TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: January 2014

  • The Top 13 Controversies at Franklin: Part 5

    Editor’s Note: After I’d posted my recent comments on Lee’s possible endorsement of John Bell Hood for army command in 1864, I started going back over a lengthy nine or ten part series I did on Eric Jacobson’s book For Cause & for Country: A Study of the Affair at Spring Hill and the Battle of Franklin.  I had totally […]

  • Civil War Book Review: The Army of the Potomac: Order of Battle, 1861-1865

    Collins, Darrell L. The Army of the Potomac: Order of Battle, 1861-1865, with Commanders, Strengths Losses and More. (McFarland & Company, Inc., August 2013). 328 pages, orders of battle, notes, index. ISBN: 978-0-7864-7346-5 $75.00 (Paperback). At first glance, Darrell Collins’ new book on the Army of the Potomac’s orders of battle throughout the Civil War looks to […]

  • Wanted: Siege of Petersburg Newspaper Accounts

    One of the really cool things about being a Civil War blogger or web master is the camaraderie you find out out there from others who share your passion.  Since I started The Siege of Petersburg Online in August 2009, I’ve had many people contact me out of the blue with very interesting items which […]

  • Whatever Happened to D.K. Boswell?

    During the early part of the war, Lincoln elevated certain southern leaders who remained loyal to the US, with hope that they could rally fellow southern loyalists and start the reconstruction process.  Examples include: Andrew Johnson, appointed Brigadier General and Military Governor of Tennessee in March 1862; Edward Stanly, appointed Brigadier General and Military Governor […]

  • Civil War Book Review: Combat 2: Union Infantrymen Versus Confederate Infantrymen: Eastern Theater 1861-65

    Field, Ron. Combat 2: Union Infantrymen Versus Confederate Infantrymen: Eastern Theater 1861-65. (Osprey Publishing, September 20, 2013). 80 pages, illus., maps, orders of battle, select bibliography. ISBN: 978-1-78096-927-5 $18.95 (Paperback). Osprey’s Combat series takes a look at two opposing forces in a given war by looking at three combat situations in micro-tactical detail.  In this volume […]

  • Gordon’s Assault on Ft. Stedman

    Brett recently posted an excerpt from an upcoming book section on Ft. Stedman, written by Bill Wyrick. It appears to be drawn from Wyrick’s article in Blue & Gray, which I had some comments about at the time. I had some problems with it then and still do. Interpretations are one thing, but there are […]

  • Civil War Book Review: Colonels in Blue: Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee

    Colonels in Blue: Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee Author: Roger D. Hunt TOCWOC’s Take: Colonels in Blue: Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee is the fifth volume in Roger D. Hunt’s invaluable research series covering Union colonels of the Civil War. Hunt aims to collect as much information on each Federal colonel as possible, including photographs and other images. The […]