TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: July 2006

  • Today in the Petersburg Campaign: July 6, 1864

    July 6, 1864 The Confederate capture of Hagerstown, MD, by  Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, as Cavalry Brig. Gen. John McCausland, CSA, levies $20,000 on the residents of Hagerstown in retribution for the destruction dealt the Shenandoah Valley by Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA. Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries are used […]

  • Not in Memoriam, But In Defense: A New Civil War Blog

    We have another entry in the Civil War blogging community. Thanks to Eric Wittenberg for pointing this one out. Sarah, a Harvard student, discusses her summer research project involving Confederate monuments in three Southern towns: Richmond, Virginia; Stone Mountain, Georgia; and Moulton, Alabama. I’m particularly interested in Sarah’s findings concerning the Richmond monuments. In any […]

  • Matrix Games Planning Four Civil War Titles

    I somehow missed this thread at Matrix Games discussing their upcoming Civil War output. Here is the latest list of games Civil War gamers should expect to see from Matrix in the near future, courtesy of Erik Rutins of the Matrix staff: 1. Forge Of Freedom from Western Civilization Software (Grand Strategy, based on a […]

  • North & South Volume 9, Number 3

    North & South Volume 9, Number 3 (June 2006) North & South Web Site Page 4 Editorial Page 8 Albert A. Nofi’s Knapsack Al Nofi’s Knapsack is a regular column in North & South that features vignettes and other reminiscences of the late War Between the States. In this issue, Al discusses topics ranging from […]

  • Today in the Petersburg Campaign: July 5, 1864

    July 5, 1864 The call is made upon New York and Pennsylvania for 24,000 militia, to help defend Washington, DC, from the advance of Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA. 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 […]

  • Bits and Pieces

    First of all Happy Birthday, America! I hope everyone is well and enjoying their holiday, but I please give a thought to our men and women in uniform, who keep us free. If you’ve been trying to access either of my web sites, www.cfspress.com or www.cssharpshooters.com, you may not have been able to get to […]

  • A Forgotten Hero of the Skirmish Line

    Thanks to Joe Bilby for a nice review in Civil War News, who thinks that Shock Troops “allows us to get down into the trenches and prowl the skirmish line with the men of the Confederate sharpshooter battalions. … I, for one, am kind of bored by the seemingly endless stream of books on Union […]