TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: April 2006

  • Brett’s ACW Books Site Overhaul

    I decided recently that my American Civil War Books site, essentially my Civil War book collection with my opinions attached and links to Amazon.com and other web sites that sell the books, badly needs a makeover. My non-ACW book collection site and my movie collection site both have a page for every item. This works […]

  • Civil War Talk Radio: April 14, 2006

    Air Date: 041406 Subject: Joshua Wolf Shenk: What Everybody Knows Book: Lincoln’s Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness Guest: Joshua Wolf Shenk Summary: Everybody knows that Lincoln suffered from depression, right? Joshua Wolf Shenk, author of Lincoln’s Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness, takes closer look at […]

  • Take Command: Second Manassas AAR: “Boots and Saddles”: Sigel’s I Corps AoV on August 29, 1862

    Guys, I promised quite a while ago to clean up and post some of the AARs (After Action Reports) I wrote while playtesting TC2M. I’ll be posting these in the MMG Forums, in the Paradox Forums, and on my American Civil War Gaming & Reading Blog. The AAR below covers Sigel’s I Corps, Army of […]

  • North & South Volume 9, Number 1

    Here’s a summary for Volume 9, Number 1 of North & South magazine. For those of you who have never read an issue, I consider this, along with Blue & Gray, to be the two best Civil War magazines today. (Note: I haven’t seen much of Gettysburg Magazine, which I hear is excellent from everyone […]

  • Take Command: Second Manassas Demo Available

    I’m a little late in getting this information out there, but Take Command: Second Manassas, the new computer game from Mad Minute Games and Paradox, has a freely downloadable demo for those who want to see what this game is all about. The demo can be found in the following places: –Gamespot –3DGamers –WorthPlaying –Softpedia […]

  • Many New Civil War Blogs, Part 2

    In yesterday’s post, I talked about the recent surge of new Civil War blogs, and mentioned Civil Warriors and behind AotW as two of those entries. Today, I’ll preview the other three blogs that have come to my attention recently. Again, these are in no particular order. 1. War of the Rebellion Revisited by Sean […]

  • Many New Civil War Blogs

    WOW. You try to get away from the computer for a month and Civil War blogging explodes. I’ve been browsing some of the other fine Civil War blogs out there this morning, and it looks like there are no less than five new blogs that have appeared generally in that time frame. I’ve added these […]