TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Category: Civil War Blogging

  • Review: The 14th South Carolina by Robert K. Krick

    This is the second of four reviews scheduled for Tuesdays in March.  Each review will cover one of the first four volumes of the South Carolina Regimental-Roster Set series from Broadfoot Publishing Company.  A significant portion of each review will show you how this particular volume compared to the others in the series in terms […]

  • New TOCWOC Poll: How Old Are You?

    I’ve replaced the old poll in the left sidebar asking about the posts you enjoy reading (results and comments coming soon) with a new poll asking your age.  Why?  The stereotype is that those studying the Civil War are older males (gender poll coming soon), while those who do crazy newfangled things like read blogs […]

  • A New(port) Civil War Blog

    Pardon the (pretty bad) pun in the title, but I recently learned of another new Civil War blog, The Newport Barracks (hat tip to Andrew Duppstadt).  Blogger Eric Lindblade is in the process of writing a book on the Battle of Newport Barracks, hence the name of the blog.  I decided to link to Eric’s […]

  • The 74th History Carnival is Up at History Undressed

    The 74th History Carnival has been posted at History Undressed, and it contains several Civil War entries. Next month’s History Carnival will be hosted by Jonathan Dresner at Frog in a Well: Korea. Go check out HC74 and make sure you nominate some Civil War blog entries for the next edition! Did you enjoy this […]

  • New TOCWOC Poll: What type of post(s) do you enjoy reading?

    I recently installed the WP-Polls WordPress plugin.  This plugin allows the posting of polls in both blog posts and in the sidebar.  In this case, I’ll be posting polls in the top left corner of the left sidebar and I will occasionally add a new one in blog entries like this one.  My first blog […]

  • New(ish) American Civil War Blog: American Civil War Essays & Research

    Robert Moore at Cenantua’s Blog recently pointed out a new Civil War blog entitled American Civil War Essays & Research, which is run by Greg Rowe.  In his very first post, Greg writes about his struggle to understand the Civil War and explore what types of biases he may have about the war as a […]

  • 21st Century Abe: A New Web Site for the Lincoln Bicentennial

    Alexis Lerro, the Project Manager and Research Coordinator at 21st Century Abe, a new Lincoln web site created for the Lincoln Bicentennial, recently contacted TOCWOC with some information about the site: PHILADELPHIA — The Rosenbach Museum & Library commemorates Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday with the launch of 21stCenturyAbe.org. The interactive website is now live and […]