TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Category: Interviews

Q and A with John Paul Strain

Since 1991, John Paul Strain has been painting Civil War pieces, giving Civil War enthusiasts like myself the opportunity to travel back in time to pivotal moments in the War Between the States. Mr. Strain’s work allows the viewer to feel as though they are a part of that moment and experience the emotions of […]

March 28, 2012
Interview with the Author of Unholy Sabbath: The History of South Mountain in Memory and History

An Interview with the Author of Unholy Sabbath Edited by James W. Durney Books about the Battle of South Mountain do not crowd the bookshelves. Any you find are normally part of an Antietam Campaign study. Amazon lists three books dedicated to this battle. One is The History’s Press The Battle of South Mountain (MD) […]

January 12, 2012
An Author Interview With Jim Morgan: Ball’s Bluff Expert

Savas Beatie recently released Jim Morgan’s newly revised and expanded second edition of his excellent battle history of Balll’s Bluff, A Little Short of Boats: The Civil War Battles of Ball’s Bluff and Edwards Ferry, October 21 – 22, 1861. This author interview with Mr. Morgan has been provided by Savas Beatie. Be sure to […]

September 14, 2011
Book Trailers: An Interview with Managing Director Theodore P. Savas

Q: Savas Beatie has been developing many new avenues for promoting its business. How did the idea of incorporating book trailers come about? A: Some time ago I got the idea watching a movie trailer one day, and Sarah Keeney and I began exploring the concept, and discovered that some of the bigger companies were […]

April 18, 2011
An Interview With The New Gettysburg Campaign Handbook Collaborators J.D. Petruzzi and Steven Stanley

A chat with Civil War author J. David Petruzzi and cartographer Steven Stanley about their new book project with Savas Beatie Q: I’m familiar with Savas Beatie’s The New Civil War Handbook and The New American Revolution Handbook, but can you explain the books and their format for those of our readers who are not? […]

February 14, 2011
Interview With Civil War Preservation Trust President Jim Lighthizer at This Mighty Scourge

Mike Noirot recently interviewed Civil War Preservation Trust President Jim Lighthizer at his Civil War blog This Mighty Scourge. This isn’t any ordinary blog interview, however. Mike did an audio interview with Mr. Lighthizer, and it is broken down into eight parts in the usual mp3 format. Make sure you tell others interested about Civil […]

June 26, 2009
Interview with Mac Wyckoff: Author of A History of the 3rd South Carolina Regiment: Lee’s Reliables

Mac Wyckoff is the author of A History of the 3rd South Carolina Regiment: Lee’s Reliables, a new entry in the South Carolina Regimental-Roster Set published by Broadfoot Publishing. He has been a student of the 3rd South Carolina Regiment for over 20 years, wrote a unit history of the 3rd South Carolina (which is […]

May 4, 2009