Month: March 2013

  • Spencers and Brooklyn Eagles

    Sorry for the radio silence but a couple of projects haven’t left me much time to blog. Here are a couple of things from around the web that might interest TOCWOC readers. A look a Christopher Spencer, “[A] quiet little Yankee who sold himself in relentless slavery to his idea for six weary years until […]

  • Burnside Expedition Part 2

    The Battle of Roanoke Island At 0730 the 25th Massachusetts led the way out of the makeshift camp followed by the 23rd and 27th Massachusetts and the 10th Connecticut of the 1st Brigade. They marched north up the central road until they reached a water filled ravine in their path. As they were crossing the […]

  • John Foskett Reviews The Petersburg Campaign, Volume 1 at Civil War News

    Fellow Civil War enthusiast John Foskett is a book reviewer for Civil War News and someone who has graciously granted me permission to post transcriptions of his ancestor’s diary at The Siege of Petersburg Online, portions of which you will begin seeing soon. John sent me an email letting me know he has a review […]

  • Burnside Expedition Part 1

    Introduction When George McClellan assumed command of the Union army he inherited a disorganized, discouraged, and undisciplined force. To help him train his new responsibility he called upon his friend and former roommate, Ambrose Burnside. Burnside did not come without credentials. He was a 1847 graduate of West Point and a Mexican War veteran. The […]

  • Creating the “Remember Gettysburg!” 150th Anniversary Poster

    Editor’s Note: The following guest post is from the creator of the “Remember Gettysburg!” 150th Anniversary poster, Jean-Pierre Got.  For those of you interested, the poster is sale at www.GettysburgAddress.com. My work as a «travelling poster artist» often takes me to many historical places. So when I was in Leesburg, signing its «Wine Country Half […]

  • Civil War Book Review: Invaders in Our Town: The Battle of Gettysburg Through the Eyes of Some Who Lived It

    Invaders in Our Town: The Battle of Gettysburg Through the Eyes of Some Who Lived It Author James M. Faber Paperback 548 pages Color illustration and Maps Available from www.invadersinourtown.com  for $22.95 Readers of history can forget that people make history.  Each event has tens, hundreds, thousands or millions of people with hopes and dreams […]

  • Gun Tubes and Types for All Union Artillery at the Siege of Petersburg Now Available

    This is just a quick note to let readers know I have updated the BTC Store with new transcriptions from National Archives Microfilm M1281, Roll 1 containing the gun tubes and types carried by Union batteries at the end of the 1st Quarter (March 31, 1864) and the end of the 2nd Quarter (June 30, […]