TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Tag: siege of petersburg

The Siege of Petersburg on Bermuda Hundred

Many people are familiar with the Bermuda Hundred Campaign of May 1864. What fewer know is that the Bermuda Hundred front was “contested” throughout the entire Siege of Petersburg. I placed the word contested in quotes because that front was not an area of focus in Grant’s major offensives against Richmond and Petersburg. It was […]

June 25, 2014
Civil War Book Review: Allegany to Appomattox: The Life and Letters of Private William Whitlock of the 188th New York Volunteers

Dunham, Valgene. Allegany to Appomattox: The Life and Letters of Private William Whitlock of the 188th New York Volunteers (Syracuse University Press, 2013). 264 pages, maps, illustrations, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-0-8156-1011-3 $29.95 (Cloth). Note: Also available in Kindle format. Many soldiers answered the call to war in the heady days of 1861 and […]

February 21, 2014
Regiments, Battalions, and Batteries, Oh My!

Unit Pages for Third Offensive at the Siege of Petersburg Those of you who follow The Siege of Petersburg Online know that one of my current semi-near term goals is to work my way through Volumes XL, XLII, and XLVI of the Official Records for Northern units and through The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: […]

February 15, 2014
Civil War Book Review: Fort Harrison and the Battle of Chaffin’s Farm

Crenshaw, Douglas. Fort Harrison and the Battle of Chaffin’s Farm: To Surprise and Capture Richmond (The History Press, 2013). 144 pages, over 40 illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography. ISBN: 978-1-61121-140-5 $19.99 (Paperback). Note: Also available in Kindle format. Fort Harrison and the Battle of Chaffin’s Farm: To Surprise and Capture Richmond is another in a growing […]

January 31, 2014
This Week at the Siege of Petersburg Online: January 18-24, 2014

I thought now would be a good time to resurrect off and on posts about what I’ve got going on over at TOCWOC’s sister site The Siege of Petersburg Online. Here are some of the posts from the last week plus which might be of interest to TOCWOC readers: NP: July 25, 1919 Adirondack Record […]

January 25, 2014
Civil War Book Review: Richmond Must Fall: The Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, October 1864

Newsome, Hampton. Richmond Must Fall: The Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, October 1864. (The Kent State University Press, 2013). 447 pages, maps, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-1-60635-132-1 $45.00 (Cloth). Slowly but surely, the Siege of Petersburg’s various offensives are beginning to see the light of day in modern books on the subject. Hampton Newsome’s new book Richmond Must Fall: […]

January 20, 2014
The Battle of Ft. Harrison: Richard S. Ewell’s Previously Unpublished Account

Lt. General Richard S. Ewell is well-known among students of the early was battles, perhaps being most famous for his decision not to attack the Union position on Cemetery Hill on the evening of July 1, 1863 at Gettysburg. Ewell’s performance at Gettysburg, in the Fall of 1863 and in the Overland Campaign caused General […]

January 18, 2014