Category: Civil War on the Web
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New York Times archives on line
Yup. And free. And they go back to 1851. Even though the NYT of the 19th Century was not the powerhouse it became in the 20th, there is still a trove of information here. The older articles are in PDF format, so you can’t cut and paste, but this is a minor annoyance.
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Infant Infantry
Always nice to see a historian who isn’t afraid, as they say, to transgress the boundaries of acceptable discourse. One such is Daniel Grey. You see, in 1863 Abe Lincoln began to run short of men and drafted babies. “A fierce patriot, Lincoln felt that all Americans should do their part in the war,” said […]
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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 […]
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Top 10 Amazon.com Civil War Bestsellers: July 2008
I thought it might be fun to take a monthly look at the Amazon.com top 10 Civil War bestsellers and see how (if?) this list changes much over time. The first thing I noticed was the strange inclusion of several titles which have either little or no real connection to the Civil War. I’ve taken […]
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Battlevision: The Battle of Shiloh
Rich Hamilton recently reviewed Battlevision: The Battle of Shiloh over at the Armchair General. It is a PC product (this is NOT a game, for those wondering) that covers the Battle of Shiloh in great detail. The most exciting thing is that the product contains detailed Orders of Battle down to regimental and battery level, […]