Tag: gettysburg
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Short Takes
I am happy to report that Lt. Alonzo Cushing, USA, will almost certainly receive a long-overdue Medal of Honor. Cushing died defending his guns at the climax of one of the most memorable events of American history—the Confederate attack on Cemetery ridge on July 3 at Gettysburg. Before Gettysburg, Cushing fought at Antietam, Fredericksburg and […]
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Battle Ranges
The range at which an enemy soldier can be engaged on the battlefield is a factor that has occupied both soldiers and pundits since the invention of firearms. In Civil War circles much of the recent controversy has centered around Paddy Griffith’s revisionist work Battle Tactics of the Civil War, in which he argued that […]
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Reynolds Family Papers on line
Thanks to a recent grant Franklin & Marshall College has posted the Reynolds Family Papers on line. For Civil War students the ones of the most interest are those pertaining to Major General John F. Reynolds, killed on July 1 at Gettysburg. These are both facsimiles of the originals and transcriptions, and include both personal […]
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Short Takes
Other projects and an upcoming family reunion haven’t left much time for blogging, but I’ll try to scribble off a few words tonite. Had dinner with fellow author John Fox the other nite at one of Asheville’s brew pubs, Jack of the Wood (highly recommended). John, who runs Angle Valley Press, is finishing up his […]
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Top 10 Gettysburg Books
I love sharing the knowledge I’ve gained over the years from reading, and reading about, top Civil War books. I’ve also always found the list format to be an easy way for readers to take in some of this knowledge. With these things in mind, we will be doing a series of lists for major […]
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Civil War Odds & Ends: April 18, 2009
It’s been quite awhile since I’ve done an Odds & Ends post, so I’ll go over exactly what it is again here. Civil War Odds & Ends posts are lists of interesting Civil War news stories I come across in my feed reader. The idea is to provide TOCWOC’s readers with some interesting blog posts […]
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Google Earth and Civil War Battlefields
Poster “historicus” over at the History Channel forums recently had an extremely good idea. He used Google Maps to take a look at Civil War battlefields. Poster “Scotsman” gave readers a few sites he found after the suggestion was made: 39 28’15.06″ N 77 44’15.34″ W (Bloody Lane, Antietam) 39 47’29.89″ N 77 14’32.59″ W […]