TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: August 2006

  • The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce, Part 5

    The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce Paperback: 496 pages Publisher: University of Nebraska Press; Reprint edition (January 1985) Language: English ISBN: 0803260717 Brett’s Horror Book Collection This is a recurring weekly series covering around ten short stories of Ambrose Bierce, Civil War veteran and well known satirist. This week we’ll start to take a […]

  • Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 31, 1864

    August 31, 1864 Skirmish near the Davis House, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. Skirmish at Martinsburg, WV, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign. 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 the Rebellion. […]

  • Books and Sales

    People are talking about books and sales, so I may as well add my $.02. Drew Wagenhoffer is blogging about POD (Print on Demand) books. I had some advance copies of the sharpshooter book made up that way, which looked better than bound galleys, and was amazed to see how far the process has come. […]

  • Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 30, 1864

    August 30, 1864 Brig. Gen. George Crook, USA, is assigned to the command of the Dept. of West Virginia, vice Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA, is relieved. Skirmish near Smithfield, WV, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign. Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries are used with permission from Ronald A. Mosocco’s Chronological Tracking […]

  • Review: Yankee Autumn in Acadiana by David C. Edmonds

    Yankee Autumn In Acadiana: A Narrative of the Great Texas Overland Expedition through Southwestern Louisiana October-December 1863. David C. Edmonds. Lafayette, LA: Center For Louisiana Studies, 2005. 495 pp. 21 maps, numerous illustarions. The term “narrative” is a fitting one for David C. Edmonds’ Yankee Autumn in Acadiana. This book is at its heart a […]

  • Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 29, 1864

    August 29, 1864 Skirmish at Charlestown, WV, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign. Engagement at Smithfield Crossing of the Opequon, WV, with Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan, USA, defeating Lieut. Gen. Jubal A. 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 […]

  • Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 28, 1864

    August 28, 1864 Skirmishes at Leetown and Smithfield, WV, as Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, USA, marches towards Charlestown, WV. 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 the Rebellion. Order […]