Month: July 2008
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Book Review- “A Legacy in Brick and Stone” – The American Coastal Defense Forts of the Third System 1816-1867 by John R. Weaver II- Part II
This is Part II of my review of “A Legacy in Brick and Stone” GO HERE FOR PART I OF THIS REVIEW Author: Weaver, John R. II Publisher: Redoubt Press, McLean, Virginia First Printing 2001 ISBN 1-57510-069-X Hardcover 245 pages (although I have the soft cover edition) Numerous maps, drawings, photographs, and illustrations After giving […]
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Brightwood Heritage Trail Opening
Dr. B. F. Cooling, author of several Civil War books and probably the foremost scholar of Washington’s Civil War defenses, sends along the following news item. I’m glad to see some recognition of Fort Stevens, site of a battle between Jubal Early’s Confederates and Union defenders on July 11 and 12, 1864. President Lincoln himself […]
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Polemos American Civil War Miniatures Rules Now Available
The Polemos American Civil War 6mm miniatures ruleset, featuring two booklets, is now available according to The Miniatures Page. A partial excerpt of the news article is as follows: Although Baccus works exclusively in the wonderful 6mm scale, the basing scheme and mechanics will allow you to use larger and smaller figures. As with all […]
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Glad to be on board
Hello all. My name is Jessica James and Brett has kindly invited me to join TOCWOC as a fiction reviewer. I love to read good, solidly written historical fiction that entertains while being informative and educational. I know many historians turn their noses up at fiction, but I think it’s a great way to draw […]
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Book Review- “A Legacy in Brick and Stone” – The American Coastal Defense Forts of the Third System 1816-1867 by John R. Weaver II- Part I
I came across this book when I visited Fort Pulaski last year for a living history immersion event called “The Immortal 600” in which I played a Confederate military officer being imprisoned in the casemate at Fort Pulaski, but I will save that for another post! At any rate, I decided to pick up “A […]
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Top 10 Amazon.com Civil War Bestsellers: July 2008
I thought it might be fun to take a monthly look at the Amazon.com top 10 Civil War bestsellers and see how (if?) this list changes much over time. The first thing I noticed was the strange inclusion of several titles which have either little or no real connection to the Civil War. I’ve taken […]
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Civil War Blogs Seach
I just wanted to point out the new Google search I’ve created over in the right sidebar. The “Civil War Blogs Search” allows readers to search for a topic among all the Civil War blogs you see over in my Civil War blogroll. Type in a topic and you will see results from the Civil […]