TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Did you know that US president and Union Civil War general Rutherford B. Hayes is a national hero in … Paraguay? Forget Lincoln or Washington. Hayes – a one-term U.S. president who is undistinguished at home – has a holiday, a province, a town, a museum and a soccer team all named in his honor, […]

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On my desk in front of me, is a relic. If you are knowledgeable about the ACW, you will now what the title means. Its the caliber size of the minie ball or bullet that was used during the war. I did not obtain it from the National Park at Gettysburg, nor Antietam, nor Bull […]

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