TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Category: Campaigns & Battles

  • A Soldier’s Remains

    Some men never came home from the war, and many were simply listed as “missing.” One such unfortunate soul came to light recently at Antietam, where a hiker in the Cornfield found what he thought were human remains. Most of those who died there (and the Cornfield changed hands numerous times) were hastily buried, then […]

  • Review: Shepherdstown: Last Clash of the Antietam Campaign, September 19-20, 1862

    Shepherdstown: Last Clash of the Antietam Campaign, September 19-20, 1862 by Thomas A. McGrath Product Details Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Schroeder Publications (December 3, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 1889246395 ISBN-13: 978-1889246390 Small battle books are a joy!  I have many reasons for making this statement and this book illustrates most of them. They allow us […]

  • Short Takes

    In the mail today was a copy of James W. Parrish’s Wiregrass to Appomattox, a history of the 50th Georgia. I blurbed the book after looking at a draft and will see how it all comes together, then write a review. It’s published by Angle Valley Press, which also did a very well-received history of […]

  • Review: The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat

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  • Review: Those Damned Black Hats! The Iron Brigade in the Gettysburg Campaign

    Those Damned Black Hats! The Iron Brigade in the Gettysburg Campaign by Lance Herdegen Product Details Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie (October 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 1932714480 ISBN-13: 978-1932714487 The Iron Brigade was one of the premier combat units of the Army of the Potomac.  Comprised of western regiments their distinctive headgear made them […]

  • Fort Sanders Anniversary

    This week marks the anniversary of the ill-fated Confederate assault on Fort Sanders, on what was then the outskirts of Knoxville, TN. This year’s anniversary of the Knoxville campaign comes as students of the Civil War in East Tennessee and around the country begin organizing a campaign of their own to commemorate the war’s upcoming […]

  • Sharpshooters in Action

    While looking through Francis A. Walker’s Second Army Corps in the Army of the Potomac I came across this passage, which describes the fighting between Heth’s division and Hancock’s Second Corps at the Battle of Boydton Plank Road: It may be interesting to pass to the Confederate side and see how the operations of the […]