TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: October 2009

  • September 25 and October 2, 2009 Summaries of Civil War Talk Radio Posted

    After some technical difficulties, I have finally managed to get summaries of the September 25 and October 2, 2009 episodes of Civil War Talk Radio posted on the dates they originally aired.   The September 25 show featured Ronald Smith discussing his biography of Thomas Ewing, and the October 2 episode covered the topic of disunion, […]

  • Review: Punitive War: Confederate Guerrillas and Union Reprisals

    Punitive War: Confederate Guerrillas and Union Reprisals (Modern War Studies) by Clay Mountcastle Product Details Hardcover: 202 pages Publisher: University Press of Kansas (September 2, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0700616683 ISBN-13: 978-0700616688 Confederate guerrillas are the subject of many books on the Civil War.  Mosby, Quantrill, the sack of Lawrence, Bloody Bill Anderson or Missouri […]

  • Lee-Jackson Henry

    Another beautiful repro at a charity auction—this one is a Henry in .44-40 themed with Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, artwork by Mort Kunstler. Nice if you can afford it. It’s only money.

  • Can You Help With The Value of These Classic Civil War Books?

    TOCWOC reader Vic Wilson wrote in asking about the partial set of the Offical Records given to him by his great uncle: Hello. Please help me with some insight on the books I have. My great uncle has given me approx 80 volumes of “War of the Rebellion, Official Records of the Union and Confederate […]

  • The Civil War 145 Years Ago: October 1864

    145 Years Ago October 1864 This is a difficult time for the North but victory is starting to look closer.  Hood is probing for a weak spot in Sherman’s armies.  Grant continues to dig and extend his lines forcing Lee into a static defensive campaign.  Sterling Price is advancing in Missouri, trying to reclaim his […]

  • Short Takes

    I came across this representation of a target shot a 500 yards by a .577 Enfield and a .451 Whitworth, which shows pretty clearly why the Whitworth made a better sharpshooter’s rifle. Source: W.W. Greener, The Gun and Its Development (1910) Google Books now has Life magazine in their collection, and among the issues is […]

  • Civil War Talk Radio: October 2, 2009

    Air Date: 100209 Subject: Pre-War Political Rhetoric Books: Disunion!: The Coming of the American Civil War, 1789-1859 Guest: Professor Elizabeth R. Varon   Summary: Professor Elizabeth Varon discusses pre-war political rhetoric and how language shaped the coming of the Civil War. Brett’s Summary: Professor Varon is currently at Temple University in Philadelphia.  Gerry started the […]