Category: Civil War Research
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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 […]
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G. K. Warren’s Downfall: How the Battles of Quaker Road and White Oak Road Cost Warren His Job
Editor’s Note: This blog entry was originally published earlier today at Beyond the Crater: The Petersburg Campaign Online and has been crossposted at TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog. I recently posted an American Civil War miniatures wargaming scenario on the Battle of Quaker Road from the Charge! wargaming newsletter as well as Gettysburg hero […]
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Short Takes
Bryn at 67th Tigers has posted some trajectories based on calculations of the ballistic coefficient of a Burton Minie ball. More realistic than the ones usually used from Jack Coggins’ book (and Coggins was using them for illustration only). The figures confirm something that Joe Bilby has been saying for some time—that using a “center […]
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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 […]
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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!
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Two New Maps on the Crater and Jerusalem Plank Road by Petersburg Campaign Author John E. Horn
Editor’s Note: This post is also crossposted at Beyond the Crater: The Petersburg Campaign Online. One of the goals of my Petersburg Campaign project at Beyond the Crater is to go beyond the public domain maps freely available to everyone when and where I can. One way to do this is to contact authors and […]
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A Top Notch Source for Unit History Bibliographies
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared at Beyond the Crater earlier today. The U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center site is chock full of interesting and useful Civil War materials. Today, I want to highlight the Civil War Unit Bibliographies area of the Resource Guides/Finding Aids section of the site. As many readers of TOCWOC […]