TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: August 2006

  • The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce, Part 4

    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 take a look at […]

  • Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 8, 1864

    August 9, 1864 The explosion of Federal ammunition at City Point, VA, takes place as two Confederate agents smuggle a bomb aboard an ordnance supply ship unloading at the docks, causing a chain reaction of explosions, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. Affair near Sycamore Church, Richmond, VA. Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries […]

  • for Cause and for Country: A Study of the Affair at Spring Hill and the Battle of Franklin, Part 6

    for Cause & for Country: A Study of the Affair at Spring Hill and the Battle of Franklin by Eric A. Jacobson and Richard A. Rupp Softback $24.95 plus shipping 519 pages! ISBN 0-9717444-6-7 Hardback $44.95 plus shipping 519 pages! ISBN 0-9717444-4-0 If you have been following along each week, I thank you for hanging […]

  • Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 8, 1864

    August 8, 1864 Skirmish at Fairfax Station, VA. 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 the book HERE. Copyright © 1993, 1994 by Ronald A. Mosocco

  • Consitutional Comparison

    Interesting site giving a word for word comparison of the US and Confederate constitutions. We can get a good glimpse into the founding principles of the Confederacy by taking an in-depth look at the Confederate constitution, which was approved, and came into use by the rebel states on March 11, 1861. The document is largely […]

  • Next For Cause and For Country on Tuesday

    Due to a busy weekend, I’ll have to postpone the latest entry of Eric Jacobson’s For Cause and for Country for one day. I’m mostly finished with the reading, by I need to digest the information and write out my own views. Thanks for being patient.

  • Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 7, 1864

    August 7, 1864 The (FINAL) Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, Campaign, as Maj. Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan, USA, moves against the Confederates under Lieut. Gen. Jubal Anderson Early, CSA, and his cavalry commander, Maj. Gen. Lunsford Lindsay Lomax, CSA. 8/7-11/28 1864. The Middle Military Division (Middle Dept. and the Dept. of Washington, of the Susquehanna, and of […]