Category: Civil War Magazines
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Charge! Issue 20
Charge!: The Official Newsletter of the Johnny Reb Gaming Society Issue 20 (Summer 2008) Charge! Web Site From the Editor’s Desk…..1 by Scott Mingus Scott mentions a trip to the Cedar Creek battlefield and talks about a possible scenario for a future issue of Charge! based on that visit. In addition, he points out the […]
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Blue & Gray article on Fort Stedman
In a previous post I looked at some order of battle problems with the recent Blue & Gray article on Fort Stedman. Today I’ll look more at the article itself, particularly the treatment of the sharpshooters. There are some issues, as I’ll try to point out, with which I disagree but are honest differences of […]
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Blue & Gray: Attack on Fort Stedman
Grabbed a copy of Blue & Gray magazine the other day for the article on the battle of Fort Stedman. For those unfamiliar with the action, it was the last assault of the Army of Northern Virginia on March 25, 1865. The article is by William Wyrick, a volunteer at Petersburg National Battlefield. Wyrick and […]
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Gettysburg Magazine: Issue 39 Arrives
I received issue 39 of Gettysburg Magazine in the mail yesterday evening. Below the cover image is a list of the articles contained within. I encourage TOCWOC readers to subscribe to Gettysburg Magazine today! After reading this issue I may do a little blogging on one of more of the articles. I am a full […]
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How To Read Three Gettysburg Books At Once
Sometimes books just go together well, doing in tandem what each individually is incapable of alone. This definitely applies to the three books I’ll be discussing today. Bradley Gottfried’s books The Maps of Gettysburg and Brigades of Gettysburg obviously can be used together. Throw in Larry Tagg’s The Generals of Gettysburg and you have a […]
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Civil War Talk Radio: June 6, 2008
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Review: The London Confederates
The London Confederates: The Officials, Clergy, Businessmen and Journalists Who Backed the American South During the Civil War John D. Bennett ISBN 978-0-7864-3056-7 photos, gazetteer, chronology, appendices, notes, bibliography, index 214pp. hardcover (7 x 10) 2008 $55 McFarland & Company, Inc. Jefferson, NC Former reference librarian John D. Bennett, who lives in Leicester, England, has […]