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  • Civil War Book Review: Into the Crater: The Mine Attack at Petersburg

    Editor’s Note: For more information on the Siege of Petersburg, be sure to visit The Siege of Petersburg Online: Beyond the Crater! *** Into the Crater: The Mine Attack at Petersburg by Earl J. Hess Product Details Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: University of South Carolina Press (September 30, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 1570039224 ISBN-13: 978-1570039225 […]

  • Civil War Book Review: Into the Crater: The Mine Attack at Petersburg

    Editor’s Note: This Civil War book review originally appeared at The Siege of Petersburg Online: Beyond the Crater earlier today. Hess, Earl J. Into the Crater: The Mine Attack at Petersburg. The University of South Carolina Press (September 30, 2010). 352 pp., 45 illustrations, maps, order of battle, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-1-57003-922-5 $44.95 (Cloth). […]

  • Civil War Book Review: The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat: Reality and Myth

    Hess, Earl J. The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat: Reality and Myth. Lawrence.: University of Kansas Press, 2008. 288 p. ISBN# 0700616071. $29.95. According to historian Earl J. Hess, the Stewart W. McClelland Chair in History at Lincoln Memorial University and author of numerous scholarly works, the American Civil War remains the first and only […]

  • Review: The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat: Reality and Myth

    Hess, Earl J. The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat: Reality and Myth. University Press of Kansas (September 9, 2008). 288 pages, tables, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-0700616077 $29.95 (Hardcover). Did the widespread use of the rifle musket for the first time in the American Civil War lead to increased average combat ranges, increasingly destructive […]

  • Review: In the Trenches at Petersburg: Field Fortifications and Confederate Defeat

    In the Trenches at Petersburg: Field Fortifications and Confederate Defeat by Earl J. Hess Product Details Hardcover: 480 pages Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press Language: English ISBN-10: 0807832820 ISBN-13: 978-0807832820 Joined with “Field Armies and Fortifications in the Civil War: The Eastern Campaigns” and “Trench Warfare under Grant and Lee: Field Fortifications in […]

  • In The Review Queue: Death in the Trenches, Border War, and Civil War Guerrillas

    The “In the Review Queue” series provides TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog readers with a brief look at books Brett Schulte is planning to review here on the blog.  These will be very similar to Drew Wagenhoffer’s “Booknotes” series at Civil War Books and Authors. I received three new Civil War books to review […]

  • TOCWOC’s The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat Contest Has Ended

    The deadline to enter The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat free book giveaway has passed.  I will throw entrants’ names into a hat and a winner will be announced on Saturday, April 4.  Check back to then to see if you’ve won! Did you enjoy this blog entry?  Please consider using the ShareThis feature […]