TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

This week I was excited to get my hands on The Chattanooga Campaign, a collection of essays released by Southern Illinois University Press on August 27, 2012.    Since writing back in May about Walker’s division at Chattanooga, I have wanted to blog some more about the fighting at the north end of Missionary Ridge.  […]

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This Great Struggle: America’s Civil War by Steven E. Woodworth Product Details Hardcover: 424 pages Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (April 16, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0742551849 ISBN-13: 978-0742551848 Write a one-volume history of the American Civil War.  Be sure to consider the politics on both sides, the home fronts, personalities and objectives.  Do not […]

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The Chickamauga Campaign (Civil War Campaigns in the Heartland) edited by Steven E. Woodworth Product Details Hardcover: 192 pages Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press; 1st Edition edition (April 30, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0809329808 ISBN-13: 978-0809329809 Civil War Campaigns in the Heartland is a brilliant series of essays edited by the historian Steven E. Woodworth.  […]

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The Battle of Shiloh webinar I wrote a short summary of earlier this week has now been posted online for anyone to view.  Professor Steve Woodworth and Civil War Times editor Dana Shoaf provide an overview of the first day of the battle of Shiloh.  Go check it out!

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UPDATE: The Battle of Shiloh webinar from AMU is now online. I was lucky enough to attend last Thursday’s Battle of Shiloh webinar, hosted by AMU and featuring Professor Steve Woodworth and Civil War Times editor Dana Shoaf.  American Military University (AMU) is hosting three webinars this spring, the first on the common Civil War […]

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UPDATE: The Discovering the Civil War Online Presentation is available to everyone free online. I “attended” a webcast put on by American Public University and hosted by Dan Soschin on March 3, 2010.  Fellow bloggers Rene Tyree, Jim Schmidt, James Rosebrock and  Rea Andrew Redd were in attendance. The webcast featured three presentations related to […]

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Grant’s Lieutenants: From Chattanooga to Appomattox (Modern War Studies) Edited by Steven E. Woodworth Product Details Hardcover: 263 pages Publisher: University Press of Kansas (June 19, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 070061589X ISBN-13: 978-0700615896 Doing a book of essays is challenging.  Each essay needs to contribute to a central theme while being able to standalone.  The […]

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