Bob Dylan, who by this time should probably be classed as a cultural institution, weighs in on Barack Obama, Elvis, US Grant and the Civil War ghosts of the South in the venerable Times of London. Turns out he read Grant’s autobiography. Who knew? He begins by talking about Obama’s Kansas roots: You know, like […]
Ghosts of the South, Blowin’ in the Wind
April 7th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Categories: Civil War Memory · Interviews · Social History
Tags: · barack obama, Bob Dylan, civil war, Elvis Presley, Tupelo MS
Odds & Ends: May 17, 2008
May 17th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Everyone reading this knows TOCWOC is a Civil War blog. Odds & Ends does focus on the Civil War, but it does so by looking at blogs and web sites whose main focus often isn’t the Civil War or even history. This particular Odds & Ends has a bit of a wargaming bent this time […]
Categories: Civil War Odds & Ends
Tags: · antietam, archer jones, barack obama, card games, civil war blog, civil war command and strategy, confederate memorial day, dale cox, david woodbury, Dixie, dunker church, Education, gettysburg, harriet beecher stowe, leon trotsky, pickett's charge, prairie grove battlefield state park, reenacting, sam white, Shiloh, the battle of massard prairie, uncle tom's cabin, Wargaming
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