TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

I discovered another new blog related to the Civil War called Volunteers in Parks via the Civil War Interactive Blog list.  Mannie Gentile is a Park Ranger at Antietam National Battlefield Park, and the blog details his experiences for others interested in seeing what it is like to work for the National Park Service.  Mannie’s […]

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I missed two other new Civil War blogs when introducing Not In Memoriam, But In Defense the other day. Luckily, Mike Koepke has sharper eyes than I do. The two other new blogs are Civil War Women by “Maggiemac” and The American Civil War by Adam Hendel. I’ve added links on the left to these […]

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As we’ve been discussing university presses lately I’d recommend everyone take a few minutes to read Scott McLemee’s recent article in Inside Higher Ed on blogs and university presses. McLemee points out that in general university presses are woefully ignorant of the power of the web, which confirms my own impressions of the admittedly small […]

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Andy has moved First Maine Forward to Typepad. The new address is: http://maineheavies.typepad.com/first_maine_forward/, Change your bookmarks if you haven’t already!

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David Woodbury, former partner in Savas Woodbury Publishing and noted Civil War buff, has decided to join the ever-increasing world of Civil War blogging with of Battlefields and Bibliophiles. As always, I feel it best to allow a blogger to speak in his own words. Here’s a short excerpt from of Battlefields and Bibliophiles: Still, […]

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Air Date: 102105 Subject: Blogging the Civil War with Dimitri Rotov Blog: Civil War Bookshelf Guest: Dimitri Rotov Summary: Brett’s Summary: Dimitri Rotov, the very first Civil War blogger, talks over quite a variety of things with Gerry.  They first discuss what blogging is, the benefits of blogging, and why Dimitri is qualified to blog.  […]

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