TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Category: Civil War Blogging

  • New Antietam Blog

    It looks like Brian Downey and Mannie Gentile have some new company in regards to Antietam. Stephen Recker, an Antietam Battlefield Guide, has joined the Civil War Blogosphere with his new Virtual Antietam Blog, an adjunct of his web site of the same name. The “About Virtual Antietam” Link leads readers to the following: Virtual […]

  • Military History Carnival

    I’ve been aware of the History Carnival for several years now, but I only recently stumbled on the Military History Carnival, with the main page hosted by Gavin Robinson at Investigations of a Dog. On that main page, Gavin specifically asks Civil War bloggers to submit more posts: Posts should be more recent than the […]

  • Further Discussion on Mark Grimsley’s The Hard Hand of War

    In an interesting coincidence, Mark Grimsley blogged about his recent remarks at the March 29 Organization of American Historians round table. Why coincidence you say? Because Mark spoke about the destructiveness of the Civil War around the same time I was reviewing and blogging about The Hard Hand of War, his book on the subject. […]

  • Welcome to Army of Tennessee, A New Civil War Blog

    Reader Don H. clued me in to the new Army of Tennessee blog today. A group of four Army of Tennessee scholars, Daryl Black, Patrick Lewis, Lee White, Chris Young, have combined to “focus on social history, but not forget battle studies, biographies, and army politics.”  Here’s a link to their first post from early […]

  • Welcome James and Fred!

    I’d like to welcome two new bloggers to the TOCWOC team. Many of you have read Fred Ray’s numerous excellent posts on Civil War sharpshooters on my old American Civil War Gaming & Reading blog. Fred is the author of Shock Troops of the Confederacy: The Sharpshooter Battalions of the Army of Northern Virginia. His […]

  • Back to Blogging again

    Brett has kindly invited me contribute to the TOCWOC blog. As fans of his old blog know I posted quite a bit there, mostly on the subject of CW-era rifles and sharpshooting. Some of my posts, like Brett’s, will be updated versions of old posts on that blog, but of course I have a lot […]

  • March Madness

    As I do every year, I’ll be taking a vacation day to watch the first round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament today and tomorrow. Posting will naturally be a little light. Look for an announcement on the After Action Report wargaming contest this weekend. Remember, the winner gets a FREE copy of HPS Chickamauga. […]