Month: December 2010

  • Civil War Book Reviews: The Tattered Glory Series

    The Tattered Glory series by Nancy Dane 1. Where the Road Begins Product Details Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Tate Publishing & Enterprises (December 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 159886677X ISBN-13: 978-1598866773 2. A Difference of Opinion Product Details Paperback: 308 pages Publisher: Tate Publishing (February 10, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1606969587 ISBN-13: 978-1606969588 3. A Long […]

  • Civil War Book Review: Stoneman’s Raid, 1865

    Stoneman’s Raid, 1865 by Chris J. Hartley Product Details Hardcover: 464 pages Publisher: John F. Blair, Publisher (September 1, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 089587377X ISBN-13: 978-0895873774 Driving Dixie down As the Civil War was ending, massive cavalry raids became a staple of Union activity.  With major CSA armies tied to fixed points or unable to […]

  • Civil War Book Review: Lincoln’s Generals

    Lincoln’s Generals Gabor S. Boritt Editor Product Details Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: Bison Books (September 1, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0803234546 ISBN-13: 978-0803234543 Good history never ages McClellan, Hooker, Meade, Sherman and Grant are some of the best-known Civil War generals.  All had to work with Lincoln, most of them had a hard time doing […]

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    I’ve been looking into buying a Kindle for use with the thousands of Civil War books which are out of copyright, and in the process of doing that research, I discovered I could “publish” my Civil War blogs with Kindle to allow subscriptions via that product.  For a small monthly fee, you can have TOCWOC […]

  • Infantry Hand Weapon Study Available

    Earlier this year I posted some excerpts from an Army study (once classified Secret) from the early sixties, “Operational Requirements for an Infantry Hand Weapon,” which was instrumental in the military’s decision to adopt the smaller caliber M-16 rifle. Other militaries did essentially the same study and came to the same conclusions, adopting reduced power […]

  • Miscellaneous Ramblings

    In spite of having a lot of Civil War related material I have been missing in action for the last few weeks or so writing an article on the battle of Fort Mahone and updating a rescue book. However, I hope to have a bit more time to blog. Some time ago I posted on […]

  • An AMAZING New Addition to BTC: The Diary of Octave Bruso

    I was very pleasantly surprised on Thursday evening when Tom Bauerle emailed me to ask if I would be interested in some materials on the Petersburg Campaign in his possession. I eagerly agreed when I learned Tom had purchased his great great grandfather’s diary in an auction and transcribed the entire thing! Tom’s great great […]