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Civil War Book Review: The Battles of New Hope Church

June 10th, 2010 · No Comments

Welcome back to TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog and thanks for reading!The Battles of New Hope Church
by Russell Blount Jr.
Product Details

Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Pelican Publishing (April 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1589807480
ISBN-13: 978-1589807488

This is an impressive first book, with much to recommend it.  The author’s writing style produces a vivid easy [...]

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Civil War Times Illustrated, January 2007

September 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Why Are These Summaries Showing Up Late?
Civil War Times Illustrated
Volume 45, Number 10 (January 2007)
Civil War Times Illustrated Web Site

Mail Call…..4
Turning Points: Arming the Confederacy…..9
Josiah Gorgas
by Jeffry D. Wert
This month Turning Points looks at Brigadier General Josiah Gorgas, chief of the Confederate Ornance Bureau.
Gallery: South Carolina Volunteer…..13
Wiliam N. Gaston
submitted by John Porter Gaston III
William Gaston [...]

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Review: The Women Will Howl by Mary Deborah Petite

September 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The Women Will Howl: The Union Capture of Roswell and New Manchester, Georgia, and the Forced Relocation of Mill Workers by Mary Deborah Petite ISBN 978-0-7864-3168-7 McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2008 187 Pages – Hardcover (7 x 10) – $45 Photos & Illustrations, Appendix, Notes, Bibliography, Index

Information wanted: My widowed daughter, Eliza Ray, was [...]

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Odds & Ends: May 29, 2008

May 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Gone With the Wind and UFOs? Check it out.

XDA has a list of the top 45 war movies ever made. I have no idea how these were chosen, but only three American Civil War movies made the list:

Glory
Ride With the Devil
The General

Harry Smeltzer has a nice start to a [...]

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Review: Sherman’s Horsemen: Union Cavalry Operations In The Atlanta Campaign

November 21st, 2005 · 2 Comments

The following is a review and summary of David Evans

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CRISIS Strategic Wargaming System

November 15th, 2005 · 2 Comments

Operational scale Civil War wargames for the PC are about as rare as you can get. CRISIS, a game system designed by Dutch Owen in the 1990s, is probably as close as you can get. The URL is:
http://museum.sysun.com/crisis/index.html
Although the game appears primitive at first glance (note the early 1990s graphics!) and the interface takes [...]

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The Battle of Resaca: Atlanta Campaign 1864, Part 3

October 28th, 2005 · No Comments

The Battle of Resaca: Atlanta Campaign 1864
by Philip L. Secrist
PART II – Resaca Rediscovered
Part II of the book discusses the post-battle state of the Resaca Battlefield. Secrist, a noted relic hunter, describes the positives and negatives which have arisen as a result of that practice, and he also dedicates a chapter to the construction [...]

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