TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: May 2009

  • The History Guys Explore Grave Subjects: A History of Death and Mourning

    I received a very interesting email from Lydia at Back Story Radio.  Lydia writes: Brett, I thought that you and your readers would be interested in our Memorial Day episode of the public radio show “BackStory with the American History Guys.” Civil War historian Ed Ayers talks with historian (and Harvard President) Drew Gilpin Faust […]

  • Civil War Talk Radio: May 22, 2009

    Air Date: 052209 Subject: Remembering David H. Donald (1920-2009) Books: Lincoln & We Are Lincoln Men & Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War, among many others. Guest: None Summary: Gerry fondly remembers his mentor and friend, Professor David Herbert Donald, who passed away shortly before this show was recorded at the age […]

  • Four Tennessee Battlefields In Need of Additional Funds

    Shannon Andrea of the National Parks Conservation Association recently contacted me with the following important preservation news: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 19, 2009 NEW STUDY FINDS TENNESSEE CIVIL WAR NATIONAL PARKS NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO PRESERVE HISTORIC BATTLEFIELDS AND TELL CIVIL WAR STORIES Knoxville, Tenn.-As we commemorate National Armed Forces Day, the nation’s leading voice […]

  • Review: Passion and Principle: John and Jessie Fremont, the Couple Whose Power, Politics, and Love Shaped Nineteenth-Century America

    Passion and Principle: John and Jessie Fremont, the Couple Whose Power, Politics, and Love Shaped Nineteenth-Century America by Sally Denton Product Details Paperback: 496 pages Publisher: Bison Books (May 1, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0803213689 ISBN-13: 978-0803213685 This dual bio is the intriguing tale of John and Jessie C. Fremont.  John is a major political […]

  • Thoughts on Struggle for the Shenandoah as The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864 Goes to Paperback

    Drew Wagenhoffer’s review of the paperback version of The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864 yesterday led me to go back and read my own multi part summary of the *other* Gary Gallagher produced 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign book Struggle for the Shenandoah , including a review and a bibliography of the campaign.  Before Gallagher was […]

  • Bryce A. Suderow on the Petersburg Campaign

    Longtime student of the Petersburg Campaign and author of an unpublished manuscript on First and Second Deep Bottom Bryce A. Suderow was kind enough to offer up his opinions on the campaign in a recent comment here at TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog.  Bryce is not a fan of Ulysses S. Grant, as you […]

  • R.I.P. David H. Donald

    I learned the sad news this morning through several fellow Civil War bloggers that David Herbert Donald, renowned Lincoln scholar, passed away on Sunday at the age of 88. Donald is widely regarded as having penned the best single volume biography of Abraham Lincoln among his many other books on the Civil War.  The New […]