TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Watched Glory and parts of it several times before the holidays, AHC was pretty much showing it non-stop, which gives you time to dissect things more completely. Conclusion: made in 1989, it holds up pretty well, and I think it’s one of the best Civil War movies from Hollywood. It also got Denzel Washington into […]

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I apologize for not posting Part III earlier, the last few weeks have been very hectic.  To see the other music reviews, please visit Civil War Music Part I Civil War Music Part II Here in the 3rd of my 3 part series, I look at soundtracks of the Civil War Era.  The ones that […]

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Gone With the Wind and UFOs? Check it out. XDA has a list of the top 45 war movies ever made. I have no idea how these were chosen, but only three American Civil War movies made the list: Glory Ride With the Devil The General Harry Smeltzer has a nice start to a bibliography […]

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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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I took my US History I students on a field trip to the Minuteman National Park last Wednesday. Great day. My US History II kids, currently studying the Civil War, were left with my co-teacher, and we decided the show the movie, “Glory,” which I’m pretty sure that anyone reading this post has seen. I […]

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