TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Welcome back to TOCWOC - A Civil War Blog and thanks for reading!

This Odds & Ends contains quite a few links from the Civil War blogs.  I’m trying to fill in just a bit for the recently retired This Week in Civil War Blogs formerly run by Civil War Interactive, but I doubt I’d ever have time to fill in on a permanent basis.  I’d like to thank Laurie and the crew for their dedication over the past few years.  The Civil War blogosphere has grown quite a bit since then, so it had to be tough to keep track of them all.  Without further ado, here’s this version of O&E for your enjoyment:

• A note on the preservation struggle at Shepherdstown, West Virginia from Scott Mingus at his Charge! Wargaming blog.

• Drew Wagenhoffer has an insightful two part interview with excellent author Peter Cozzens, who is this time working on the Eastern Theater for a change.  It appears that after reading Gary Ecelbarger’s new book on Front Royal and Winchester and seeing what Cozzens had to say here, Nathaniel Banks is getting some serious reputation rehabilitation as a result.  Bo references to good ol’ Jackson foil “Commissary” Banks in these pages!

• Sid Champion V has created a $120,000 documentary on the Battle of Champion Hill which apparently “needs polish”, according to Sid.  Hat tip to Dimitri for this one.

• Daniel Sauerwein at Civil War History is oh so close to completing his MA.  His thesis covers “the transition from civilian to soldier.”  Good luck on defending it on Friday morning Daniel!

• David Woodbury delivers, as he usually does, an outstanding blog entry, this time an interview of Alan Nolan, author of the controversial Lee Considered: Robert E. Lee and Civil War History.

• Darrin Dickey at BrandingFire Blog interviews Eric Wittenberg about marketing Civil War books.  Hat tip to Eric.

• Fellow blogger John David Hoptak has reached the halfway point of $3,000 in his effort to get the 48^th Pennsylvania Moument at Antietam restored.

• Winfield Scott Hancock was recently featured on Wikipedia on the anniversary of arguably his greatest service to his country on the third day at Gettysburg.

• The Art of War meets General Tso’s Chicken, with a dash of “Cump” Sherman thrown in for good measure!

• Daily Kos has a “Bookchat” on the Battle of Gettysburg.

• An article about collecting Civil War antiques from EasyArticles.com.

• History is a way of life for Slidell Battery, a group dedicated to teaching people about life in the 1860s.

• Anyone want some General Grant beer?  Talk to Sequoia Brewing Company!

• Josh M. at Student of the Civil War is looking forward to reading Brent Nosworthy’s book Roll Call to Destiny, as am I.

• Apparently Union soldiers dug in during the Fredericksburg Campaign into the foundation of George Washington’s boyhood home, taking a detour around the main chimney!

• Speaking of butchering Civil War history, They Died With Their Boots On (1941) comes in second to No movie!

Related posts:

1. Civil War Odds & Ends: July 26, 2008
2. Odds & Ends: July 25, 2008
3. Odds & Ends: July 17, 2008
4. Civil War Odds & Ends: August 27, 2008
5. Odds & Ends: July 12, 2008