TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: June 2006

  • Review In Brief: The Union Cavalry Comes of Age: Hartwood Church to Brandy Station, 1863

    Why Does Brett Review Older Books? Unit Histories and Other Non-Campaign Studies of the War in the East The Union Cavalry Comes of Age: Hartwood Church to Brandy Station, 1863. Eric J. Wittenberg. Washington, D.C.: Brassey’s, Inc. (September 2003). 432 pp. 15 maps. The Union Cavalry Comes of Age: Hartwood Church to Brandy Station, 1863 […]

  • Today In The Petersburg Campaign

    June 1, 1864 Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan’s, USA, Cavalry, using Spencer repeating rifles, repels both attacks led by Maj. Gen. Richard H. Anderson, CSA, near Old Cold Harbor, VA. Note: All "Today In The Petersburg Campaign" blog entries are used with permission from Ronald A. Mosocco’s Chronological Tracking of the American Civil War per the […]