TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Joseph Brown and His Civil War Ironclads: The USS Chillicothe, Indianola, and Tuscumbia by Myron J. Smith, Jr. TOCWOC’s Take: Author Myron J. Smith is no stranger to the naval war on the Western waters, as he has published multiple books on various ships which participated in these conflicts.  Here he covers the three ironclads built […]

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Civil War Biographies from the Western Waters:  956 Confederate and Union Naval and Military Personnel, Contractors, Politicians, Officials, Steamboat Pilots and Others by Myron J. Smith, Jr. Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-6967-3 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-4766-1698-8 149 photos, appendices, bibliography, index 340pp. softcover (8.5 x 11) 2015 Price: $75.00 TOCWOC’s Take: Myron J. Smith’s name is well-known to […]

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Editor’s Note: I tried to do a series called the “McFarland Book of the Week” awhile ago and I just could not reasonably keep up.  You’ll see these new posts from time to time which update you on the most recent McFarland Civil War books available.  McFarland’s books tend to be on the expensive side, […]

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