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BOOK NOTES The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War. Introduction by Richard Sommers. (New York: Arno Press: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1978. $60.00.) This publication has to be one of the best bargains in recent years. It is a re-publication of the original Atlas (1891) that was to accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Most of the maps and charts were drawn during the war by various engineers, draftsmen, and sometimes general officers. As Richard Sommers notes, the maps are sometimes little masterpieces. For the historian they reveal even in their errors the misapprehensions under which commanders sometimes operated. They constitute a "state of the art" in many ways. There are 821 maps in the Atlas, plus 106 engravings, usually of fortifications , 209 drawings of weapons, equipment, uniforms, and Federal corps flags. The maps themselves are the treasure, for the information they contain and for the beauty of the rendering. Those West Point classes in drawing and engineering were not a waste of time. Neale Books: An Annotated Bibliography. By Robert K. Krick. (Dayton, Ohio: Morningside Bookshop, 1977. Pp. xx, 234. $17.50.) Walter Neale, son of a Confederate officer, was a publisher who took pride in being a Virginian, an aristocrat, and a southerner, not necessarily in that order. He published some six hundred titles, most ofwhich dealt with the South and the Civil War period. His pedigree notwithstanding, a close friend and collaborator was Ambrose Bierce. Lee's ColoneLĀ·: A Biographical Register of the Field Officers of the Army of Northern Virginia. By Robert K. Krick. (Dayton, Ohio: Morningside Bookshop, 1979. Pp. 415. $30.00.) This is a new volume, not a reprint, which is a biographical register of 1,954 field grade officers who served in Lee's army. They tended to be youthful (median age at promotion to rank, 30), tall (median height, 5'10V4"); well educated (48 percent from Virginia schools); and in the thick of the fighting (422 werekilled in action). Krick is modest in his claims for this compilation, but it should prove valuable to researchers in many areas of the Civil War period. An Index-Guide to the Southern Historical Society Papers, 1876-1959. Edited by James I. Robertson, Jr. (Millwood, N.Y.: Kraus International Publications, 1980. Vol. I, xx, 498; Vol. II, 614. $95.00.) In addition to Robertson, the following contributed to this long-awaited and admirable collection: Raymond F. Baker, Cary Close, Robert K. Krick, Michael P. Musick, and Lee A. Wallace, Jr. It is dedicated to the late J. Ambler 284CIVIL WAR HISTORY Johnston, who contributed greatly to the launching of the project. All Civil War historians will praise these volumes for easing the task of exploiting the contents of the Southern Historical Society Papers. Every research library worthy of the name will own a set. Hancock the Superb. By Glenn Tucker. (Dayton, Ohio: Morningside Bookshop, 1980. Pp. 368. $15.00.) Reprint of 1960 edition. Giant in Gray: A Biography of Wade Hampton of South Carolina. By Manly Wade Wellman. (Dayton, Ohio: Morningside Bookshop, 1980. Pp. xv, 387, $15.00.) Reprint of 1949 edition. Meade of Gettysburg. By Freeman Cleaves. (Dayton, Ohio: Morningside Bookshop, 1980. Pp. xi, 384. $15.00.) Reprint of 1960 edition. Pickett's Charge. By George R. Stewart. (Dayton, Ohio: Morningside Bookshop, 1980. Pp. xii, 354. $15.00.) Reprint of 1959 edition. Confederate Wizards of the Saddle: Being Reminiscences and Observations of One who Rode with Morgan. By Bennett H. Young. Introduced by E. B. Long. (Dayton, Ohio: Morningside Bookshop, 1979. Pp. xxii, 633. $30.00.) Reprint of 1914 edition. Journal of B. L. Ridley of Lieutenant General A. P. Stewart's Staff, C.S.A. By Bromfield L. Ridley. Introduction by Robert Womack. (Dayton , Ohio: Morningside Bookshop, 1979. Pp. xvi, 662. $30.00.) Reprint of 1906 edition. The Athnta Papers. Compiled and arranged by Sydney C. Kerksis. (Dayton, Ohio: Morningside Bookshop, 1980. Pp. 900. $35.00.) This is a collection of essays written by members of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States about various aspects of the Atlanta Campaign, 1864. The index is by Margie Riddle Bearss, biographical sketches of the authors are...

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