TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: March 2008

  • Welcome to Army of Tennessee, A New Civil War Blog

    Reader Don H. clued me in to the new Army of Tennessee blog today. A group of four Army of Tennessee scholars, Daryl Black, Patrick Lewis, Lee White, Chris Young, have combined to “focus on social history, but not forget battle studies, biographies, and army politics.”  Here’s a link to their first post from early […]

  • Thoughts on The Hard Hand of War: Union Military Policy Toward Southern Civilians, 1861-1865 by Mark Grimsley

    Mark Grimsley. The Hard Hand of War: Union Military Policy Toward Southern Civilians, 1861-1865. New York: Cambridge University Press; First Edition (November 26, 1995). 244 pp., 3 maps, notes, index. ISBN: 0-521-46257-6 $75.00 (Hardcover w/DJ). I wanted to quickly explain the price listed above. I realize $75 is a LOT of money for most of […]

  • Welcome James and Fred!

    I’d like to welcome two new bloggers to the TOCWOC team. Many of you have read Fred Ray’s numerous excellent posts on Civil War sharpshooters on my old American Civil War Gaming & Reading blog. Fred is the author of Shock Troops of the Confederacy: The Sharpshooter Battalions of the Army of Northern Virginia. His […]

  • Savas Beatie Offers Up Some Interesting Battle Studies

    I read Ted Savas’ recent post alluding to some upcoming titles in the Savas Beatie catalog. Among these are Lance Herdegen’s “Those Damn Blackhats!” The Iron Brigade at Gettysburg (due out in the Spring of 2009) and a battle study of South Mountain. What really interested me was the following: I am anxious to share […]

  • Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Veteran and Author

    Ambrose Bierce is always an exciting subject of discussion for me. Why? He combines two of my favorite things, the American Civil War and horror fiction. Daniel Sauerwein has an excellent post up over at Civil War History discussing Bierce’s contributions to the field of the latter subject after serving in the Union Army. Bierce’s […]

  • Human Interest Stories From Antietam: Vignette 1

    Fellow blogger Scott Mingus has been writing a series of books on “Human Interest Stories” of various Civil War campaigns. Recently, I looked at Human Interest Stories from Antietam and promised to provide a few more stories from the book. This is the first of three to four entries I hope to devote to the […]

  • Civil War Talk Radio: March 28, 2008

    Air Date: 032808 Subject: 33rd New Jersey in the Civil War Books: The Mutinous Regiment: The Thirty-third New Jersey In The Civil War Guest: John G. Zinn Summary: Gerry speaks with author John Zinn about the wartime experiences of the 33rd New Jersey, one of only four New Jersey regiments to see fighting in the […]