Category: Civil War Newspapers
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Spencers and Brooklyn Eagles
Sorry for the radio silence but a couple of projects haven’t left me much time to blog. Here are a couple of things from around the web that might interest TOCWOC readers. A look a Christopher Spencer, “[A] quiet little Yankee who sold himself in relentless slavery to his idea for six weary years until […]
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Making Sense of An “Action” Here and a “Skirmish” There
Editor’s Note: This entry has been cross-posted at The Siege of Petersburg Online. — Actions and Skirmishes: How Do I Find Out What Happened? As I continue to study all phases and aspects of the massive nine plus month Siege of Petersburg, one interesting topic I’ve come across is the idea of “actions”, “skirmishes”, and […]
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Using Speech to Text Software to Transcribe Primary Sources?
This post is really me taking an off the wall idea and bouncing it off of fellow Civil War buffs. Over at The Siege of Petersburg Online, I’ve got tons of newspaper articles collected which are in PDF or image form. My challenge is to get those items transcribed for use on my site, either […]
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“Hunker Doon Boys!”: The 140th Pennsylvania at the Siege of Petersburg
Last time I introduced a 1902 New Orleans newspaper series on the Donaldsonville LA Artillery at the Siege of Petersburg. John Hennessy is again responsible for sending along a great newspaper series on a unit at the Siege of Petersburg, this time the 140th Pennsylvania, a Second Corps regiment which saw a lot of action, so […]
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The Donaldsonville LA Artillery at the Siege of Petersburg: A 10 Part Series
In late September I commented on the good stroke of fortune I experienced when NPS Historian John Hennessy contacted me with an offer of newspaper clippings focusing on the Siege of Petersburg. One of the first emails I received from John contained an amazing set of ten articles on the Donaldsonville Louisiana Artillery, commanded by […]
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The Claims of the Negro (September 5, 1864 Richmond Examiner)
As I was copying newspaper articles from the Richmond Examiner from September 1864 for my Siege of Petersburg site, I came across the following interesting article in the September 5, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The Claims of the Negro.–One Benjamin Ruff, claiming to be a member of the Sixth Virginia cavalry, was committed to the Castle […]