TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

TOCWOC Editor’s Note: This one grew out of a research project I’ve been working through for The Siege of Petersburg Online, cataloging the ordnance officers of the Army of Northern Virginia one Compiled Military Service Record at a time. Philip Beverley Stanard was the Third Corps’ Chief Ordnance Officer under A.P. Hill from 1863 to […]

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Reorganizing the Confederate Valley Ordnance Department After the Disaster at Waynesboro Lt. Col. Briscoe G. Baldwin, Chief of Ordnance, Army of Northern Virginia Briscoe Baldwin isn’t a name that gets much attention outside of Lee’s staff studies, but by the last winter of the war he was about as embedded in the Army of Northern […]

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Sharpshooter: The Selected Letters and Papers of Maj. Eugene Blackford, C.S.A. Fred L. Ray, Ed. ISBN-13 978-0-9882435-1-4 / ISBN-10 0988243512 6×9 inch hardback / 230 Pages 10 Maps 30 Illustrations Footnoted / Indexed / Complete Bibliography Publication date: March 2016 Price after publication $39.95 I am nearly finished with the first phase of the biggest […]

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Which brigade was the best brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia? So, which brigade deserves that title?  I’m keeping the definition of “best” purposefully vague.  Use the criteria which you think define “best” to make one, and only one vote below.  I’ve got an agenda here, I’ll freely admit.  I want to see what […]

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The Overland Campaign: War of Attrition? The standard story of the Overland Campaign is this: Grant had at least a 2:1 advantage over Lee in the Overland Campaign (and Early maintains a 3:1 advantage!) Grant could gain ample new recruits, Lee had no manpower reserves to draw on Grant doggedly used these advantages to grind […]

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Back to the George Nafziger American Civil War Order of Battle Collection Confederate Army of Northern Virginia Battle of Antietam 17 September 1862 Commanding General: General Robert E.Lee Longstreet’s Corps: Major General James Longstreet McLaw’s Division: Major General L. McLaw Kershaw’s Brigade: Brigadier General J.B.Kershaw 2nd South Carolina Regiment 3rd South Carolina Regiment 7th South […]

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Back to the George Nafziger American Civil War Order of Battle Collection Confederate Forces  McLaws’ & Ewell’s Division  Battle of Sharpsburg, Maryland 17 September 1862 McLaw’s Division Barksdale’s Brigade: 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment (24/178) 17th Mississippi Infantry Regiment (22/248) 18th Mississippi Infantry Regiment (24/162) 21st Mississippi Infantry Regiment (18/182) 1st Richmond Howitzer Battery (2 10pdr […]

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