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TOCWOC (The Order of Civil War Obsessively Compulsed) is a group Civil War blog formed in September 2007. Our purpose is to enlighten and entertain readers on every aspect of the Civil War, whether it be Social, Political, Military, or other history.

TOCWOC - A Civil War Blog is a tool for deep readers and in depth students of the Civil War. TOCWOC is written BY amateurs FOR amateurs. TOCWOC blog entries and the static pages at TOCWOC are designed to help knowledgeable and not so knowledgeable Civil War students grow in their Civil War knowledge. Regularly reading TOCWOC will get you news on the latest Civil War books, book reviews, original research on the war, author/publisher interviews, preservation news, summaries of Civil War magazines and Civil War Talk Radio, and much more. Reading TOCWOC will make you a more informed Civil War buff, able to purchase and read the best new Civil War books while avoiding those with major flaws. Let TOCWOC work for you and work with you as we grow together in our shared Civil War knowledge.

Touch the Elbow focuses primarily on the American Civil War but often veers into any territory that grabs our interest. It is written by the authors of "The Civil War Research Guide" - Tom Churchill, Donald Thompson and Stephen McManus. All posts are strictly the opinions of the author of the post and do not necessarily represent the opinions or views of the other writers or anybody else for that matter.

I know I promised to stay away until January, but I don't really consider this to be a violation of my blogging hiatus. My review of Will Greene's book, Civil War Petersburg: Confederate City in the Crucible of War (University of Virginia Press, 2006), is included in the most recent issue of the journal, Civil War History [December 2009, (pp. 504-05)], and I thought I might pass it on for those of you who need a quick Civil War Memory fix.

The class blog for the Portland State University HST 409-509 Historic Site Interpretation course, offered through partnership with the National Park Service and taught by Greg Shine.