Month: February 2009
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Civil War Talk Radio: February 27, 2009
Air Date: 022709 Subject: The Mutiny at Fort Jackson and Civil War Era New Orleans Book: Mutiny at Fort Jackson: The Untold Story of the Fall of New Orleans Guest: Dr. Michael D. Pierson Summary: Guest Michael D. Pierson talks about the little known mutiny at Fort Jackson while a Federal force attacked New Orleans’ […]
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New TOCWOC Poll: What type of post(s) do you enjoy reading?
I recently installed the WP-Polls WordPress plugin. This plugin allows the posting of polls in both blog posts and in the sidebar. In this case, I’ll be posting polls in the top left corner of the left sidebar and I will occasionally add a new one in blog entries like this one. My first blog […]
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Oxford University Press Book Sale
I recently received notice via email of the new Spring 2009 Oxford University Press book sale. The only Civil War book in the American Historey section is Steven Woodworth’s Atlas of the Civil War, but there are some other nice titles there as well. Go check it out! Did you enjoy this blog entry? Subscribe […]
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Medford Historical Society’s Photographic Exhibition Of the People: Faces of the Civil War Set To Open
Jim Kiely of the Medford (MA) Historical Society recently emailed me the following information about a new photographic exhibit entitled Of the People: Faces of the Civil War: “Of The People: Faces of the Civil War” A photo exhibition running February 7 – April 20, 2009 at the Medford Historical Society 10 Governors Avenue, Medford, […]
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New(ish) American Civil War Blog: American Civil War Essays & Research
Robert Moore at Cenantua’s Blog recently pointed out a new Civil War blog entitled American Civil War Essays & Research, which is run by Greg Rowe. In his very first post, Greg writes about his struggle to understand the Civil War and explore what types of biases he may have about the war as a […]
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Google Earth and Civil War Battlefields
Poster “historicus” over at the History Channel forums recently had an extremely good idea. He used Google Maps to take a look at Civil War battlefields. Poster “Scotsman” gave readers a few sites he found after the suggestion was made: 39 28’15.06″ N 77 44’15.34″ W (Bloody Lane, Antietam) 39 47’29.89″ N 77 14’32.59″ W […]
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21st Century Abe: A New Web Site for the Lincoln Bicentennial
Alexis Lerro, the Project Manager and Research Coordinator at 21st Century Abe, a new Lincoln web site created for the Lincoln Bicentennial, recently contacted TOCWOC with some information about the site: PHILADELPHIA — The Rosenbach Museum & Library commemorates Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday with the launch of 21stCenturyAbe.org. The interactive website is now live and […]