TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: July 2011

  • Shocker: Presidential Collector Arrested for Stealing Lincoln Documents

    Barry H. Landau has rubbed elbows with presidents, helped plan inaugurations, and claims one of the largest collections of Oval Office memorabilia outside museums and presidential libraries. His Manhattan apartment includes a collection of china from Thomas Jefferson’s inauguration and a picture of Landau kissing John F. Kennedy’s dog Clipper. Police say he tried to […]

  • Siege of Petersburg Online Posts: Week of 7/3/2011

    Many of you have probably noted my extended absence from meaningful posts here at TOCWOC.  While I haven’t been doing as many book reviews as I’d like due to an extra busy schedule at work, I have been busy with The Siege of Petersburg Online: Beyond the Crater.  I thought it might be interesting to […]

  • July 2011 Civil War Book Notes

    Those that can’t write, Review! July 2011 James W. Durney *********************************************************** My “to read” list Campaign for Wilson’s Creek by Jeffrey L. Patrick is part of the Civil War Campaigns and Commanders series.  I am very impressed with this book and am looking forward to reading it. Hearts Touched by Fire: The Best of Battles […]

  • Need Help From TOCWOC Readers: Mounted Pioneer Corps?

    This request for help from those more knowledgeable on the subject of engineer/pioneer units comes about as a result of reading Myron M. Miller’s The Soul of a Soldier: The True Story of a Mounted Pioneer in the Civil War. The book is a collection of letters as well as a biographical sketch of Miller’s […]

  • Civil War on the Web

    An AP article on women re-enactors: With her breasts tightly bound, shoulder-length red hair tucked under a shaggy auburn wig and upper lip hidden by a drooping mustache, Henry impersonates Lt. Harry T. Buford, a real-life Confederate soldier. The impression could hardly be more accurate since Buford, too, was a woman. He was invented by […]

  • Civil War Book Review: Defeating Lee: A History of the Second Corps, Army of the Potomac

    Defeating Lee: A History of the Second Corps, Army of the Potomac by Lawrence A. Kreiser Jr. Product Details Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Indiana University Press (April 19, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0253356164 ISBN-13: 978-0253356161 Clubs are trumps! You can fill a large bookcase with histories of Civil War regiments, brigades and armies.  The army […]

  • America’s Most Significant Firearm?

    Happy 4th of July everyone—hope you were able to enjoy it with family and friends like I was. This day in 1863 was one of celebration and rejoicing for the United States as Lee’s army began its retreat southward from Pennsylvania and Vicksburg surrendered. Phil Schreier of the National Firearms Museum takes a look at […]