TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: May 2008

  • A look at the “Twosters”

    Came across an informative web site about the 122nd New York Volunteers, the “Onondagas,”—so named after their home county in upstate New York—or “Twosters” as they sometimes called themselves. Most unit-based web sites seem to be either by reenactors (as here), local historians, or descendants. Some combine all three. In any case there is a […]

  • Pat Hirtle’s Board of Inquiry AAR, Part 3

    Pat Hirtle was the winner of TOCWOC’s recent After Action Report contest. His winning entry has been featured in this series of blog entries over the last few weeks. This is the third and final entry. If you missed them, read Part 1 and Part 2. ————— Colonel Nathanial Benson, duly sworn. S. Colonel Benson, […]

  • Let’s See If We Can Slip One Past The Readers…

    I was amused to see Dimitri asking the question, Why on earth would you include an essay on “Lost Cause” historiography in a collection called Battle: The Nature and Consequences of Civil War Combat? I agree. I see several problems with this one. First, could it be because some academic circles (note I said SOME) […]

  • The Experiences of Civil War Soldiers In Several Parts

    I’ve been meaning to offer up a review of The View from the Ground: Experiences of Civil War Soldiers for quite a long time now, but it was one of those books which has managed to stay near the top of my “to be read” list without ever actually getting read…until now.  Edited by Aaron […]

  • Things you wouldn’t know without the internet

    December 2, 1859 – Norton I dismissed Gov. Wise of Virginia for hanging John Brown and appointed John C. Breckenridge of Kentucky to replace him. Who was Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico? Well, he was from San Franciso, which ought to tell you something. To his credit he did […]

  • The Good guys win one for a change

    Hi All, I didn’t realize till today that it has been a VERY long time since I posted here. I have been so busy with new job, the two books and then well just life that I forgot to post here. During a trip to Gettysburg for a special preview of the New Visitor Center […]

  • Guide to Missouri Confederate Units vs. Sifakis’ Compendium (Missouri et al)

    James E. McGhee. Guide to Missouri Confederate Units, 1861-1865. Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas Press. (April 14, 2008). 240 pages., notes, index. ISBN: 978-1557288707 $34.95 (Hardcover w/DJ). I recently received a copy of James McGhee’s Guide to Missouri Confederate Units, 1861-1865, part of the University of Arkansas Press’ Civil War in the West book series. […]