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Month: November 2012

  • Before the Seven Days – Advance to the Chickahominy Part 9

    Moving Franklin The fall of Yorktown gave McClellan the opportunity to initiate another portion of his overall strategy. BG William B. Franklin’s division, which had been disembarked were reloaded onto the boats for a cruise up the York River to West Point. This move was originally planned for the beginning of the campaign but McClellan […]

  • Civil War Book Review: The Knoxville Campaign: Burnside and Longstreet in East Tennessee

    Hess, Earl J. The Knoxville Campaign: Burnside and Longstreet in East Tennessee. (The University of Tennessee Press: October 2012). 424 pages, illustrations, 22 maps, bibliography, endnotes, index. ISBN: 978-1-57233-916-3 $39.95 (Hardcover). Check another previously poorly covered campaign off the list.  With The Knoxville Campaign: Burnside and Longstreet in East Tennessee, Earl Hess has produced the […]

  • A Salute to Our Veterans

    Anyone who reads this blog knows I don’t often post personal items, but in this one case I’m going to make an exception.  We managed to snap a shot of my younger son Brody saluting several weeks ago, and I knew then exactly how I’d be using that photo. Thank you to all of our […]

  • Before the Seven Days – Advance to the Chickahominy Part 8

    Early’s Attack Crushed COL D. K. McRae, commanding the 5th North Carolina, almost instantly understood the difficulties that were incumbent in the order to attack. The forward movement became entangled “in a dense undergrowth” and had to traverse a “marshy ravine”. After losing contact with the elements on both sides he moved his men as […]

  • Presidential Material: Civil War Candidates From McClellan to McKinley

    Editor’s Note: This article is a guest post by Greg Quinion.  Greg has submitted several other articles for TOCWOC in the past, including a series on General Phil Kearny.  Greg’s piece on this Election Day focuses appropriately enough on Civil War soldiers who went on to become presidential candidates, and for more than a few, […]

  • November 2012 Civil War Book Notes

    Those that can’t write, Review! November 2012 James W. Durney *********************************************************** New in the stores   Larry J. Daniel’s book Battle of Stones River: The Forgotten Conflict Between the Confederate Army of Tennessee and the Union Army of the Cumberland due in stores on the fifth. The Civil War and American Art (Smithsonian American Art […]

  • 150 years ago, November 1862

    150 Years Ago November 1862 Fall weather is turning roads to mud and the grass is dying, poor road conditions coupled with increased demand for forage force armies to build winter encampments.  Men usually build log huts with floors using tents for the roof.  Smoke vents through a chimney built of small barrels and mud.  […]