Websites and blogs

[sssteve]

I would like to know what people favorite Civil War websites and blogs

I am looking for as many as I can find

Stephen Hosmer

 

[Sheltowee]

Home | The Western Theater in the Civil War

The Western Theater in the CIvil War: Where the War of the Rebellion was Won and Lost.

www.westerntheatercivilwar.com

 

[Fairfield]

Bull Runnings (https://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/) which focuses on the Battle of Bull Run.

Here is a pretty extensive list with summaries: https://bloggers.feedspot.com/civil_war_blogs/

 

[lupaglupa]

Home - Emerging Civil War

emergingcivilwar.com

 

[Caddo Militia]

American Battlefield Trust

www.battlefields.org

 

[DaveBrt]

My favorite : Confederate Railroads www.csa-railroads.com

 

[4thMichigan]

Bull Runnings (https://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/) which focuses on the Battle of Bull Run.

Here is a pretty extensive list with summaries: https://bloggers.feedspot.com/civil_war_blogs/

I would like to point out one blog that is on that "pretty extensive list" which I personally have an issue with, and that is the blog "Student of the American Civil War". The blog is sometimes used to vent Al Mackey's TDS issues, which aren't really necessary when sharing the history of the Civil War with the general public, especially for newcomers in the field of history. I understand that "it is his blog and that he can post whatever he wants". However, I would NEVER recommend his blog to anyone, (whether they like the current President or not), based on those ridiculously ranting posts and his vicious attitude given in his reply when I messaged him about them.

 

[ErnieMac]

Antietam on the Web: https://antietam.aotw.org/
The Siege of Petersburg Online (Beyond the Crater): https://www.beyondthecrater.com/

 

[4thMichigan]

Mysteries & Conundrums is one of my favorites.

 

[Library Lady]

If you are a reader looking for new quality books, then this site is essential.

Civil War Books and Authors

Non-fiction Civil War book reviews, commentary, publishing news, author interviews, and profiles

cwba.blogspot.com

 

[CWdiaryPA]

Some of us here have our own websites, which you can find in our signatures. Here's one about Jackson's Valley Campaign, & contains my 2x grandfather's diary he kept on the field. I typed up about a million words of original sources plus assorted other items: https://jacksonsvalleycampaign.com/

 

[Kearny The Magnificent]

A lot of my favorites have been posted so I'll add a few more. Not all of these are still active. But if you've never seen them then there's plenty of content.

https://spotsylvaniacw.blogspot.com/?m=1

Dan Masters' Civil War Chronicles

The study of the Civil War is a never ending but most pleasant journey through the libraries, historical societies, museums, cemeteries, backroads, and forgotten spaces of America. This blog explores the Civil War through the words of the men and women who lived it.

dan-masters-civil-war.blogspot.com

Fredericksburg Remembered

Musings on the history of Fredericksburg, public history, the Civil War, and the Army of the Potomac--whatever I'm working on.

fredericksburghistory.wordpress.com

The Siege of Petersburg Online

A Richmond-Petersburg Campaign Site

www.beyondthecrater.com

 

[SWS]

I used to enjoy Shotgun's (RIP) civilwarhome.com but it seems to have finally shuttered last year. Had a lot of interesting ORs, articles, book segments, etc.

 

[nc native]

Bull Runnings (https://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/) which focuses on the Battle of Bull Run.

Here is a pretty extensive list with summaries: https://bloggers.feedspot.com/civil_war_blogs/

Thank you for recommending this website! It is overrunning with information about this battle and period photographs.

 

[Stryker65]

https://civilwarthosesurnames.blogspot.com/2009/07/kansas-surnames-in-civil-war.html

Best blog I've seen for researching Kansas troops.

 

[Fairfield]

I would like to point out one blog that is on that "pretty extensive list" which I personally have an issue with, and that is the blog "Student of the American Civil War". The blog is sometimes used to vent Al Mackey's TDS issues, which aren't really necessary when sharing the history of the Civil War with the general public, especially for newcomers in the field of history. I understand that "it is his blog and that he can post whatever he wants". However, I would NEVER recommend his blog to anyone, (whether they like the current President or not), based on those ridiculously ranting posts and his vicious attitude given in his reply when I messaged him about them.

Well, I was going to recommend that blog but, because I hadn't bookmarked it, I couldn't find the url. What I was going to say was that the writer is certainly partisan but that his essays are usually well documented and sourced (even the ones I disagreed with ). It may be said that this blog is interesting not because one blindly accepts but because it is challenging.

 

[4thMichigan]

Well, I was going to recommend that blog but, because I hadn't bookmarked it, I couldn't find the url. What I was going to say was that the writer is certainly partisan but that his essays are usually well documented and sourced (even the ones I disagreed with ). It may be said that this blog is interesting not because one blindly accepts but because it is challenging.

I don't have a problem with visiting a website that may have views that differ from mine as long as they are within the context and scope of the material that the website claims to explore and share. That being said, using a website that claims to be about the American Civil War as a platform to express your vitriol of a current politician (and their supporters) is very deceptive and an obvious display of poor judgement. Visiting Civil War enthusiasts are being misled by the website's topic while contending with those unnecessary and irrelevant modern political rants that he has posted. He should have created another website where he could vent his political frustration. As I said before, I would never recommend his website to anyone. His modern political views expressed in some of his posts are absolutely void of any tact. But this is just my opinion.

 

[Fairfield]

I guess that I'm just politically insensitive. My first inclination is to look at such a site's Civil War context and my 2nd is to check that it can be backed up.

 

[lupaglupa]

Let's just say @Fairfield that you are focused on your topic.

 

[Michael C. Hardy]

I've been blogging since November 2006.

Looking for the Confederate War