Category: Civil War Units
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In the Review Queue: Chicago’s Irish Legion
The “In the Review Queue” series provides TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog readers with a brief look at books Brett Schulte is planning to review here on the blog. These will be very similar to Drew Wagenhoffer’s “Booknotes” series at Civil War Books and Authors. This nicely put together hardcover is a regimental history […]
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How the Union Cavalry Transformed into a Viable Force
The many problems faced by the Union cavalry before it became a viable force have long been debated. Even Winfield Scott felt that cavalry would not play a major role in the battle between the states. His feeling was that the hilly and woody terrain in the east, and the accuracy improvements in side arms and […]
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Permanent Page for sfcdan’s Excellent Campaign Studies at History Forum
Long time History Channel forum poster sfcdan has done quite a few multi-post campaign sketches on the History Channel forum. These posts are a nice change of pace from the constant quarrels over slavery that appear there endlessly, day after day. I thought it might be a nice idea to collect sfcdan’s posts at one […]
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The South Carolina Regimental-Roster Set
Many TOCWOC readers are familiar with the increasingly hard to find Virginia Regimental Histories Series published by H.E. Howard. Broadfoot Publishing, which also offers the Official Records, has started a similar line of books for South Carolina regiments during the Civil War. The South Carolina Regimental-Roster Set saw four books released in its launch in […]
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Short Takes
In the mail today was a copy of James W. Parrish’s Wiregrass to Appomattox, a history of the 50th Georgia. I blurbed the book after looking at a draft and will see how it all comes together, then write a review. It’s published by Angle Valley Press, which also did a very well-received history of […]