TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

I spent last weekend driving over a good bit of Warren, Loudoun, Fairfax and Fauquier counties with a tour group from Michigan. We were visiting Mosby sites, from the Oakham Farm, where Mosby’s partisan career started, to Salem (Marshall), where he disbanded the command rather than surrender it to the enemy. We did walking tours […]

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Air Date: 022406 Subject: Edwin C. Bearss: Chief of the Battlefield Book: Fields of Honor: Pivotal Battles of the Civil War Guests: Edwin C. Bearss Summary: The legendary Ed Bearss, Chief Historian Emeritus of the National Park Service. Brett’s Summary: This was a fascinating interview.  Gerry talks to Ed Bearss, probably the most famous “name” […]

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