TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Note: This review originally appeared at The Siege of Petersburg Online: Beyond the Crater last week and is reproduced here. Kissel, Tim. Battlefield America #112: The Petersburg Campaign. Trailhead Graphics (2007). 9 maps. ISBN: 978-1883271107 $9.95 (Fold Out Map). Where can you get easy to read, informative, tear resistant and waterproof battlefield maps?  Trailhead Graphics […]

[Read more →]

Many dedicated students of the Civil War, and especially the Petersburg Campaign, are probably familiar with Bryce Suderow.  Bryce did quite a bit of research for Gordon Rhea’s famous series of books on the 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign, and he is the author of Thunder in Arcadia Valley: Price’s Defeat, September 27, 1864 about Sterling […]

[Read more →]

I was very pleasantly surprised on Thursday evening when Tom Bauerle emailed me to ask if I would be interested in some materials on the Petersburg Campaign in his possession. I eagerly agreed when I learned Tom had purchased his great great grandfather’s diary in an auction and transcribed the entire thing! Tom’s great great […]

[Read more →]

The Confederate Alamo: Bloodbath at Petersburg’s Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865 John Fox III, Angle Valley Press 2010, ISBN: 978-0-9711950-0-4 Price: $34.95 In his new book The Confederate Alamo John Fox takes a look at one of the least-known but most important battles of the Petersburg campaign—the defense of Fort Gregg and its associated […]

[Read more →]

Believe it or not there are still “lost” Civil War forts that occasionally come to light. One such was Fort Owen, which played a brief but pivotal role in the events of April 2, 1865 at Petersburg. Named after Louisiana artillery officer Col. William Miller Owen, the fort had a short life, being constructed in […]

[Read more →]

Editor’s Note: This blog entry was originally published earlier today at Beyond the Crater: The Petersburg Campaign Online and has been crossposted at TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog. I recently posted an American Civil War miniatures wargaming scenario on the Battle of Quaker Road from the Charge! wargaming newsletter as well as Gettysburg hero […]

[Read more →]

Editor’s Note: Portions of this post originally appeared at Beyond the Crater: The Petersburg Campaign Online.  Some additional introductory material has been included here. Google Books has the potential to be a Civil War buff’s friend, at least when Google is not trying to post too much information from books still under copyright anyway.  There […]

[Read more →]