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Subject: The Great Locomotive Chase
Book: Stealing the General: The Great Locomotive Chase and the First Medal of Honor
Guest: Russell S. Bonds
Summary: Russell S. Bonds goes into detail about the Great Locomotive Chase, an event where Union raiders [...]

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The Civil War Network’s debut podcast is now available.  I plan to do brief summaries of the interviews Francis Rose conducts just as I have been doing for Gerry Prokopowicz’s Civil War Talk Radio.  Regular TOCWOC readers will be familiar with the format.  If you enjoy this podcast, I encourage readers to use Social Networking [...]

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Last Friday, I posted Ian Spurgeon’s winning entry in the Roll Call to Destiny Book Contest.  Contestants had to answer the following two questions:
What are the five most important books you have read on the Civil War? Why is each important?
This week, Brendan Hamilton’s entry in the contest is featured.  It appears below.  Look for [...]

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After having looked at the initial assault, it’s time to take a look at the northern sector and attacks on Battery IX and Fort McGilvery.
Maj. Gen. Orlando Willcox, whose division was attacked, stated that there were three Confederate columns: “One column moved toward the right of Battery No. 10, a second column moved toward a [...]

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Reader Alexandra asked recently about some recommendations for books on Confederate diplomacy.  After checking at some of the various Civil War forums I frequent, the following list of five books were recommended.  Please note that I know nothing about the realtive merits of these volumes, but the people who responded to my request are all [...]

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Author Earl Hess was kind enough to write to TOCWOC and provide some information on his important new book The Rifle Musket in the Civil War.  He had the following to say:

Was Paddy Griffith right when he suggested in 1986 that the rifle musket had relatively little impact on changing the face of battle during [...]

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UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who replied.  TOCWOC now has enough reviewers of historical fiction.
Readers, do any of you routinely read and enjoy Civil War-based historical fiction?
I ask because I am getting A LOT of requests at TOCWOC - A Civil War Blog to review Civil War historical fiction.  Author Jessica James reviews fiction for TOCWOC [...]

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The Civil War Network has released its first program for your listening pleasure.  Go check it out!  Francis Rose, the blog’s founder, was kind enough to send along the following information:

The Civil War Network debuts today
Premiere show includes James McPherson, others
Washington, DC – With a lineup that includes Pulitzer Prize winning Civil War author James [...]

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It’s been a little while since our last Civil War Odds & Ends, and I’ve seen some pretty interesting Civil War related material on the web lately.

The Tipsy Historian shows us the faces of Company I of the 57th Massachusetts, a regiment which saw itself decimated in Grant’s Overland Campaign of 1864. The 57th Massachusetts [...]

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Gerry Prokopowicz will again get comfortable in his role as Civil War Talk Radio’s host on Friday, August 29, 2008 after a well-deserved summer off.  According to Dimitri Rotov at Civil War Bookshelf, author Russell Bonds (Stealing the General: The Great Locomotive Chase and the First Medal of Honor) will be appearing as this week’s [...]

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