TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: July 2006

  • Today in the Petersburg Campaign: July 20, 1864

    July 20, 1864 Skirmish at Philomont, VA. Engagement at Stephenson’s Depot, VA, as Union cavalry under Brig. Gen. William W. Averell, USA, capture over 250 Confederates, as Lieut. Jubal Early, CSA, withdraws up the Shenandoah Valley towards Strasburg, VA. Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries are used with permission from Ronald A. […]

  • Glory II: Across the Rappahannock

    I managed to win Glory II: Across the Rappahannock this morning on eBay. The game, published by GMT Games, covers the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville at the brigade level. The Glory game series (two games with a third on the way) features a chit activiation system, so units will not always attack or move […]

  • America’s Civil War, July 2006

    America’s Civil War Volume 19, Number 3 (July 2006) America’s Civil War Web Site Page 6 Editorial Page 8 Dispatches Page 12 Men and Materiel by Doug Adams The LeMat revolver is discussed in this edition of Men and Materiel.  This typically .44 caliber pistol had nine cylinders and also packed the added punch of […]

  • Today in the Petersburg Campaign: July 19, 1864

    July 19, 1864 Skirmish at Ashby’s Gap, VA, as Lieut. Jubal A. Early, CSA, moves his command toward Winchester. The Engagement at Berry’s Ford, VA. Brig. Gen. John H. Martindale, USA, is in temporary command of the 18th US Army Corps, vice Maj. Gen. William F. Smith, USA, is relieved of command, the Richmond, VA, […]

  • American Civil War Magazine & Journal Index Updated

    The American Civil War Magazine and Journal Index has been updated. I recently received a package of Civil War History journals through eBay, allowing me to add eleven issues to the site. Updates: Vols. 26, 32, 33, 41, 43, 45, & 46 of Civil War History Journal added to the Civil War History Journal Section. […]

  • Review In Brief: Two Great Rebel Armies: An Essay in Confederate Military History by Richard McMurry

    Books on Confederate Armies Two Great Rebel Armies: An Essay in Confederate Military History. Richard M. McMurry. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press (1989). 204 pp. 1 map. Richard McMurry takes a look at the two largest armies in the Confederacy in what is, as the title indicates, an extended essay. The […]

  • Today in the Petersburg Campaign: July 18, 1864

    July 18, 1864 Brig. Gen. Alfred H. Terry, USA, is temporarily in command of the 10th US Army Corps, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. President Abraham Lincoln calls for 500,000 volunteers. 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 […]