Battalions of the Army of Northern Virginia
by Fred L. Ray

ISBN-10 0-9649585-5-4
ISBN-13 978-0-9649585-5-5
6 x 9 inch hardback - 450 Pages
43 Maps, 59 Illustrations
Footnoted / Indexed / Complete Bibliography
Publication date: Winter 2005
Price $34.95
I have always been a fan of the Petersburg Campaign, as regular readers of this blog well know. [...]

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Air Date: 030306
Subject: James A. Morgan III: What Really Happened at Ball’s Bluff?
Book: A Little Short of Boats: The Fights at Ball’s Bluff and Edwards Ferry
Guest: James A. Morgan III
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Summary: James A. Morgan III, author of A Little Short of Boats: The Fights at Ball’s Bluff and Edwards Ferry

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Brett’s [...]

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Books On The Fredericksburg Campaign
The Fredericksburg Campaign: Decision on the Rappahannock (Military Campaigns of the Civil War)
ed. by Gary Gallagher
This is the second review of Gallagher’s essay books where I will review each article individually, thereby giving readers a chance to judge for themselves whether or not enough articles interest them to buy the book. [...]

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