TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Category: Civil War News

  • Call in to BackStory’s Civil War Show on January 30, 2011

    Catherine Moore, a producer of Charlottesville’s Virginia Foundation for the Humanities radio show BackStory, reached out to TOCWOC recently to spread the word about their upcoming January 30, 2011 radio show.  It will be composed entirely of Civil War students calling in and getting their questions answered.  I encourage TOCWOC readers to check it out!  […]

  • Short Takes

    I’ve been extremely busy with several projects which hasn’t left much time to blog, even though I have a lot of material. Thanks to co-bloggers for keeping the flame burning here at TOCWOC. Talked to an FSU history professor at a party over the holidays, a woman of about thirty. What was most interesting was […]

  • Miscellaneous Ramblings

    In spite of having a lot of Civil War related material I have been missing in action for the last few weeks or so writing an article on the battle of Fort Mahone and updating a rescue book. However, I hope to have a bit more time to blog. Some time ago I posted on […]

  • Ancestry.com Free Weekend

    Ancestry.com is honoring Veteran’s Day by having a free access weekend (Nov. 11-14), so here’s your chance to save some money (a TOCWOC specialty). You don’t even have to be a veteran (but you do have to give them your email address). Tarheel AP  history teacher Betsy Newmark takes a look at some of what’s […]

  • The Civil War: Fresh Perspectives Symposium to Be Held November 20, 2010

    I was asked to pass along some news from this interesting new symposium to be held at the William G. McGowan Theater in Washington, D.C.  Registration is $50, and the event will be held on November 20, 2010: The Civil War: Fresh Perspectives Symposium Saturday, November 20, 2010, 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m. at the Washington DC […]

  • Short Takes

    The militia is gathering here in NC. No, it’s not those weird guys in camo, it’s a group reenacting the historic North Carolina militia. The Zebulon B. Vance Birthplace State Historic Site is hosting the annual fall militia encampment Saturday and Sunday. The event, which has happened in one form or another at the site […]

  • Ground Zero Confederates

    Last week the venerable New York Times weighed in on the Ground Zero Mosque controversy (it favors its construction) oddly enough by invoking the spirit of reconciliation between North and South after the Late Unpleasantness. The country often has had the wisdom to choose graciousness and reconciliation over triumphalism, as is plain from the many […]