TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: January 2009

  • Short Takes

    As part of the 200th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth, the Chicago History Museum will be showcasing one of five genuine handwritten copies of the Gettysburg Address. Marking the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth this year, the Chicago History Museum will host a version of the Gettysburg Address handwritten by the president, one of only […]

  • Review: Shepherdstown: Last Clash of the Antietam Campaign, September 19-20, 1862

    Shepherdstown: Last Clash of the Antietam Campaign, September 19-20, 1862 by Thomas A. McGrath Product Details Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Schroeder Publications (December 3, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 1889246395 ISBN-13: 978-1889246390 Small battle books are a joy!  I have many reasons for making this statement and this book illustrates most of them. They allow us […]

  • Short Takes

    What exactly happened to the CSS Hunley? Its fate has been the subject of almost 150 years of conjecture and almost a decade of scientific research since the Hunley was raised back in 2000. But the submarine has been agonizingly slow surrendering her secrets. “She was a mystery when she was built. She was a […]