TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: September 2008

  • Top 5 Most Important Civil War Books: Mark Kucinic

    Several Fridays ago, I posted Ian Spurgeon’s winning entry in the Roll Call to Destiny Book Contest.  Contestants had to answer the following two questions: What are the five most important books you have read on the Civil War? Why is each important? This week, Mark Kucinic’s entry in the contest is featured.  It appears […]

  • Army Military History Materials On Line

    The US Army Center of Military History has a number of military history materials available on line, including sections on wars ranging from the Revolutionary War to the Global War on Terror. TOCWOC readers will want to look at the Civil War section, which has a number of the excellent Army “Staff Ride” guides used […]

  • Two New Titles From The Press of Camp Pope Bookshop

    I recently received a flier in the mail from Camp Pope Bookshop touting two or their new titles, Vanishing Footrpints: The Twenty-Second Iowa Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War and Skim Milk Yankees Fighting: The Battle of Athens, Missouri, August 5, 1861.  I’ve included the all of the information in the flier (taken from the […]

  • Phil Myers on British-American Relations

    Staying with the theme of recent book reviews for another day, let’s take a look at the comments section from my recent review of Phil Myers’ new book Caution and Cooperation: The American Civil War in British-American Relations.  Fellow TOCWOC blogger Fred Ray and long-time TOCWOC reader Stephen Graham had a discussion about the merits […]

  • Marion Armstrong on French’s Attack on The Sunken Road

    Some longtime readers may recall from my review of Marion Armstrong’s Unfurl Those Colors! that I was unconvinced Edwin Sumner ordered French’s Division to attack the Sunken Road at Antietam.  It was with interest then, that I read a recent interview with Marion Armstrong conducted by the Save Historic Antietam Foundation over at Harry Smeltzer’s […]

  • Review: Crossroads of the Conflict: Defining Hours for the Blue and Gray: A Guide to the Monuments of Gettysburg

    Donald W. McLaughlin. Crossroads of the Conflict: Defining Hours for the Blue and Gray: A Guide to the Monuments of Gettysburg. Denver, CO: Outskirts Press, Inc. (June 2, 2008). 376 pages, numerous maps, index. ISBN: 978-1432722876 $34.95 (Paperback). Don McLaughlin’s years spent as a Licensed Battlefield Guide at Gettysburg from 1983 to 1997 along with […]

  • Civil War Talk Radio: September 5, 2008

    Air Date: 090508 Subject: Front Royal and Winchester Books: Three Days in the Shenandoah: Stonewall Jackson at Front Royal and Winchester & The Great Comeback: How Abraham Lincoln Beat the Odds to Win the 1860 Republican Nomination Guest: Gary Ecelbarger Summary: Gary Ecelbarger discusses his somewhat new book on Stonewall Jackson at Front Royal and […]