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Category: Civil War Blogging

  • Top 5 Most Important Civil War Books Winner: Ian Spurgeon

    I recently held a contest where readers had to answer the following questions: What are the five most important books you have read on the Civil War? Why is each important? Ian Spurgeon was the winner. His contest entry follows. The best contestant entries will be appearing here at TOCWOC over the next few Fridays. […]

  • The Winner of a FREE Copy of Roll Call to Destiny is…

    Ian Spurgeon! Ian answered my questions about his top 5 most important books the best, IMHO. Congratulations Ian and thanks to all who participated. Contest entries will be appearing on TOCWOC on Fridays in the coming weeks. Keep an eye out for another free book contest in the near future, this time featuring Marion Armstrong’s […]

  • Civil War Books Discussed on the Baltimore Sun’s Read Street Blog

    I received an invitation on Thursday from the Baltimore Sun’s Assistant Managing Editor Dave Rosenthal to comment on the newspaper’s Read Street blog for book lovers.  The blog entry in question discusses Civil War book recommendations.  I accepted Dave’s offer to post my own recommendations, and I urge TOCWOC readers to go check out some […]

  • Last Chance to Win a FREE Civil War Book

    All, you have a little over one day remaining to answer the questions: What are the five most important books you have read on the Civil War?  Why is each important? Why answer the questions you ask?  To win a FREE copy of Brent Nosworthy’s new book Roll Call to Destiny of course! Did you […]

  • New Civil War Blog: The Civil War Network

    We have another new member of the Civil War Blogosphere, The Civil War Network. The founder of the blog Francis Rose has a background in radio. Naturally then, The Civil War Network will feature Civil War podcasts! This is a GREAT idea and fills a niche within the Civil War blogging community. It looks like […]

  • A Little Known Way to Read ALL Civil War Blogs in One Place

    Since Dimitri Rotov first launched his Civil War Bookshelf blog in 2003, the number of Civil War blogs in the Civil War blogosphere has exploded.  I currently follow no less than 65 Civil War or Civil War related blogs as of mid-July 2008.  As you might imagine, that is a lot of information to find, […]