TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

If you’ve been anywhere near a radio or television you’ve no doubt seen something of the flooding all up and down the East coast. Some of the flooding, unfortunately, was in Washington, specifically the National Archives building. For those of us who depend on the NA to keep all those precious documents safe, this is […]

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Some weeks ago I blogged about the Shriver House in Gettysburg, where Confederate sharpshooters under Major Eugene Blackford holed up during the battle, keeping up a steady fire on Cemetery Hill. The house was restored in 1996 and now houses a museum. During the restoration work workers found both CW-era medical supplies and unfired rounds […]

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June 30, 1864 Action on Four-Mile Creek, at Deep Bottom, VA, the Richmond (VA) Campaign. 6/30-7/1/1864. Lieut. Gen. Jubal A. Early, CSA, occupies New Market, VA, on his way to invade the North. Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries are used with permission from Ronald A. Mosocco’s Chronological Tracking of the American […]

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I had the honor of attending the Civil War Weekend at Pamplin Park, which seemed to get quite a good turnout, both from period groups and spectators. There were lots of cannon that made big noise, and a mortar competition. I was particularly impressed by the artillery unit that showed up complete with horses, which […]

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http://www.brettschulte.net/ACWBooks/Books/ACWUnitHistories/ShockTroopsConfederacySharpshootersRay.html Note: For those of you who missed it, you might want to check out my multi-part summary of the book, starting with Part 1. Shock Troops of the Confederacy: The Sharpshooter Battalions of the Army of Northern Virginia. Fred L. Ray. Asheville, NC: CFS Press (2006). 432 pp. 43 maps. Review Fred Ray’s Shock […]

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In a post yesterday, I mentioned a new Civil War computer game from Matrix Games entitled Forge of Freedom. Today, with a little help from the comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.war-historical message board, I found a message board thread at Matrix that discusses some features of the game in detail. It uses the Crown of Glory engine, a Napoleonic […]

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June 28, 1864 Action at Howlett’s Bluff, VA, the Richmond (VA) Campaign. Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries are used with permission from Ronald A. Mosocco’s Chronological Tracking of the American Civil War per the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion. Order the book HERE. Copyright © 1993, 1994 by […]

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