TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Over at the Siege of Petersburg Online today, the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Five Forks, James F. Epperson and I (Brett Schulte) debate the following question: Was Sheridan’s relief of Warren at Five Forks justified? For those of you unfamiliar with this particular controversy, I’ll try not to take my side in the […]

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Researcher and Petersburg author/editor Bryce Suderow is the gift that keeps on giving.  Bryce was kind enough to pass along to me the unpublished Five Forks manuscript of Albert Stickney.  The first two parts are available now at The Siege of Petersburg Online, with the last three parts appearing over the next three days. Who […]

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Editor’s Note: This blog entry was originally published earlier today at Beyond the Crater: The Petersburg Campaign Online and has been crossposted at TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog. I recently posted an American Civil War miniatures wargaming scenario on the Battle of Quaker Road from the Charge! wargaming newsletter as well as Gettysburg hero […]

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Civil War Biographies “Happiness Is Not My Companion”: The Life of General G. K. Warren. David M. Jordan. Bloomington and Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University Press, 2001. 402 pp. 11 maps. Before I review this one, let me admit that I’ve never been into book length biographies, even when they concern Civil War era figures, so […]

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