TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Category: Introduction

  • Welcome Jessica James to TOCWOC!

    That was quick!  My request for a Civil War fiction reviewer has already been answered.  Jessica James, author of the award-winning Civil War novel Shades of Gray: A Novel of the Civil War in Virginia and an avid reader of Civil War fiction, has graciously agreed to try her hand as TOCWOC’s unoffical Civil War […]

  • Welcome Matthew Young to TOCWOC!

    I’d like to take a moment to wlecome Matthew Young to the current group of TOCWOC bloggers.  Many of you have probably already read Matt’s intgroductory post.  I’ve added Matt to the TOCWOC Author’s page as well.  Matt fills several niches in the TOCWOC world as an educator in a museum setting, a longtime reenactor, […]

  • Hey y’all

    Hello. My name is Matthew Young, and I’m a Civil War junkie. That’s why this blog appealed to me so much to begin with. I found it totally by accident while browsing in the AGEOD ACW Forums. The more I read, the more I enjoyed it. I wrote to Brett asking if I could contribute, […]

  • Trapped By a Poem!

    My first posting, Brett informs me, should be one of personal introduction, something with which I’ve almost always had great difficulty. But it helps to be a little crazy, so I’ll push stalwartly on like the old grenadier that I’ve been lately pretending and imagining myself to be. It feels extremely comfortable and somehow vindicated […]

  • “The Mad Wargamer Checks In”

    I am Scott L. Mingus, Sr., a patented scientist, published Civil War author, blogger, and miniature wargamer currently living not far from the Gettysburg battlefield. Brett asked me to participate occasionally in this TOCWOC forum. Years ago, folks on a popular Civil War messageboard nicknamed me “the Mad Wargamer,” mixing my activities as a mad […]

  • I could barely write my introductory post and now it wants a title?

    I’ve tried to write this introduction at least 8 times – I’m just too rusty and can’t for the life of me get something down on paper that I like. So I promised myself, no matter what, this is the last attempt –I’m going to post this introduction even if it is so bad, it […]

  • Those who cannot do, teach

    Each year I face a class of new students who don’t realize(until they meet me) that the American Civil War is a fascinating subject. When you rush at a student waving a yardstick in an reenactment of Preston Brooks’ attack on Charles Sumner, pass around a minie ball, have them copy down the definition of […]