TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: April 2008

  • Historic View Restoration at Antietam

    I read with interest Brian Downey’s recent post over at behind AotW about some tree planting efforts near Burnside Bridge on the Antietam Battlefield to form a riparian buffer. Many of you know of the continuing efforts at Gettysburg to restore the battlefield to sight lines more representative of July 1863. After taking in Brian’s […]

  • Civil War Talk Radio: April 18, 2008

    Air Date: 041808 Subject: Civil War Medicine Book: Well Satisfied with My Position: The Civil War Journal of Spencer Bonsall & Civil War Pharmacy: A History of Drugs, Drug Supply and Provision, and Therapeutics for the Union and Confederacy Guest: Michael A. Flannery Summary: Professor Michael A. Flannery from the University of Alabama at Birmingham […]

  • Odds & Ends: April 17, 2008

    It’s time for another edition of odds and ends. Check out some of the Civil War related news, discussions, and events of the past few days: Members of Board Game Geek discuss Raiders and Blockaders, a miniatures rule set for American Civil War naval warfare Which Civil War general do you most resemble? Take a […]

  • New(ish) Civil War Blog: American Civil War Stories

    I recently found American Civil War Stories, a Civil War blog I hadn’t seen before.  I don’t have too much information other than that the blog’s owner goes by the name of Tammy.  Tammy, welcome to the Civil War blogosphere!  I’ve added a link over in my blogroll to the right.

  • Directory of History Dissertations: A Nice Search Tool

    I was looking through Rene Tyree’s links over at wig-wags one day last week when I happened to notice a link to the AHA Directory of History Dissertations. This is a wonderful tool for finding dissertations on Civil War topics. I did a keyword search for “civil war” and came up with 315 hits immediately. […]

  • Human Interest Stories From Antietam: Vignette 4

    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 last of four entries I hope to devote to the subject. I’ll […]

  • Civil War Talk Radio

    Some of you may be familiar with Civil War Talk Radio, a weekly show appearing every Friday at 12 pm Pacific on World Talk Radio. The format is usually host Gerry Prokopowicz, the History Chair at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, interviewing a guest each week and discussing their interest in the Civil […]