TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Category: Preservation

  • Terrible News for the Wilderness Battlefield

    In a not so stunning turn of events if you’ve been following the situation, the Orange County (VA) Planning Commission voted 5-4 to allow the construction of a Super Wal-Mart on the Wilderness Battlefield.  The decision isn’t final yet, with the ultimately final vote going to the Orange County Board of Supervisors later this year.  […]

  • Four Tennessee Battlefields In Need of Additional Funds

    Shannon Andrea of the National Parks Conservation Association recently contacted me with the following important preservation news: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 19, 2009 NEW STUDY FINDS TENNESSEE CIVIL WAR NATIONAL PARKS NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO PRESERVE HISTORIC BATTLEFIELDS AND TELL CIVIL WAR STORIES Knoxville, Tenn.-As we commemorate National Armed Forces Day, the nation’s leading voice […]

  • Libel Primer

    One of the nice things about writing about the Late Unpleasantness is that most of the primary source material is long out of copyright and all of the participants are dead, which means you can’t libel them. Say what you will about US Grant, Phil Sheridan, George Pickett or anyone else, neither they or their […]

  • Soldiers still tell their story at Historic Blenheim

    For Civil War buffs who live anywhere near Fairfax, Va., I wanted to bring to your attention a newly-opened museum and interpretive center called Historic Blenheim. If you’ve ever walked into a historic building and said, “if only the walls could talk”  — you’re in luck at Historic Blenheim, because in this case they do. […]

  • New Vicksburg NMP Resource Assessment

    Perry Wheeler, the Media Relations Coordinator for the National Parks Conservation Association, recently passed along the following information: Hello all, I hope you’re doing well! My name is Perry Wheeler with the National Parks Conservation Association. I thought you might be interested in our new resource assessment of Vicksburg National Military Park. Today, NPCA’s Center […]

  • Siege at Cedar Creek

    I received this from Jim Campi at the Civil War Preservation Trust. Please make your voice heard, it’s not over yet! Fred Ray As many of you know, the fate of the Cedar Creek Battlefield remains in doubt. In May, the Frederick County Board of Supervisors voted to allow limestone mining on nearly 400 acres […]

  • Are Slavery and Emancipation the ONLY Things Worth Studying from the American Civil War?

    There have been quite a few mentions of the Gettysburg Visitor Center over the past few weeks in the Civil War blogosphere, and some of this has spilled over into the question of what type of interpretation should be seen at our Civil War battlefield visitor centers. John Hennessy, National Park Service Chief Historian at […]