TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

This time it’s Jeff Davis. Same MO—heavy, militarized police presence with body armor and snipers on the rooftops. Everyone is masked and the logos and license plates covered, statue moved to “an undisclosed location.” Pat Gallagher, who lives in Jefferson Parish, said she decided to go out to the intersection because she is concerned about […]

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Lee’s Lost Dispatch and Other Civil War Controversies By Phillip Leigh Illustrated, photos, maps, notes, bibliography, index, 224 pp. softcover $18.95 Westholme Publishing 2015 www.westholmepublishing.com Phillip Leigh, whose last book, Trading With the Enemy, I reviewed a while back, has produced another volume for the Civil War reader. This one is a series of essays […]

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Pursuit: The Chase, Capture, Persecution & Surprising Release of Jefferson Davis (Paperback) by Clint Johnson Product Details Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Citadel; Reprint edition (June 1, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0806528915 ISBN-13: 978-0806528915 Clint Johnson has written a book that works on many levels.  This is a concise biography of Jefferson Davis.  This is a […]

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Bruce Chadwick. 1858: Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, and the War They Failed to See. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, Inc. (April 1, 2008). 355 pages., notes, index. ISBN: 978-1402209413 $24.95 (Hardcover w/DJ). Why 1858? I found myself asking that question repeatedly the entire time I was reading this book. What made […]

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Air Date: 120205 Subject: Donald E. Collins: The President Who Wouldn’t Die Books: The Death and Resurrection of Jefferson Davis Guest: Donald E. Collins Summary: Dr. Donald E. Collins, author of The Death and Resurrection of Jefferson Davis describes the remarkable postwar career of the Confederate president. Brett’s Summary: Don Collins discusses all things Davis […]

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