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  • Looking for Civil War Newspaper Transcribers

    UPDATE: If you have any issue with the contact form just leave a comment at the bottom of this post indicating your interest and I’ll contact you privately by email. All, For those of you who do not know, I run a Siege of Petersburg site which is dedicated to posting as much primary source […]

  • Civil War Site Review: Civil War Animated’s Petersburg and Appomattox Page

    Editor’s Note: This review has been cross-posted at The Siege of Petersburg Online. The vast majority of history web sites and blogs out there (including my own) are composed mainly of words and still images.  So imagine how interesting a site is when using different teaching methods while still delivering sound history.  CivilWarAnimated.com is just […]

  • Confederate Controversy at Fort Gregg

    I’ve been reading through and transcribing articles from the pages of the Southern Historical Society Papers for The Siege of Petersburg Online recently, and one heated controversy early in the life of the Papers caught my attention: Which Confederate units defended Fort Gregg, the “Confederate Alamo”, in a last ditch defense on April 2, 1865 […]

  • Enter for a Chance to Win a FREE Copy of Earl J. Hess’ In the Trenches at Petersburg

    Editor’s Note: This contest is cross-posted at The Siege of Petersburg Online: Beyond the Crater. It’s time to introduce a new joint contest at TOCWOC and Beyond the Crater. Enter for a chance to win a FREE copy of Earl J. Hess’ book In the Trenches at Petersburg. Secondary winners will be allowed to choose […]

  • New Confederate Inspection Report: 5-P-17 Harris’ Brigade August 30, 1864

    Editor’s Note: For those of you who do not know, The Siege of Petersburg Online has an Online Store which currently features Confederate Inspection Reports and Union Ordnance Returns during the Siege of Petersburg. I purchase microfilm from the National Archives and make transcriptions of this expensive to buy research available at a very reasonable […]

  • Civil War Book Review: The Battle of New Market Heights: Freedom Will Be Theirs by the Sword

    Editor’s Note: This book review first appeared last Thursday at The Siege of Petersburg Online. Price, James S.. The Battle of New Market Heights: Freedom Will Be Theirs by the Sword (The History Press, 2011). 128 pages, photos, maps, notes, bibliography. ISBN: 978-1-60949-038-6 $19.99 (Paperback). When asked to name the most important fight in which […]

  • Siege of Petersburg Online Posts: Week of 9/04/2011

    This weekly series looks at the posts which have appeared over the last 7 days at The Siege of Petersburg Online: Beyond the Crater.  It’s a way to show TOCWOC readers what I’ve been doing over at my other Civil War site. The regiments of the First Brigade, Second Division, Union Second Corps, Army of […]