TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: April 2010

  • Review: Widow’s Weeds and Weeping Veils

    Widow’s Weeds and Weeping Veils by Bernadette Loeffel-Atkins Product Details Paperback Publisher: Thomas Publications (2008) ISBN-10: 1577471377 ISBN-13: 978-1577471370 Dealing with death Death is like a somewhat famous distant cousin, often in the news but one we seldom visit.  In 19th Century America death was very close, something that visited early and often an almost […]

  • American Military University and Weider History Group to Host Three New Webcasts in April and May 2010

    I recently received an email from Noah Shunfenthal of American Military University mentioning three new webcasts AMU is producing this month and next.  Here’s the information. The Common Soldier of the Civil War – Tuesday, April 20, 2010  11:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m. ET http://www.amu.apus.edu/lp/webcast/history/civil-war-soldier/ The Battle of Shiloh – Thursday, May 6, 2010  11:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m. […]

  • Check out The Maps of Chickamauga “Book Trailer” by Savas-Beatie

    Civil War book publisher Ted Savas of Savas-Beatie Publishing is an incredibly web savvy entrepreneur.  Look no further than Savas-Beatie’s new “book trailer” concept.  The idea is simple.  Publish “book trailers” on YouTube which let prospective buyers see the book in a way which is not possible in a book review or preview in text.  […]

  • Review: The Better Angels of Our Nature: Freemasonry in the American Civil War

    The Better Angels of Our Nature: Freemasonry in the American Civil War by Michael A. Hallern Product Details Hardcover: 232 pages Publisher: University Alabama Press; 1 edition (February 16, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0817316957 ISBN-13: 978-0817316952 Civil War history tells a consistent story of Masons appealing for aid and answering these appeals.  We instantly recognize […]

  • A Plea for Help: The Official Records and Southern Historical Society Papers at Google Books

    Editor’s Note: This post is crossposted at Beyond the Crater: The Petersburg Campaign Online. I need to some help from TOCWOC and Beyond the Crater readers, all knowledgeable students of the Civil War.  I post articles from quite a few sources at Beyond the Crater, including Battles and Leaders, the MOLLUS War Papers, Papers of […]

  • Were Confederate Soldiers Terrorists?

    Rarely does one get to read something that is both vile and silly, but Roland Martin, a CNN political commentator, manages to prove in one column that he knows nothing about the Civil War, history, military history, or terrorism, which is quite an intellectual tour de farce. His column “Were Confederate Soldiers Terrorists” is a […]

  • Knighthood, Hubris and Death – Reflections on Photos from Gettysburg

    By Mark Acres; Photos by Kip May The Civil War produced an unprecedented number of monuments and memorials all across America. What town of a few thousand in the Northeast, the Midwest, the South, or parts of the Southwest does not have a Civil War memorial? Some are weathered granite; some are eroded limestone, so […]