TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: July 2006

  • Two New Civil War Blogs

    I missed two other new Civil War blogs when introducing Not In Memoriam, But In Defense the other day. Luckily, Mike Koepke has sharper eyes than I do. The two other new blogs are Civil War Women by “Maggiemac” and The American Civil War by Adam Hendel. I’ve added links on the left to these […]

  • Of Blogs, Web Sites, and Presses

    As we’ve been discussing university presses lately I’d recommend everyone take a few minutes to read Scott McLemee’s recent article in Inside Higher Ed on blogs and university presses. McLemee points out that in general university presses are woefully ignorant of the power of the web, which confirms my own impressions of the admittedly small […]

  • Today in the Petersburg Campaign: July 8, 1864

    July 8, 1864 Skirmish at Antietam Bridge, MD, with Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA. Skirmish at Frederick, MD. Skirmish at Sandy Hook, MD. 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 Official Records of the War of […]

  • Andy MacIsaac’s First Maine Forward Has Moved

    Andy has moved First Maine Forward to Typepad. The new address is: http://maineheavies.typepad.com/first_maine_forward/, Change your bookmarks if you haven’t already!

  • Old Military History in New Bottles

    I may as well weigh in on the military history debate also. My take, speaking as a reader and after reading a lot of it, is that at present amateurs write the best military history. By far. By amateurs I mean “not professional historians.” Some examples are Gordon Rhea and Eric Wittenberg, both lawyers who […]

  • Today in the Petersburg Campaign: July 7, 1864

    July 7, 1864 The 3rd Division, 6th US Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, arrives at Baltimore, MD, from its position in front of Petersburg, VA, to aid Washington DC from Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA. 7/7-8/1864. Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries are used with permission from Ronald A. Mosocco’s Chronological […]

  • New Military History: My View

    In three interesting posts, Kevin Levin, Eric Wittenberg, and Drew Wagenhoffer have weighed in on New Military History. I posted my feelings on the subject on all three blogs, and I thought it might be interesting to share my thoughts on my own blog as well. The following few paragraphs are my comments, verbatim: Drew, […]