Month: November 2009

  • Massive Deals on Books and Others Things at Amazon.com!

    I’m back after a nice relaxing Thanksgiving with family.  Before I get back into the swing of Civil War things, I just wanted to alert TOCWOC’s readers, avid bibliophiles like myself, to some amazing Amazon.com Cyber Monday Book Deals!  For those of you who don’t know, Cyber Monday is basically like Black Friday, except you […]

  • The Trans-Mississippi Package: Books on the Civil War West of the Father of Waters

    The Trans-Mississippi Package By James Durney Have you ever looked west of the Mississippi River in 1861 & 8162?  Yes, we have all read about Wilson’s Creek and Lyons in St. Louis.  However, that is not the full story.  If you have a vague itch to explore the Civil War in the Trans-Mississippi, read on. […]

  • Last Official Patch For Ageod’s American Civil War Released

    The last official patch for Ageod’s American Civil War, v1.15, has been released and is available at Ageod’s web site.  The patch fixes any remaining major bugs and comes in at a hefty 120 MB for the download.  Please note that this patch is NOT comprehensive.  You must update to v1.14 first prior to applying […]

  • Civil War Talk Radio: November 20, 2009

    Air Date: 112009 Subject: The Germans at Chancellorsville Book: Chancellorsville and the Germans: Nativism, Ethnicity, and Civil War Memory (Read the TOCWOC Review) Guest: Dr. Christian B. Keller from the U.S. Army Command and Staff College Summary: Christian Keller discusses German-American participation at Chancellorsville and that battle’s effect on German-American participation in the Civil War […]

  • Review: Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era

    Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era by Nicole Etcheson Product Details Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: University Press of Kansas (January 2004) Language: English ISBN-10: 0700612874 ISBN-13: 978-0700612871 “Bleeding Kansas”, 150 years after the event this phrase still causes strong feelings.  Very few are neutral on Kansas even now.  In trying to solve […]

  • Review: Years of Change and Suffering: Modern Perspectives on Civil War Medicine

    Years of Change and Suffering: Modern Perspectives on Civil War Medicine by Guy R. Hasegawa & James M. Schmidt Product Details Hardcover: 192 pages Publisher: Edinborough Press (October 1, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1889020354 ISBN-13: 978-1889020358 Challenges our assumptions We tend to look at 19th Century medical care as almost nonexistent.  Drugs, treatments & equipment […]

  • Short Takes

    Our local bookmeister, Dale Neal, report a new Civil War book by a local author. James Rumley’s orderly world was changed forever when Union soldiers attacked New Bern in 1862 and occupied his hometown in nearby Beaufort for the following three years. Rumley recorded his thoughts about Union occupation, secession, slave ownership and other topics […]