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Category: Civil War on the Web

  • 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 […]

  • Medford Historical Society’s Photographic Exhibition Of the People: Faces of the Civil War Set To Open

    Jim Kiely of the Medford (MA) Historical Society recently emailed me the following information about a new photographic exhibit entitled Of the People: Faces of the Civil War: “Of The People:  Faces of the Civil War” A photo exhibition running February 7 – April 20, 2009 at the Medford Historical Society 10 Governors Avenue, Medford, […]

  • 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 […]

  • Google Earth and Civil War Battlefields

    Poster “historicus” over at the History Channel forums recently had an extremely good idea.  He used Google Maps to take a look at Civil War battlefields.  Poster “Scotsman” gave readers a few sites he found after the suggestion was made: 39 28’15.06″ N 77 44’15.34″ W (Bloody Lane, Antietam) 39 47’29.89″ N 77 14’32.59″ W […]

  • 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 […]

  • MIT Press Journals Add Podcasts to the Reader Experience

    Johna Picco of MIT Press Journals passed along the interesting news that MIT Press Journals now has a new web site which will feature podcast discussions about some of the articles from MIT Press Journals.  The first podcast has a Civil War connection and covers David Naumac’s article “From Mashantucket to Appomattox: The Native American […]