TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: January 2012

  • Short Takes

    Professor J. David Hacker takes and new look at Civil War dead and concludes there was a major undercount, especially in the South. Even as Civil War history has gone through several cycles of revision, one thing has remained fixed: the number of dead. Since about 1900, historians and the general public have assumed that […]

  • Great Resource for New York Regiments

    My Siege of Petersburg web site research leads me to all kinds of interesting places online.  Because there were so many New York units at the Siege of Petersburg, one place I end up finding myself back at time after time is the New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center web site, specifically […]

  • One Month Left In the FREE Civil War Book Giveaway

    There is only one month 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 […]

  • January 2012 Civil War Book Notes

    Those that can’t write, Review! January 2012 James W. Durney *********************************************************** Another Year This is going to be a year full of distractions that will compete for time to read.   Until early November political calls are a constant interruption.  After the election they will go back to ignoring us. This is the Sesquicentennial of 1862, […]