TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Editor’s Note: This article is a guest post by Greg Quinion.  Greg has submitted several other articles for TOCWOC in the past, including a series on General Phil Kearny.  Greg’s piece on this Election Day focuses appropriately enough on Civil War soldiers who went on to become presidential candidates, and for more than a few, […]

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Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of guest posts by Greg Quinion.  In addition to being an avid history reader and world traveler, Greg works as a freelance travel and history writer and Information Analyst in Washington DC.  He holds a Bachelor’s degree in History from the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, […]

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Lincoln and McClellan: The Troubled Partnership between a President and His General by John C. Waugh Product Details Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English ISBN-10: 0230613497 ISBN-13: 978-0230613492 Doing a book on Lincoln and McClellan is akin to running naked through a minefield.  On one side, is a beloved President universally acclaimed and […]

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Editor’s Note: This is the third post in a three-part essay on George B. McClellan.  If you haven’t read Part 1 and Part 2, do so now! The men in the ranks hold varied views.  For the AoNV, this was the first great bloodletting, the price of victory has been high and some of the […]

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Editor’s Note: This is the second post in a three-part essay on George B. McClellan.  If you haven’t read Part 1, do so now! Next, CSA Major General John B. Magruder does an outstanding job convincing everyone that Pinkerton’s estimates are correct.  Historians dismiss Magruder’s work as poor performance by McClellan.  However, using entrenchments, bugle […]

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Editor’s Note: This is the first post in a three-part essay on George B. McClellan. McClellan has come down to us as a poor general, a vain man with possibly Pro Southern leanings.  An Illustration of the contradictions in the man is in his running as the Democratic candidate for President in 1864.  A platform […]

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If you’re a regular reader, you’re well aware of my Odds & Ends column.  For anyone new stumbling on this post after a search, let me briefly explain.  Odds & Ends is a semi-regular series which attempts to pull together some of the recent interesting happenings and news about the Civil War.  You might see […]

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