Category: Civil War Research
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An AMAZING New Addition to BTC: The Diary of Octave Bruso
I was very pleasantly surprised on Thursday evening when Tom Bauerle emailed me to ask if I would be interested in some materials on the Petersburg Campaign in his possession. I eagerly agreed when I learned Tom had purchased his great great grandfather’s diary in an auction and transcribed the entire thing! Tom’s great great […]
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History For Sale
Window shoppers like me always enjoy looking at big auctions of historical items. Heritage Auction Galleries is having one that lists a wide collection of American, ranging all the way from pre-Civil War to the Sixties. Indeed one could outfit a nice museum with all the items. Of interest to Civil War mavens is a […]
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Short Takes
Earlier I did a couple of posts on Tom Dooley and his defense counsel Zeb Vance. Now Dooley has come to the stage here in Burnsville, NC, in a locally-produced musical, Tom Dooley. The Kingston Trio gave this tale national, if not global, visibility, but the story of Tom Dooley is based on historical events […]
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Finding Fort Owen
Believe it or not there are still “lost” Civil War forts that occasionally come to light. One such was Fort Owen, which played a brief but pivotal role in the events of April 2, 1865 at Petersburg. Named after Louisiana artillery officer Col. William Miller Owen, the fort had a short life, being constructed in […]
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Do You Have Information on the 109th New York Volunteers During the Civil War?
TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog reader Mary Jordan contacted me recently about reaching out to others interested in the 109th New York Volunteers during the Civil War. She writes: In the process of publishing a book Dear Friend Amelia: The Civil War Love letters of Private John Tidd. In 2011, hope to have ready […]
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Dr. Tom Clemens to Serve as Tour Guide of Phase I of Antietam Campaign
The Save Historic Antietam Foundtaion is putting on a tour of “Phase I” of the Antietam Campaign led by Dr. Tom Clemens, author of The Maryland Campaign of September, 1862, Volume I: South Mountain and Dennis Frye, National Park Service Historian at Harper’s Ferry. This one-day tour will occur on July 31, 2010, covers the […]
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Nafziger Civil War Order of Battle Marathon over Memorial Day Weekend
Some people like Three Stooges marathons. Others watch War movies all weekend. I’ve done both in the past. TOCWOC will be launching an entire weekend of Nafziger Collection Civil War orders of battle, every hour on the hour, from now until Monday evening at midnight Central time. I’ll be celebrating and remembering my ancestors’ service […]