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Wittenberg, Eric J. “The Devil’s to Pay”: John Buford at Gettysburg: A History and Walking Tour. (Savas Beatie: October 2014). 288 pages, 79 images, 17 maps, 4 appendices, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-1-61121-208-2 $32.95 (Hardcover). Gettysburg has been done to death and then some.  The dead horse has been beaten so many times it’s disintegrating.  […]

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It’s been quite awhile since my last book acquisitions post, and now that the 150th anniversary of the Siege of Petersburg is about to go into winter quarters for a bit, posting at TOCWOC should again pick up.  Here are some recent arrivals along with my short comments on each: A Gunner in Lee’s Army: […]

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The Gettysburg Campaign in Numbers and Losses: Synopses, Orders of Battle, Strengths, Casualties, and Maps, June 9 – July 14, 1863 by J. David Petruzzi and Steven Stanley Product Details Hardcover: 192 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie (April 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 1611210801 ISBN-13: 978-1611210804 “Oh goody!” was my reaction on receiving this book.  I confess […]

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Invaders in Our Town: The Battle of Gettysburg Through the Eyes of Some Who Lived It Author James M. Faber Paperback 548 pages Color illustration and Maps Available from www.invadersinourtown.com  for $22.95 Readers of history can forget that people make history.  Each event has tens, hundreds, thousands or millions of people with hopes and dreams […]

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Fury on the Bliss Farm at Gettysburg by John M. Archer Product Details Paperback: 80 pages Publisher: Ten Roads Publishing, LLC. (June 13, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0983721394 ISBN-13: 978-0983721390 Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.2 inches Starting July 4, 1863 and continuing until they died the participants wrote and talked about Gettysburg. The […]

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I’ve been spending a lot of time lately looking through old issues of the National Tribune, THE Union veterans’ paper after the Civil War.  My main goal is to find articles pertaining to the Siege of Petersburg, but I’ve found a lot of other fascinating things, and I’ve only reached early 1882.  The paper was […]

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If it be now, ’tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all. Hamlet, Act V, Scene ii As the sun broke over McPherson’s Ridge on the morning of July 1, 1863, John Buford and the men […]

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