Welcome back to TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog and thanks for reading!The family and I are packing up and heading out on a much deserved vacation. Due to limited internet and email access, I’ll be taking a short break from blogging for the next two weeks. Fred and Jim may make the occasional post [...]
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While I’m Away…
July 12th, 2010 · No Comments
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Tom Dula and Zeb Vance
May 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Rob Neufeld has posted the third part of the series on the Tom Dula saga, detailing the role of his chief defense council, former NC governor Zebulon Vance. Neufeld begins by stating that Vance himself had run afoul of the Yankee government.
On May 13, 1865, Federal General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick had Vance arrested at [...]
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861ai: Confederate Forces Battle of Bull Run 21 July 1861
May 16th, 2010 · No Comments
Back to the George Nafziger American Civil War Order of Battle Collection
Confederate Forces
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Tags: · 1861, civil war order of battle, confederate forces, first battle of bull run, nafziger collection
We Remember
April 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment
By Mark Acres
Wars fade from memory, but they fade very, very slowly.
“For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it’s still not yet two o’clock on that July afternoon in 1863, the brigades are in position behind the rail fence, the guns are [...]
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The Largest Civil War Reenactment on the Eastern Seaboard (Outside of Gettysburg)
March 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment
I was recently contacted about helping to spread the word about the 21st Annual Civil War Reenactment at Neshaminy State Park in Bensalem, PA on May 1-2, 2010. The proceeds from the event go to the Civil War Preservation Trust, making this a very worthwhile event to attend. Details follow:
21ST ANNUAL CIVIL WAR RE-ENACTMENT AT [...]
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Consequences of the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid
February 9th, 2010 · No Comments
What were the consequences of the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid? In operational terms, not much. Casualties were minimal and the raid accomplished little. The indirect consequences, however, were important. For one, it convinced the Confederates to strengthen Richmond’s defenses and move their POWs away from the capital, thus removing a tempting target for raids.
The biggest fallout was [...]
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Tags: · abraham lincoln, Edwin Stanton, judson kilpatrick, Kilpatrick-Dalhgren raid, ulric dahlgren
Lincoln in 1863
January 22nd, 2010 · 3 Comments
I’m taking a look at Abe Lincoln as president—not as angel or devil—in an attempt to determine what his real war policies were, especially in relation to the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid and toward civilians (i.e. “hard war”). It isn’t that easy, since Mistah Linkum was a consummate (and slippery) politician in his time and a revered [...]
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