TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: April 2010

  • Review: Lincoln’s Political Generals

    Lincoln’s Political Generals by David Work Product Details Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: University of Illinois Press; 1st Edition (July 15, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0252034457 ISBN-13: 978-0252034459 The 19th Century glorified the idea of the citizen solider!  The idea that courage and patriotism are a substitute for training, tactics and supplies enjoyed wide acceptance.  The […]

  • The Real Ghosts of Gettysburg

    By Mark Acres Visitors to Gettysburg quickly learn about the battlefield’s ghosts. Every tourist shop and book store carries a goodly and growing number of books and pamphlets about various hauntings on the hallowed ground. The ghost business became the principal profession of one former Gettysburg park ranger in the past decade, and more than […]

  • What Did Mr. Lincoln Know? (Conclusion)

    I several previous posts I looked at President Lincoln’s relationship to the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid to get some idea of his culpability in the assassination attempt on Jefferson Davis and the Confederate leadership. In the first, I looked at the military and political situation in the winter of 1863-64, how Lincoln’s hopes of ending the war […]

  • April 2010 Civil War Book Notes

    Those that can’t write, Review! April 2010 James Durney *********************************************************** “Say it ain’t so, Joe,” Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith is a “history” unknown until the author “stumbled upon The Secret Journal of Abraham Lincoln.  He became the first living person to lay eyes on this journal in more than 140 years.  Using […]

  • Volunteers, To Arms!

    Yes, citizen, arm yourself with a rake, a trash bag, and other implements of destruction and help us preserve our common heritage. The cleanup, which includes 100 historic sights in 23 states, will be between April 8 and 10 at various Civil War battlefields, so there’s still time to make plans. The event is called […]

  • Check out Jerusalem Plank Road: A New Book of Petersburg Campaign Poetry by Brendan Hamilton

    I received some information from Brendan Hamilton, a former participant in TOCWOC’s Top 5 Civil War books contest, about his new book of Petersburg Campaign poetry, entitled Jerusalem Plank Road. Since I run a Petersburg Campaign web site, how could I resist telling you about this new book? 🙂 Jerusalem Plank Road is due out […]