TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: January 2012

  • Two Weeks Left In the FREE Civil War Book Giveaway

    There are only two weeks left in the TOCWOC/BTC free Civil War book giveaway. Anyone who subscribes to The Siege of Petersburg Online: Beyond the Crater via email before February 1, 2012 will be entered to win a free copy of Earl J. Hess’ In the Trenches at Petersburg. Three secondary winners will be given […]

  • Confederate Controversy at Fort Gregg

    I’ve been reading through and transcribing articles from the pages of the Southern Historical Society Papers for The Siege of Petersburg Online recently, and one heated controversy early in the life of the Papers caught my attention: Which Confederate units defended Fort Gregg, the “Confederate Alamo”, in a last ditch defense on April 2, 1865 […]

  • H. L. Hunley Righted

    Follow the link and you too can see what no living person has seen—the complete Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley, which has just been turned to an upright position. No way you’d get me on that thing, but I salute the brave men who went out on it. More here, with lots of photos.

  • Scourge of War: Antietam Released!

    Full Disclosure: I worked on the Scourge of War: Gettysburg game for a period of time, completing OOBs for the first two days before leaving due to the birth of my son Brock in late 2008.  I did not work on Antietam or Pipe Creek, and paid the full amount for both add-on map/scenario packs. […]

  • Interview with the Author of Unholy Sabbath: The History of South Mountain in Memory and History

    An Interview with the Author of Unholy Sabbath Edited by James W. Durney Books about the Battle of South Mountain do not crowd the bookshelves.  Any you find are normally part of an Antietam Campaign study.  Amazon lists three books dedicated to this battle.  One is The History’s Press The Battle of South Mountain (MD) […]

  • Three Weeks Left In the FREE Civil War Book Giveaway

    There are only three weeks left in the TOCWOC/BTC free Civil War book giveaway. Anyone who subscribes to The Siege of Petersburg Online: Beyond the Crater via email before February 1, 2012 will be entered to win a free copy of Earl J. Hess’ In the Trenches at Petersburg. Three secondary winners will be given […]

  • Steamboats on the Tombigbee

    While visiting relatives in LA (Lower Alabama) I came across a copy of Rufus Ward’s book The Tombigbee River Steamboats: Rollodores, Dead Heads, and Side-Wheelers. Ward takes a look at Alabama’s almost forgotten steamboat era from the 1840s to the 1880s, in which the steamboats plying the Mobile, Alabama, Warrior and Tombigbee rivers dominated the […]