TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: June 2010

  • Whitworth Double Rifle

    Bill Adams sends along a link to a very nice Whitworth double rifle on Gunbroker. Many manufacturers made double rifles, primarily for hunting when a quick followup shot was often needed, particularly for dangerous game. As you’d expect that extra barrel made them rather heavy which limited their use in military applications. This particular example […]

  • Dr. Tom Clemens to Serve as Tour Guide of Phase I of Antietam Campaign

    The Save Historic Antietam Foundtaion is putting on a tour of “Phase I” of the Antietam Campaign led by Dr. Tom Clemens, author of The Maryland Campaign of September, 1862, Volume I: South Mountain and Dennis Frye, National Park Service Historian at Harper’s Ferry.  This one-day tour will occur on July 31, 2010, covers the […]

  • Civil War Book Review: The Battles of New Hope Church

    The Battles of New Hope Church by Russell Blount Jr. Product Details Hardcover: 192 pages Publisher: Pelican Publishing (April 1, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 1589807480 ISBN-13: 978-1589807488 This is an impressive first book, with much to recommend it.  The author’s writing style produces a vivid easy to read narration.  Couple this with seamlessly switching between […]

  • Civil War Book Review: Federal Laws of the Reconstruction

    Hosen, Frederick E. Federal Laws of the Reconstruction: Principal Congressional Acts and Resolutions, Presidential Proclamations, Speeches and Orders, and Other Legislative and Military Documents, 1862-1875. McFarland & Company, Inc. (April 2010). 206 pp., tables, appendices, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-0-7864-4668-1 $49.95 (Paperback). Near the end of the Civil War and on into Reconstruction, many “battles” were […]

  • Civil War Book Review: The Battle of Brandy Station (VA): North America’s Largest Cavalry Battle

    The Battle of Brandy Station (VA): North America’s Largest Cavalry Battle (Civil War Sesquicentennial) [Paperback] by Eric J. Wittenberg Product Details Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: The History Press (March 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 1596297824 ISBN-13: 978-1596297821 Eric Wittenberg writing on the largest cavalry battle of the Civil War, the only improvement would be to make […]

  • John Buford’s Readiness

    If it be now, ’tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all. Hamlet, Act V, Scene ii As the sun broke over McPherson’s Ridge on the morning of July 1, 1863, John Buford and the men […]

  • June 2010 Civil War Book Notes

    Those that can’t write, Review! June 2010 James W. Durney *********************************************************** In my mailbox or on the shelves Valley Thunder: The Battle of New Market by Charles R. Knight is 336 pages, 50 photos and illustrations, 9 original maps, and 8 appendices, with traditional footnotes, covering the “complex prelude” and the battle.  The author is […]