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  • An AMAZING New Addition to BTC: The Diary of Octave Bruso

    I was very pleasantly surprised on Thursday evening when Tom Bauerle emailed me to ask if I would be interested in some materials on the Petersburg Campaign in his possession. I eagerly agreed when I learned Tom had purchased his great great grandfather’s diary in an auction and transcribed the entire thing! Tom’s great great […]

  • Beyond the Crater: Petersburg Campaign Progress Report: 2/12/2010

    Editor’s Note: This post has been crossposted here at TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog.  It originally appeared at Beyond the Crater: The Petersburg Campaign Online. When I first created Beyond the Crater: The Petersburg Campaign Online I fully envisioned something along the lines of Harry Smeltzer’s Bull Runnings site.  It is a nice blend […]

  • Bryce A. Suderow on the Petersburg Campaign

    Longtime student of the Petersburg Campaign and author of an unpublished manuscript on First and Second Deep Bottom Bryce A. Suderow was kind enough to offer up his opinions on the campaign in a recent comment here at TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog.  Bryce is not a fan of Ulysses S. Grant, as you […]

  • Review: Petersburg 1864-65: The longest siege

    For more information on the Siege of Petersburg, go to Beyond the Crater: The Siege of Petersburg Online. Field, Ron. Petersburg 1864-65: The longest siege Osprey Publishing (May 19, 2009). 96 pages, maps, illustrations, index. ISBN: 978-1846033551 $19.95 (Paperback). How can a campaign of almost ten months be covered in only 96 pages?  The answer […]

  • In the Review Queue: The Battle of the Crater: A Complete History

    The “In the Review Queue” series provides TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog readers with a brief look at books Brett Schulte is planning to review here on the blog.  These will be very similar to Drew Wagenhoffer’s “Booknotes” series at Civil War Books and Authors. After having recently finished several other reviews of McFarland […]

  • Google Earth and Civil War Battlefields

    Poster “historicus” over at the History Channel forums recently had an extremely good idea.  He used Google Maps to take a look at Civil War battlefields.  Poster “Scotsman” gave readers a few sites he found after the suggestion was made: 39 28’15.06″ N 77 44’15.34″ W (Bloody Lane, Antietam) 39 47’29.89″ N 77 14’32.59″ W […]

  • B&G Article on Fort Stedman: Who Probed Fort Friend?

    In my last post I looked the attacks on the attacks on Battery IX and Fort McGilvery in the northern sector, where I concluded that Gen. Walker got three brigades into action (Lewis, Kasey and Ransom) but failed to make a coordinated attack on Battery IX and any ground attack at all on Fort McGilvery. […]