TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: May 2008

  • New Promo Video for Gary Grigsby’s War Between the States

    Matrix Games posted a press release on their site on Friday detailing a new promotional video for the soon to be released Gary Grigsby’s War Between the States. Click on “Read more” below or on the link provided to read the full press release:

  • Civil War web sites of interest

    Delevan Bates was a New Yorker who signed up with the 121st New York in 1861. He served as a lieutenant but later took a commission as colonel of the 30th U.S.C.T. Bates, who lived after the war in Nebraska, nevertheless wrote many articles for the Otsego (New York) Republican. They tend to be rambling […]

  • Civil War Talk Radio: May 30, 2008

    Air Date: 053008 Subject: Confederate Bushwhacker Sam Hildebrand Books: Autobiography of Samuel S. Hildebrand (Civil War in the West) (edited by Kirby Ross) Guest: Kirby Ross Summary: Newspaper editor Kirby Ross discusses the autobiography of Missouri bushwhacker Samuel S. Hildebrand, the latest version of which he edited. Brett’s Summary: Little known today, Confederate bushwhacker Samuel […]

  • Uses of a dead soldier

    No, I’m not trying to be funny. However, a good deal of what we know about the modern forensics of body decomposition comes from the researches of Dr. Bill Bass, who runs the Body Farm near Knoxville, TN. Bass got started on this in the early 70s after finding the corpse of a white male […]

  • Two New Civil War Modding Sites

    I just wanted to let fellow American Civil War wargamers know about two new modding sites I’ve rolled into TOCWOC’s pages. The NEW Harpers Ferry Arsenal hosts mods for Mad Minute Games’ Take Command Series, including Take Command 2nd Manassas (TC2M), a “real time battle simulator”. Modders have created many other battles, including Fredericksburg, Antietam, […]

  • Odds & Ends: May 29, 2008

    Gone With the Wind and UFOs? Check it out. XDA has a list of the top 45 war movies ever made. I have no idea how these were chosen, but only three American Civil War movies made the list: Glory Ride With the Devil The General Harry Smeltzer has a nice start to a bibliography […]

  • Two Fated Soldiers

    Above: Lieutenant Colonel Augustus W. Dwight, 122nd New York Volunteers. Killed March 25, 1865 at Petersburg Below: Lieutenant Colonel George W. Johnson, 49th New York Volunteers. Wounded July 12, 1864 at Fort Stevens, died of wounds July 29.