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DEBATE: Was Sheridan Justified in Relieving Warren at Five Forks?

Over at the Siege of Petersburg Online today, the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Five Forks, James F. Epperson and I (Brett Schulte) debate the following question: Was Sheridan’s relief of Warren at Five Forks justified? For those of you unfamiliar with this particular controversy, I’ll try not to take my side in the […]

April 1, 2015
Grant & The Red River Campaign, Part 1

Update March 30, 2015: post edited to show a change in how the series will unfold. In my opinion, several aspects of the Red River campaign of 1864 are misunderstood. An example of this is the role of General Ulysses S Grant. This post is the first in a six an eight part series that […]

March 29, 2015
Civil War Book Review: Blood on the Bayou: Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and the Trans-Mississippi by Donald S. Frazier

Frazier, Donald S. Blood on the Bayou: Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and the Trans-Mississippi. (State House Press: March 2015). 500 pages, 125 illustrations, 30 maps, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-1-933337-63-0. $39.99 (Cloth) — Blood on the Bayou, the third installment in what is called Frazier’s Louisiana Quadrille, begins “This is not the book I intended to write.” […]

March 22, 2015
Civil War Book Review: The Lost Papers of Confederate General John Bell Hood by Stephen Hood

Hood, Stephen M. The Lost Papers of Confederate General John Bell Hood. (Savas Beatie: January 2015). 312 pages, 56 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-1-61121-182-5. $32.95 (Cloth) It’s not often that a significant cache of personal papers from a Confederate army commander is found. But that is exactly why the book being reviewed right now […]

March 9, 2015
Possible Project on Confederate Weapons by Regiment

UPDATE: I’ve thought this over and I should be able to set space aside on my TOCWOC blog, creating a home page for this effort, and make someone(s) editor(s) to add pages and keep things updated. Any takers? *** Let me be clear up front that what I’m about to say is an idea only, and […]

March 7, 2015
Civil War Book Preview: Civil War Biographies from the Western Waters by Myron J. Smith, Jr.

Civil War Biographies from the Western Waters: 956 Confederate and Union Naval and Military Personnel, Contractors, Politicians, Officials, Steamboat Pilots and Others by Myron J. Smith, Jr. Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-6967-3 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-4766-1698-8 149 photos, appendices, bibliography, index 340pp. softcover (8.5 x 11) 2015 Price: $75.00 TOCWOC’s Take: Myron J. Smith’s name is well-known to […]

March 2, 2015
Civil War Book Preview: Jefferson Davis’s Flight from Richmond by John Stewart

Jefferson Davis’s Flight from Richmond: The Calm Morning, Lee’s Telegrams, the Evacuation, the Train, the Passengers, the Trip, the Arrival in Danville and the Historians’ Frauds by John Stewart TOCWOC’s Take: Despite the somewhat odd ending to the subtitle, this book appears to do what the author says it does, “examin[ing] all relevant source material—much of it newly […]

February 23, 2015

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