TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: September 2012

  • Which Antietam Books Should YOU Buy?: The Best Antietam (Sharpsburg) Books

    Editor’s Note: One half of this article comes from my earlier entry, the Top 5 Civil War Books on the Battle of Antietam and the Maryland Campaign of 1862, while the other half covers some of the better new books on Antietam which have come out in the last three years or so.  Be sure […]

  • “You have let me sleep in peace for the first time.”

    Recently the NY Times had a blog post by Richard Slotkin titled Washington in Disarray the focus of which was on the crisis in Washington at the beginning of September 1862 and President Lincoln’s decision to keep Gen. George McClellan in charge of the army.  There is an element to the story that I feel […]

  • Before the Seven Days – Advance to the Chickahominy Part 1

    Before The Seven Days – The Advance to the Chickahominy. The Peninsula Campaign has been subject to much interest among Civil War fans. The design of the campaign and the reaction to it make for an excellent study in command philosophies and military decision making. The armies that fought during this campaign were far from […]

  • Reading the War September 1862

    Reading the War September 1862  Tempest At Ox Hill: The Battle Of Chantilly by David A. Welker is one a very few books on this small battle. We are lucky that it is a very good book about a very nasty little battle that saved much of Pope’s army.   Often lost in the rush […]

  • Civil War Book Review: Abraham Lincoln, Esq.: The Legal Career of America’s Greatest President

    Abraham Lincoln, Esq.: The Legal Career of America’s Greatest President by Roger Billings & Frank J. Williams Product Details Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky; Reprint edition (January 25, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0813136539 ISBN-13: 978-0813136530 Lore has Lincoln as a country lawyer riding the circuit.  He wins cases by charming the […]

  • Two Important New Antietam Books

    If you’re looking for some good Antietam reading as the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam nears, you’re in luck.  Not one but two promising new books on Antietam have recently become available. First, we have Tom Clemens’ long-awaited The Maryland Campaign of September 1862, Vol. II: Antietam, which is a fully and exhaustively […]

  • Siege of Suffolk Conclusion

    Repercussions and Retreat For the Union soldiers at Fort Huger the expected attack to regain the fort never materialized. Only a barely perceptible probe by the 55th North Carolina tested their resolve to hold their prize. The attention of the Confederate command shifted to the blame game. Longstreet called the event “a serious disaster” and […]