Category: Civil War Magazines
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EXCELLENT Service at Civil War Times
As someone who subscribes to and collects many Civil War magazines, I had a pretty crappy experience today at the local Post Office. The postal employee thought it was a good idea to shove the envelope containing my latest issue of Civil War History into a U shape in my rather small mailbox. That wasn’t […]
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Civil War Times Illustrated, January 2007
Why Are These Summaries Showing Up Late? Civil War Times Illustrated Volume 45, Number 10 (January 2007) Civil War Times Illustrated Web Site Mail Call…..4 Turning Points: Arming the Confederacy…..9 Josiah Gorgas by Jeffry D. Wert This month Turning Points looks at Brigadier General Josiah Gorgas, chief of the Confederate Ornance Bureau. Gallery: South Carolina […]
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Catching Up On Civil War Magazine Back Issues
Some of TOCWOC’s (and American Civil War Gaming and Reading’s) readers may remember my summaries of Civil War magazines. I also have a site called the American Civil War Magazine and Journal Index, which will eventually hopefully hold summaries of many of the Civil War magazines produced since the 1960s. I’ve fallen WAY behind over […]
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B&G Article on Fort Stedman: Who Probed Fort Friend?
In my last post I looked the attacks on the attacks on Battery IX and Fort McGilvery in the northern sector, where I concluded that Gen. Walker got three brigades into action (Lewis, Kasey and Ransom) but failed to make a coordinated attack on Battery IX and any ground attack at all on Fort McGilvery. […]
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B&G Article on Fort Stedman: the Attacks on Battery IX
After having looked at the initial assault, it’s time to take a look at the northern sector and attacks on Battery IX and Fort McGilvery. Maj. Gen. Orlando Willcox, whose division was attacked, stated that there were three Confederate columns: “One column moved toward the right of Battery No. 10, a second column moved toward […]
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Blue & Gray article on Fort Stedman: Ransom’s brigade
Before taking a look at Fort Friend, I first want to examine the actions of Ransom’s brigade (24th, 25th, 35th, 49th, and 56th NC regiments) at Fort Stedman. Students of the battle, including myself, have had it attacking Battery IX, but after taking another look I have come to the conclusion that Ransom’s and Wallace’s […]