TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Category: Trans-Mississippi Theater

  • Praise for Thunder

    I recently acquired Thunder Across the Swamp by Donald Frazier.  This is his second book on the Civil War in Louisiana and covers just a four-month time frame from February to May 1863.  I suspect that most who are interested in the Civil War know little about the action in southern Louisiana during early 1863.  […]

  • Short Takes

    Earlier I did a couple of posts on Tom Dooley and his defense counsel Zeb Vance. Now Dooley has come to the stage here in Burnsville, NC, in a locally-produced musical, Tom Dooley. The Kingston Trio gave this tale national, if not global, visibility, but the story of Tom Dooley is based on historical events […]

  • The Trans-Mississippi Package: Books on the Civil War West of the Father of Waters

    The Trans-Mississippi Package By James Durney Have you ever looked west of the Mississippi River in 1861 & 8162?  Yes, we have all read about Wilson’s Creek and Lyons in St. Louis.  However, that is not the full story.  If you have a vague itch to explore the Civil War in the Trans-Mississippi, read on. […]

  • Short Takes

    Regardless of what you think caused the Late Unpleasantness, state’s rights remain a live issue, enough to make the Christian Science Monitor devote an article to it. As you might expect, South Carolina is involved: Atlanta – There’s an old joke in South Carolina: Confederate President Jefferson Davis may have surrendered at the Burt-Stark mansion […]

  • Guide to Missouri Confederate Units vs. Sifakis’ Compendium (Missouri et al)

    James E. McGhee. Guide to Missouri Confederate Units, 1861-1865. Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas Press. (April 14, 2008). 240 pages., notes, index. ISBN: 978-1557288707 $34.95 (Hardcover w/DJ). I recently received a copy of James McGhee’s Guide to Missouri Confederate Units, 1861-1865, part of the University of Arkansas Press’ Civil War in the West book series. […]