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bschulte1978 -> Top 10 Civil War Blogs (5/11/2009 3:59:02 AM)
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All,
For those of you who read blogs, I have compiled a list of the Top 10 Civil War blogs I read on a daily basis. If you subscribe to these 10 blogs you will learn a lot about the war. The nice thing is that each person comes at the topic from a different perspective.
Top 10 Civil War Blogs
1. Civil War Books and Authors: Drew Wagenhoffer’s site focuses almost exclusively on book reviews. Luckily for all of us, he is far and away the best book reviewer in the Civil War blogosphere. I have learned of more new, old, and in between books at Drew’s site than anywhere else
2. Bull Runnings: Harry Smeltzer’s Bull Runnings is an effort to digitize a battle, and one which all others who hope to do the same should study carefully before beginning their own.
3. My year of living Rangerously: Mannie Gentile’s use of video and pictures makes his efforts to relay the life of an Antietam Park Ranger and miniature wargamer somewhat unique in the Civil War blogosphere.
4. Civil War Bookshelf: The granddaddy of Civil War blogs, Dimitri Rotov’s Civil War Bookshelf was in operation before many of us knew what a blog was! Dimitri regularly challenges the work of “Centennial” historians and asks readers to read their Civil War books carefully and with a healthy dose of skepticism.
5. Rantings of a Civil War Historian: Eric Wittenberg started blogging several years back around the same time I did. Eric is one of the most respected non-Academic authors in the Civil War community, and he publishes books on battles and campaigns which I (and most of the public) find very interesting.
6. Civil Warriors: The trio of Mark Grimsley, Brooks Simpson, and Ethan Rafuse form the academic version to TOCWOC’s group of amateurs. Group blogs are a great idea because they give you different perspectives. Brooks is a U.S. Grant expert, Ethan knows a TON about George McClellan, and Mark has written one of the most important Civil War books to come out in quite some time.
7. Elektratig: Although Elektratig’s blog is more about the antebellum years, reading his blog gives one a great idea of what happened in the tumultuous years leading up to the Civil War.
8. The 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry/ Civil War Musings: John Hoptak, a Park Ranger at Antietam, provides numerous insights into the 48th Pennsylvania, the battle of Antietam, and much more at his excellent Civil War blog.
9. A Publisher’s Perspective: Even in these poor economic times, Civil War book publisher Ted Savas gets it. Read his blog for some interesting looks into the sometimes difficult and always interesting world of Civil War publishing.
10. Draw the Sword…: Jenny Goellnitz currently covers monuments at the Gettysburg battlefield. She also runs the web’s premier site on Confederate General A.P. Hill.
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