Month: February 2010
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Army of the Potomac Ordnance at the Battle of Fredericksburg
I was browsing the web for Quarterly Ordnance Returns (i.e. the type and number of weapons each unit had at a given time) for the Army of the Potomac. I found a gem at the Fredericksburg National Battlefield site. Historian Eric Mink apparently transcribed the Ordnance returns for the Army of the Potomac for the […]
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Missouri Libraries and Civil War Digitization Projects
A recent blog entry at the MoGSA Messenger, the Official Weblog of the Missouri State Genealogical Association discusses Civil War digitization projects at the Kansas City Public Library and the Springfield-Greene County Library District. While the Kansas City area project is just getting started, the Springfield area project has a flourishing website called Community & […]
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Secession (again)
Secession again rears its ugly head, this time on The Volokh Conspiracy. Professor Eugene Volokh opines “I keep hearing the claim that the legitimacy of secession from the U.S. was “settled at Appomattox,” and I wanted to say a few words about why I think that makes little sense.” While he thinks that “today, secession […]
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Massive 60% Off Book Sale at Indiana University Press Today
Fellow TOCWOC blogger Fred Ray mentioned a few weeks ago that Indiana University Press would be having a 60% off sale for one day only. TODAY is that day! So make sure you head over to the Indiana University Press site and enter the code SIXTY at checkout to get an incredible 60% off. Let […]
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The Impact of Railroads on Warfare During the American Civil War
Editor’s Note: Dave Hollis is a guest poster with an avid interest in military history. He is a member of the the U.S. Army Reserve and has been published several times. Dave’s first (but hopefully not last) post here at TOCWOC concerns the impact of railroads on the American Civil War. The American Civil war […]
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Complete Online Index of Civil War Times (Illustrated)
I learned this morning via a tweet from Andrew Ferguson that a complete index of Civil War Times, something I had slowly been working on with little progress, is now online! I’m a little busy today, but I plan to spend some time with this over the next few weeks. It appears to be an […]