TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: September 2008

  • Top 10 Amazon.com Civil War Bestsellers: September 2008

    The past two months, July and August, I took a look at the Amazon.com top 10 Civil War bestsellers.  Although I’m barely squeaking this in prior to month’s end, and despite Dimitri’s hatred of lists, I’d like to revisit this a third time and see how (if?) this list has changed in the past 45 […]

  • The Lieber Code

    American Scholar takes a look at the Lieber Code, formalized in 1863 by the US Army as General Orders No. 100. This was one of the first formal codes concerning the conduct of war, and is the basis of the modern ones such as the Hague and Geneva conventions. The author, Francis Lieber (1798–1872), was […]

  • Civil War Odds & Ends: September 28, 2008

    I haven’t done an Odds & Ends entry in several weeks, so let’s see what’s happening in the Civil War blogosphere and beyond. TOCWOC recently made it onto a list of “100 Awesome Blogs for History Junkies” listed in an unusual place.  It’s nice to be recognized from time to time!  I tried to recommend […]

  • Civil War Talk Radio: September 26, 2008

    Air Date: 092608 Subject: Why Study the Battle of Fredericksburg? Books: Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg! & The Confederate Republic: A Revolution Against Politics Guest: Professor George C. Rable Summary: Civil War Author and Historian Professor George Rable discusses the reasons to study the Battle of Fredericksburg among other things. Brett’s Summary: The interview with George Rable starts […]

  • Top 5 Most Important Civil War Books: Stephanie Farra

    Several Fridays ago, 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, Stephanie Farra’s entry in the contest is featured.  It appears […]

  • Trudeau to Take on Bristoe Station and Mine Run?

    I’ve long wished for a good campaign study looking at the clashes between the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia from after Gettysburg through the end of 1863.  As many TOCWOC readers know, both sides sent one or more corps west to the fighting at Chickamauga and Chattanooga.  Despite this, the […]

  • Marty Hancock’s Introductory Post

    My interest in the Civil War began in the early 60’s, when a local Philadelphia newspaper did a series of articles for the War’s 100th Anniversary. This was during my pre-high school days and I was hopelessly hooked. I remember correcting a history teacher, an Irish nun, on certain details regarding the War. She probably […]