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Category: Civil War on the Web

  • Ulysses S. Grant’s Papers Online Courtesy of Mississippi State University

    Editor’s Note: This blog entry was originally posted at Beyond the Crater: The Petersburg Campaign Online.  It has been crossposted here at TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog. (Hat tip to Nick and Harry.) As many of you are probably aware, the Grant Papers moved from the care of John Y. Simon at Southern Illinois […]

  • Maps of Gettysburg “Trailer” Released by Savas-Beatie

    Savas-Beatie, the best non-academic publisher of Civil War books in the game today, recently released another “book trailer”, this time on their wildly successful book The Maps of Gettysburg by Bradley Gottfried, now in full color.  Check it out below or at YouTube:

  • George Nafziger Civil War Order of Battle Collection Hosted at TOCWOC

    Many of you who receive TOCWOC’s feed via email or in a reader are probably wondering what the explosion of Orders of Battle posts was tonight.  I’m happy to announce that George Nafziger’s massive collection of almost 1000 Civil War orders of battle will be slowly posted at TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog on […]

  • AMU’s Battle of Shiloh Webinar is Now Online

    The Battle of Shiloh webinar I wrote a short summary of earlier this week has now been posted online for anyone to view.  Professor Steve Woodworth and Civil War Times editor Dana Shoaf provide an overview of the first day of the battle of Shiloh.  Go check it out!

  • Battle of Shiloh Webinar from AMU

    UPDATE: The Battle of Shiloh webinar from AMU is now online. I was lucky enough to attend last Thursday’s Battle of Shiloh webinar, hosted by AMU and featuring Professor Steve Woodworth and Civil War Times editor Dana Shoaf.  American Military University (AMU) is hosting three webinars this spring, the first on the common Civil War […]

  • Short Takes

    Relatives, friends and re-enactors re-dedicated a memorial to Col. George Wesley Clayton, who saved Asheville from the Yankee hordes in the Battle of Asheville on April 6, 1865. Historian Jeff Lovelace believes that without Clayton’s successful defense of the town of 1,200 in the Battle of Asheville, the consequences would have been dire. “The town […]

  • American Military University and Weider History Group to Host Three New Webcasts in April and May 2010

    I recently received an email from Noah Shunfenthal of American Military University mentioning three new webcasts AMU is producing this month and next.  Here’s the information. The Common Soldier of the Civil War – Tuesday, April 20, 2010  11:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m. ET http://www.amu.apus.edu/lp/webcast/history/civil-war-soldier/ The Battle of Shiloh – Thursday, May 6, 2010  11:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m. […]