TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: July 2006

  • Today in the Petersburg Campaign: July 13, 1864

    July 13, 1864 Affair at Rockville, MD. Maj. Gen. Horatio G. Wright, USA, is assigned to the command of all the forces moving against the Confederate forces in retreat from Washington, DC. Brig. Gen. William H. Emory, USA, is assigned to the command of the detachment of the 19th US Army Corps, Washington, DC. Note: […]

  • A Sharpshooter at Fort Stevens

    Today is the 143rd anniversary of the battle of Fort Stevens. The heaviest fighting, mostly in the area now occupied by Walter Reed AMC, took place today until it sputtered out at dusk. One of those observing the action was a battlefield tourist, Lucius Chittenden, a treasury official who had used his connections to get […]

  • Book Purchases: June 6 – July 1

    Books Purchased: June 6-July 1: Steven E. Woodworth. Civil War Generals in Defeat (Modern War Studies). University Press of Kansas, April 1999. I do not know too much about this one other than that it is a collection of essays dealing with defeated generals on both sides and their place in history.  Some generals included […]

  • Today in the Petersburg Campaign: July 12, 1864

    July 12, 1864 The Governor of New Jersey calls out volunteers for the defense of Washington, D.C. Skirmish at Turkey Creek, Lee’s Mills, near Ream’s Station, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. Skirmish at Warwick Swamp, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. Action near Fort Stevens and skirmishes along the northern defenses of Washington, DC, before Lieut. […]

  • Confederate stragglers

    Dmitri Rotov is into an interesting subject now: that of straggling. This was a problem for both sides, but seems to have been worse for the Confederates. Just as one example, in his post-Antietam report, General D. H. Hill complains of The enormous straggling. The battle was fought with less than 30,000 men. Had all […]

  • Dark and Stormy Nights

    The McCain boys strode off proudly to fight in the Civil War, one for the Union and one for the Confederacy, neither of them giving a single thought to who would play them in the television movie of their story, which would be decided more than a hundred years later by 20-something casting agents who […]

  • Charge! Issue 11

    Charge! Issue 11 (Spring 2006) Charge! Web Site Page 1 From the Editor’s Desk by Scott Mingus Editor Scott Mingus discusses Johnny Con, the first all Johnny Reb gaming convention, which was held on May 20-21, 2006 in New Albany, Indiana. Page 2 Missed Opportunity? Trimble’s Attack on Cemetery Hill: Wednesday, July 1, 1863 by […]