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BOOK NOTES War Memoirs: Autobiographical Sketch and Narrative of the War Between the States. By Jubal A. Early. Edited by Frank E. Vandiver. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1960. Pp. xlviii, 496. $7.50.) Lee's army had many classes of generals; included among them was a group of caustic, cursing, colorful individualists such as D. H. Hill, "Baldy Dick" Ewell, and "Old Jubé" Early. These are the memoirs of the last-named leader, Lieutenant General Jubal Anderson Early. His soldiers looked on him with a mixture of disgust and respect; his subordinates knew him as tenacious to a fault. History remembers him for bravery at Williamsburg , indecision before Washington, and for being soundly defeated in the Second Valley Campaign. Dr. Frank Vandiver has given an excellent word picture of the man in this new edition of his memoirs, and he concludes by stating: "His book is a soldier's book—blunt, direct, informative, personal. In some ways it stands as Early's best achievement." Bucktailed Wildcats: A Regiment of Civil War Volunteers. By Edwin A. Glover. (New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1960. Pp. 328. $5.95.) After a lapse in the field of almost seventy-five years, it is heartening to see good regimental studies now appearing. This one ranks with the best. The 1st Pennsylvania Rifles was an exciting unit. Its bucktailed caps and wail-like yells were prominent aspects of every major Eastern campaign from the Seven Days to the Wilderness. The extraordinary valor and exceptional markmanship of its members made the regiment a favorite of such Federal commanders as Reynolds, McCaIl, and Meade. Relying heavily on the Official Records, the author has also made abundant use of county histories, regimental narratives, and local newspapers. A lack of manuscript sources has not seemingly impaired the scope of the history. This is an exciting story, vividly told, and it does justice to a unit of which Pennsylvania^ may forever be proud. Battles of the Civil War. (Little Rock: Pioneer Press, 1960. Pp. 40. Regular Edition, $18.00; Deluxe Edition, $25.00.) This is an unusual—but unusually worthwhile—volume. For the first time all thirty-six of the famous Kurz and Allison battle lithographs have 105 106CIVIL WAR HISTORY been collected and reproduced, not only in their full panorama of color, but in full size (21" ? 15") as well. Intricately detailed prints exist for every major engagement of the war—from First Manassas and Wilson's Creek to Nashville and the fall of Petersburg. In the regular edition the prints are so bound that they can be easily removed for framing. Supplementing each illustration is a narrative of that particular engagement written by one of twenty-four contributors, who include Bell I. Wiley, V. C. Jones, Karl Betts, and others. U. S. Grant III and Robert E. Lee IV have both written introductions for the study. Probably no work of greater size will appear in the field of Civil War history; certainly none will equal the flavor and scope of war reflected throughout. Confederate Exües in Venezuela. By Alfred J. and Kathryn A. Hanna. (Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Publishing Co., 1960. Pp. 149. $4.50.) The despair of defeat is often hard to swallow, and it is not surprising that many Confederates fled into Central and South America rather than buck the storm of Reconstruction. One such group, fifty in number and led by Dr. Henry M. Price, set out from St. Louis in December, 1866; their destination was Venezuela, 3,000 miles to the south. Theirs was to be a spearheading movement for other discontented and destitute Rebels. What happened to these self-exiled Confederates in the ensuing months is vividly told in this new release of the Confederate Publishing Company. The authors, a well-known husband-and-wife team of historians, spent many months combing archives throughout the Americas. Only a tasty sampling of a great saga still untold is given here, but it is one which should whet the appetite of any reader who wishes an exciting appendix to his study of the Lost Cause. The Night the War Was Lost. By Charles L. Dufour. (Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1960. Pp. 427. $4.95.) For over a century...

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