Civil War Book Review: Lee and His Generals: Essays in Honor of T. Harry Williams Hewitt, Lawrence Lee (ed). Schott, Thomas E. (ed). Lee ...   Thu Jul 19th, 2012 01:17 pm

For anyone interested in the Siege of Petersburg, I am looking for transcribers to help transcribe newspaper articles, diary entries, letters, and more pertaining to ...   Fri Jan 13th, 2012 12:44 am

The 20th Maine also gets credit for being on the very end of the entire Union line. Confederates get past their flank and bad, ...   Thu Jan 12th, 2012 02:52 pm

Cleburne wrote: I believe that the battle of Chickamauga is one of the most confusing battles of the civil war. I found this website a ...   Thu Jan 12th, 2012 02:47 pm

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 ...   Thu Dec 29th, 2011 07:31 pm

Javal1, I have been creating a Google Books Library of free to read Civil War books with Siege of Petersburg materials in them.  However, a lot ...   Fri Aug 19th, 2011 05:50 pm

Note: This review originally appeared at The Siege of Petersburg Online: Beyond the Crater. Hess, Earl J. Into the Crater: The Mine Attack at Petersburg. The ...   Wed Jan 26th, 2011 05:37 pm

pamc153PA wrote: Thanks for all that great info and sources! I was the one who started the thread awhile ago, and I happened to see ...   Mon Jan 24th, 2011 12:19 am

Just noticed this interesting topic from several years ago.  Many of you are aware that I run The Siege of Petersburg Online: Beyond the Crater ...   Sun Jan 23rd, 2011 05:20 pm

All, I'm looking for letters written by soldiers while they were in the midst of the Petersburg Campaign from June 1864-April 1865.  My new Siege of ...   Mon May 17th, 2010 02:05 am

Here's the official press release: March 28, 2010 Scourge of War - Gettysburg goes GOLD!   Norb Software Development, ...   Sun Mar 28th, 2010 11:35 pm

Scourge of War Gettysburg, a new Gettysburg game somewhat similar to Sid Meier's Gettysburg, has been released for purchase. The game has ...   Sun Mar 28th, 2010 10:25 pm

All, I just wanted to add a quick update on my Petersburg Campaign site. Many reports from the first volume of the Official Records ...   Sun Feb 28th, 2010 07:51 pm

Ever since Harry Smeltzer started his Bull Runnings blog/site focusing on the First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas), I’ve wanted to do something similar for ...   Wed Sep 23rd, 2009 06:59 pm

CleburneFan wrote: Very interesting list. I must confess I wasn't aware of some of the books lower down on the list. Same here.  I bought several books ...   Tue Aug 18th, 2009 04:03 am

All, I was recently involved in the Top 7 Shiloh books event at the Shiloh Discussion Group.  After looking over the lists posted at the SDG, ...   Mon Aug 17th, 2009 03:59 pm

All, Every bloggers' top 10 Gettysburg books list is posted now. Mine, which was the last, went up this morning: Brett's Top 10 Gettysburg Books ...   Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 02:40 pm

CleburneFan, I've already added several new books to my wish list as a result of this little event. There are definitely some books I've never ...   Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 12:51 am

CleburneFan wrote: That's a great idea. Is there any chance the lists will all appear in one place, or do we have to go to ...   Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 01:57 am

Ten Civil War bloggers (including me) are listing their own top 10 Gettysburg books over the course of the three day anniversary of the Battle ...   Wed Jul 1st, 2009 03:44 pm

fedreb wrote: Stephen Sears, Shelby Foote, Wiley Sword, Bruce Catton, for me, all great authors. John J Hennessy, I can only find the one by him ...   Fri Jun 12th, 2009 08:12 pm

Mark wrote: Brett, yes I have read "The Last Citidel," and I think it is one of his best ones. Have Southern Storm on ...   Fri Jun 12th, 2009 06:30 pm

Mark wrote: Great topic!  It is hard to pick just one author, so I cheated and picked a couple.  First off, I enjoy reading Peter ...   Fri Jun 12th, 2009 05:47 pm

javal1 wrote: I'll throw two out that are rarely mentioned, not too prolific, but who I really enjoy: Tom Desjardin and Tim Smith I definitely enjoy Tim ...   Fri Jun 12th, 2009 05:05 pm

Note: What I mean by "Someone Else (Like Me)?" is that you like an author other than the ones I listed, NOT that I'm an ...   Fri Jun 12th, 2009 04:09 pm

Peter Turcan's game Battalia should be able to be downloaded for free somewhere online (can't find a link while at work). If I recall ...   Tue Jun 9th, 2009 05:24 pm

Ouch, Looks like the CWi guys are grumpy old men! :D ...   Thu Jun 4th, 2009 02:12 pm

javal1 wrote: Yea, I'm not big on fads. There was MySpace, then facebook, now Twitter. Bah.New-fangled things. Don't own a cell phone either, and never ...   Thu Jun 4th, 2009 12:06 am

I thought it might be fun to see who here is on Twitter.  My username there is @bschulte.  Feel free to follow me and list ...   Wed Jun 3rd, 2009 07:12 pm

CleburneFan, I haven't written a review on Vicksburg 1863, but TOCWOC reviewer (and Amazon.com Top 500 reviewer) Jim Durney did. Thanks for the vote of ...   Tue Jun 2nd, 2009 01:17 am

I’m going to try something different with my book reviews, because they usually do not produce any kind of discussion on Civil War forums, which ...   Mon Jun 1st, 2009 07:23 pm

gettysburgerrn wrote: Sharp looking graphics indeed..I hope the terrain is as good.... ken Here are some screen shots from April showing some good shots of the terrain: War ...   Wed May 27th, 2009 07:41 pm

It is extremely unfortunate what has happened to North & South. I'm paid through Volume 13, so I hope it improves in the upcoming ...   Wed May 27th, 2009 07:37 pm

ole wrote: Quite right, Miss Susan. Dig into all those "other" causes and you'll find slavery as the source. No slavery; no war. This pretty much ...   Wed May 27th, 2009 07:34 pm

Henry wrote: Schulte- I'd linked to your blogsite in the wee hours of the morning and attempted to produce data for you in the form ...   Wed May 13th, 2009 07:03 pm

HankC wrote: I say it was latitude...the closer to the equator the more likely a state is to secede... HankC :D That's about the simplest explanation I've ...   Tue May 12th, 2009 05:22 pm

All, I have put together a poll over at TOCWOC asking readers, What Caused the Civil War?, and allowing a person up to three choices. ...   Tue May 12th, 2009 03:52 pm

David White wrote: I would put Sears at the top but I would have Murfin ranked as a more important Antietam work than either the ...   Tue Apr 21st, 2009 10:15 pm

David White wrote: Whoah,  where is James Murfin's Gleam of Bayonets it was the definitive work until Sears came along? David, I address this question in the ...   Tue Apr 21st, 2009 08:16 pm

pamc153PA wrote: Brett, I have read all but your #3, and I think that's a pretty good list. I would put Landscape Turned Red first, as ...   Mon Apr 20th, 2009 09:08 pm