TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Welcome back to TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog and thanks for reading!Earlier I did a couple of posts on Tom Dooley and his defense counsel Zeb Vance. Now Dooley has come to the stage here in Burnsville, NC, in a locally-produced musical, Tom Dooley.
The Kingston Trio gave this tale national, if not global, visibility, [...]

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Believe it or not there are still “lost” Civil War forts that occasionally come to light. One such was Fort Owen, which played a brief but pivotal role in the events of April 2, 1865 at Petersburg. Named after Louisiana artillery officer Col. William Miller Owen, the fort had a short life, being constructed in [...]

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TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog reader Mary Jordan contacted me recently about reaching out to others interested in the 109th New York Volunteers during the Civil War.  She writes:
In the process of publishing a book Dear Friend Amelia: The Civil War Love letters of Private John Tidd. In 2011, hope to have ready for [...]

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The Save Historic Antietam Foundtaion is putting on a tour of “Phase I” of the Antietam Campaign led by Dr. Tom Clemens, author of The Maryland Campaign of September, 1862, Volume I: South Mountain and Dennis Frye, National Park Service Historian at Harper’s Ferry.  This one-day tour will occur on July 31, 2010, covers the [...]

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Some people like Three Stooges marathons.  Others watch War movies all weekend.  I’ve done both in the past.  TOCWOC will be launching an entire weekend of Nafziger Collection Civil War orders of battle, every hour on the hour, from now until Monday evening at midnight Central time.  I’ll be celebrating and remembering my ancestors’ service [...]

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Editor’s Note: This blog entry was originally posted at Beyond the Crater: The Petersburg Campaign Online.  It has been crossposted here at TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog.
(Hat tip to Nick and Harry.)
As many of you are probably aware, the Grant Papers moved from the care of John Y. Simon at Southern Illinois University to [...]

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Editor’s Note: This blog entry was originally published earlier today at Beyond the Crater: The Petersburg Campaign Online and has been crossposted at TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog.
I recently posted an American Civil War miniatures wargaming scenario on the Battle of Quaker Road from the Charge! wargaming newsletter as well as Gettysburg hero [...]

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