TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

THE BATTLES THAT MADE ABRAHAM LINCOLN: How Lincoln Mastered his Enemies to Win the Civil War, Free the Slaves, and Preserve the Union by Larry Tagg Product Details Paperback: 576 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie (November 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1611211263 ISBN-13: 978-1611211269 A wonderful and unique look at Lincoln’s presidency. Our Abraham Lincoln is the […]

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Editor’s Note: I’ve got an interesting interview today for those of you into wargaming the Civil War.  NorbSoftDev’s latest release, Scourge of War: Chancellorsville, was released in mid-November 2012.  It’s the latest in their real time tactical simulator line of computer games which recreate Civil War combat at the regimental and battery level.  I’ll be […]

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Editor’s Note: Civil War Book Acquisitions is an ongoing series which allows me to highlight new books I’ve recently acquired and give readers an idea of upcoming Civil War books. The Letters of General Richard S. Ewell: Stonewall’s Successor edited by Donald C. Pfanz The University of Tennessee Press 978-1-57233-873-9 480 pages $44.95 cloth TOCWOC’s […]

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Pre-order your copy of The Unpopular Mr. Lincoln at Amazon.com today! THE UNPOPULAR MR. LINCOLN: The Story of America’s Most Reviled President by Larry Tagg Product Details Hardcover: 576 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie (May 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1932714618 ISBN-13: 978-1932714616 Our Abraham Lincoln is the Great Emancipator, the sure hand that guides America through […]

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Sometimes books just go together well, doing in tandem what each individually is incapable of alone. This definitely applies to the three books I’ll be discussing today. Bradley Gottfried’s books The Maps of Gettysburg and Brigades of Gettysburg obviously can be used together. Throw in Larry Tagg’s The Generals of Gettysburg and you have a […]

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I received Chancellorsville and the Germans: Nativism, Ethnicity, and Civil War Memory in the mail on Tuesday from Fordham University Press.  As a German-American, this particular book has special meaning for me. Christian B. Keller ties the scapegoating of the predominantly German Union XI Corps after Chancellorsville to a slowed process of assimilation by German-Americans […]

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