TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: February 2009

  • Orange County Regional History Center to Host Civil War Events on February 26 and March 3, 2009

    Diana Escobar of the Orange County (FL) Regional History Center contacted us recently to let us know that the Center is hosting two upcoming Civil War events on February 26 and March 3, 2009: Join George C. Rable, the author of Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!, for an intimate dinner, as he discusses his gripping, in-depth look at […]

  • MIT Press Journals Add Podcasts to the Reader Experience

    Johna Picco of MIT Press Journals passed along the interesting news that MIT Press Journals now has a new web site which will feature podcast discussions about some of the articles from MIT Press Journals.  The first podcast has a Civil War connection and covers David Naumac’s article “From Mashantucket to Appomattox: The Native American […]

  • Short Takes

    Came across a very nicely done site on vintage battleships, including a section on the ships of the US Civil War. Some nice trivia here as well. Did you know that the twin-turret monitor Onondaga, which served on the James River, later went on to a distinguished career in the French Navy that ended just […]

  • Civil War Talk Radio: February 20, 2009

    Air Date: 022009 Subject: The Age of Lincoln Book:  The Age of Lincoln Guest: Professor Orville Vernon Burton Summary: Vernon Burton talks about the Age of Lincoln, including his book on the subject, with host Gerry Prokopowicz. Brett’s Summary: Gerry noted this was the first episode since the 200th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth was celebrated […]

  • Soldiers still tell their story at Historic Blenheim

    For Civil War buffs who live anywhere near Fairfax, Va., I wanted to bring to your attention a newly-opened museum and interpretive center called Historic Blenheim. If you’ve ever walked into a historic building and said, “if only the walls could talk”  — you’re in luck at Historic Blenheim, because in this case they do. […]

  • Wargaming in the classroom

    Over the years the miniature Civil War game which I have developed for my Civil War class has gotten, generally, the most apathetic student to participate and accidentally learn history at the same time. Over the last five years it has become more difficult to use in the classroom because I am no longer in […]

  • Two New Reference Works: Kentuckians in Gray and Confederate Colonels

    Bruce S. Allardice and Lawrence Lee Hewitt (Editors). Kentuckians in Gray: Confederate Generals and Field Officers in the Bluegrass State. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky (November 14, 2008). 344 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-0813124759 $40.00 (Hardcover w/DJ). Bruce S. Allardice. Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register.  Columbia, MO: The University of Missouri Press […]