TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: June 2011

  • Civil War Book Review: This Great Struggle: America’s Civil War

    This Great Struggle: America’s Civil War by Steven E. Woodworth Product Details Hardcover: 424 pages Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (April 16, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0742551849 ISBN-13: 978-0742551848 Write a one-volume history of the American Civil War.  Be sure to consider the politics on both sides, the home fronts, personalities and objectives.  Do not […]

  • Civil War Book Review: Shifting Loyalties: The Union Occupation of Eastern North Carolina

    Shifting Loyalties: The Union Occupation of Eastern North Carolina by Judkin Browning Product Details Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press (February 10, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0807834688 ISBN-13: 978-0807834688 Occupation is difficult for all parties.  The civilian population is never fully trusted and the military often is high handed.  The result […]

  • June 2011 Civil War Book Notes

    Those that can’t write, Review! June 2011 James W. Durney *********************************************************** My “to read” list Sing Not War by James Marten looks at the experience of being a veteran of the Civil War.  This is an excellent book on an often-ignored subject. The Won Cause by Barbara A. Gannon looks at Black and White comradeship […]

  • Civil War Book Review: Civil War Voices from York County, Pa.: Remembering the Rebellion and the Gettysburg Campaign

    Civil War Voices from York County, Pa.: Remembering the Rebellion and the Gettysburg Campaign Scott L. Mingus Sr. and James McClure Product Details Paperback: 192 pages Publisher: Colecraft Industries; 1st edition (April 1, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0983364001 ISBN-13: 978-0983364009 In 1863, York County is not the epicenter of the Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania.  That […]

  • A Sharpshooter Story

    I’ve been researching sharpshooters for several years now, so it’s always nice to find something new like this from the history of the 115th New York. It’s interesting for a couple of reasons. One is the story of the conversion of the 13th Indiana into a sharpshooter battalion in all but name. This is almost […]

  • The Civil War 150 Years Ago: June 1861

    The Civil War 150 Years Ago June 1861 War is a great adventure excitement fills the air as men rush to enlist. Many experts think the USA will not be able to force the South back into the Union.  They think the South’s land mass will be impossible to conquer.  They base this on the […]

  • McFarland Civil War Book of the Week: Confederate Torpedoes: Two Illustrated 19th Century Works with New Appendices and Photographs

    Confederate Torpedoes: Two Illustrated 19th Century Works with New Appendices and Photographs Editor: Herbert M. Schiller TOCWOC’s Take: Confederate Torpedoes: Two Illustrated 19th Century Works with New Appendices and Photographs is a compilation of two 19th century works on Confederate torpedoes, the first by a Confederate and the second by a Union author: Torpedo Book […]