TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: February 2012

  • Using Confederate Compiled Service Records (CSRs) at Fold3.com

    I am currently working my way through the First Offensive Order of Battle (June 15-18, 1864) and Second Offensive Order of Battle (June 21-24, 1864) for the Siege of Petersburg.  One of the items which has come up again and again is who exactly commanded various Confederate regiments, batteries, and even brigades in June and […]

  • Short Takes

    In the early 1860s, a violent fight raged to determine the fate of a vast country. An insurrection had split it in two, leaving much of the southern half governed by men who claimed to be the leaders of a new state but were dismissed by their foes as illegitimate “rebels,” outlaws who had given […]

  • Civil War Collections at Fold3.com

    Fold3.com: A Great Resource for Civil War Research I have been using the incredible resources at Fold3.com for just over a year now.  I decided to join after reading a newspaper article describing how a South Carolina soldier helped comfort a mortally wounded Northern officer.  I immediately had questions.  I knew the name of the […]

  • Civil War Book Acquisitions: January 2012

    Civil War Book Acquisitions: January 2012 Title: Virginia at War, 1865 Author: Davis, William C. (ed) & Robertson, James I., Jr. (ed) Publisher: University Press of Kentucky ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-3468 Price: $40.00 (Hardcover); $31.50 (Kindle) TOCWOC’s Take: As expected, this last book in the Virginia at War series spends a lot less time on the battlefield […]

  • Civil War Book Review: The Battle of First Bull Run: An Illustrated Atlas and Battlefield Guide

    Hines, Blaikie. The Battle of First Bull Run Manassas Campaign – July 16-22, 1861: An Illustrated Atlas and Battlefield Guide. (American Patriot Press, 2011). 224 pages, over 500 photos and illustrations, 82 maps, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-1-61364-129-3 $39.50 (Oversized Paperback). Battle atlases are some of my favorite Civil War books.  Well done maps which accentuate […]

  • C.S.S. Jack Daniels

    Not really, but this Prohibition-era whiskey-running submarine, preserved at the Grand Gulf battlefield, is still pretty cool. Other than the lack of a spar torpedo and of course considering that it was powered by an automobile engine (from a Model T) it is strikingly similar in appearance to the H. L. Hunley. This isn’t really […]

  • February 2012 Civil War Book Notes

    Those that can’t write, Review! February 2012 James W. Durney *********************************************************** My “To Read” List Between the Holidays, a new PC, stomach flu, the new King book and real life my “to read” list has gotten out of hand.  I am reducing it a little more each day but as of this writing it is: […]