TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: September 2011

  • Savas-Beatie Launches New Gettysburg Campaign Handbook Trailer

    J.D. Petruzzi and Steven Stanley’s The New Gettysburg Campaign Handbook has a new trailer out on YouTube.  The book is extremely affordable, going for under $14 at Amazon as of this writing.  Anyone who likes to study Gettysburg, especially those who want to visit the field, will find much of interest in this one. Check […]

  • The Disgraced Asst. Surg. William T. Babb of the 2nd Delaware

    Editor’s Note: 2nd Delaware researcher and reenactor Sean Protas has generously agreed to do a series of guest posts focusing on the colorfully nicknamed ‘Crazy Delawares’.  Look for Sean’s posts to appear periodically here at TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog.  For more information on the modern day 2nd Delaware Volunteer Infantry reenactment group, check […]

  • John Day Smith on Slavery as the Cause of the War

    I’ve been sifting through Union and Confederate regimental histories for my Siege of Petersburg Online site, and I came across this candid observation, in 1909, from John Day Smith of the 19th Maine1: The Confederates had begun their preparations for arming the negroes in February and March, 1865. It was a measure adopted in their […]