TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

The takedown madness continues, and seems to be spreading like an old-fashioned plague. But first let’s take a glance at New Orleans, just lately freed from the oppressive grip of Confederate statues. Even without a hurricane or a really big storm, the city is flooding. Seems that the pumping stations aren’t working, a bad situation […]

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They came for General Lee, and before him General Beauregard, after which Mayor Landrieu got up and gave a long speech about what a fine fellow he was for erasing the city’s history. Seeing how the Crescent City is perennially broke, I’d be curious as to how much the removal cost, especially for police overtime, […]

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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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The first of four Confederate monuments came down in New Orleans, but you have to wonder what the hey was going on. The minions of the Crescent City looked more like thieves in the night, with a very large touch of paranoia. Workers wore bullet-proof vests, helmets and facemasks as they went about the work, […]

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Air Date: 022709 Subject: The Mutiny at Fort Jackson and Civil War Era New Orleans Book: Mutiny at Fort Jackson: The Untold Story of the Fall of New Orleans Guest: Dr. Michael D. Pierson Summary: Guest Michael D. Pierson talks about the little known mutiny at Fort Jackson while a Federal force attacked New Orleans’ […]

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Civil War History Published Quarterly by the Kent State University Press Volume 54, Number 3 (September 2008) Civil War History Web Site Everyman’s War: A Rich and Poor Man’s Fight in Lee’s Army…..229 by Joseph T. Glatthaar Joseph Glatthaar, author of General Lee’s Army: From Victory to Collapse (2008), takes a statistically valid sample of […]

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