TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

It’s been a little while since the last Odds & Ends column, so I’ll throw another one out there for readers to chew on:

• A discussion focusing on American Civil War games and fog of war

• Chris Wehner has a nice entry on Civilian Casualties as a Direct Result of the Civil War

• John Burns and “naughty” Jenny Wade get counters in Multiman Publishing’s Gettysburg game This Hallowed Ground

• John David Hoptak has a fun look at The Best of the Worst in Civil War Nicknames

• Several people have a go at answering the question, “Is the General Lee from the Dukes of Hazzard television series a racist symbol?“

• Brooks Simpson reviews Walter McDougall’s Throes of Democracy in The Boston Globe

• The Springfield (IL) State Journal-Register has an article up on the Grant-Lee Exhibit in St. Louis’ Forest Park

• A blogger who by her own admission has “never been a huge fan of American Civil War history” nevertheless has devoted several hours of study (at least) to researching the lone Confederate buried in Topsfield, Massachusetts

• Rick Shenkman at HNN reviews Mark Schantz’ Awaiting the Heavenly Country: The Civil War and America’s Culture of Death

• Christopher Young blogs on Linear Tactics at Chickamauga over at Army of Tennessee blog

• View the map for Barren Victory II: The Battle of Chickamauga at Board Game Geek