TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Best Books on the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg: December 13, 1862 While I typically create “best Civil War books on…” posts for the 150th anniversary of major (and sometimes not so major) battles, I usually come up with brand new things to say about them.  In this case I’ll mostly be letting my prior […]

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God’s Almost Chosen Peoples: A Religious History of the American Civil War by George C. Rable Product Details Hardcover: 624 pages Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press (November 25, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0807834262 ISBN-13: 978-0807834268 Religion, Civil War & America At the time of the Civil War America was a Christian Protestant nation.  […]

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Diana Escobar of the Orange County (FL) Regional History Center contacted us recently to let us know that the Center is hosting two upcoming Civil War events on February 26 and March 3, 2009: Join George C. Rable, the author of Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!, for an intimate dinner, as he discusses his gripping, in-depth look at […]

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Air Date: 092608 Subject: Why Study the Battle of Fredericksburg? Books: Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg! & The Confederate Republic: A Revolution Against Politics Guest: Professor George C. Rable Summary: Civil War Author and Historian Professor George Rable discusses the reasons to study the Battle of Fredericksburg among other things. Brett’s Summary: The interview with George Rable starts […]

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