TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

I have been working my way through General Grant and the Rewriting of History by Frank Varney, that was published by Savas Beatie this past July, and I have a problem: I am so annoyed by it I might not be able to finish. I wanted to like this book, but do not be surprised […]

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Reading the War September 1862  Tempest At Ox Hill: The Battle Of Chantilly by David A. Welker is one a very few books on this small battle. We are lucky that it is a very good book about a very nasty little battle that saved much of Pope’s army.   Often lost in the rush […]

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I have posted two of Iowa soldier William Holden letters before, one at the end of the war and one from Atlanta. This one is a detailed description of the Second Battle of Corinth fought on October 3-4, 1862 at Corinth, MS between the Confederates under generals Earl Van Dorn and Sterling Price, and the […]

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Frequent blog readers probably know that I and a couple of others like Joe Bilby are always trying to confirm CW battle ranges. I recently came across an account of the battle of Corinth (Oct. 3-4, 1862) that talks about it. A soldier in the 2nd Iowa wrote: The Rebel batteries silenced ours, and about […]

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Back to the George Nafziger American Civil War Order of Battle Collection Union Army of the Mississippi Battle of Corinth 3-5 October 1862 Commanding General: Major General William S.Rosecrans 2nd Division: Brigadier General D.S.Stanley 1st Brigade: Colonel J.C.Fuller 27th Ohio Infantry Regiment 39th Ohio Infantry Regiment 43rd Ohio Infantry Regiment 63rd Ohio Infantry Regiment Illinois […]

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Back to the George Nafziger American Civil War Order of Battle Collection Confederate Army of West Tennessee Battle of Corinth 3-5 October 1862 Commanding Officer: Major General Earl Van Dorn Price’s Corps or Army of the West: Major General S. Price 1st Division: Brigadier General L. Hebert 1st Brigade: Colonel Elijah Gates 16th Arkansas Infantry […]

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