The Continuing War

The Continuing War EDITED BY JAMES I. ROBERTSON, JR. Department of History, Emory University Atlanta, Georgia WHTLE compiling the bibliography of Civil War graduate theses that appears elsewhere in this issue, die editor learned oí many studies being done by the academicians directing these theses. Space limitations prevent a complete listing of all the works in progress in this issue. Part of them will be mentioned here; the remainder will be included in the next issue. Most of them emphasize a significant and welcome trend: new persons and events are being investigated. There is a delightful lack of those studies that to date have re-hashed well-trod campaigns to such an extent that history approached the status of monotony. One illustration of this diversity is the emphasis being placed on the little-known theater of operations in the Southwest. The great reception accorded Robert L. Kerby's published tiiesis, The Confederate Invasion of New Mexico and Arizona, 1861-1862, reflected a keen interest in the war of that remote area. (Westernlore, the publisher, reports only a few copies of this limited edition remain.) Now Texas is preparing to release Martin Hall's account of Sibley's expedition. In August Oklahoma will distribute Ray C. Colton's dissertation, The Civil War in the Western Territories. This comprehensive work will discuss in detail the fight for control of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. For pure interest and fascinating reading, however, few works can equal Frank Cunningham's Stand Watie and His Confederate Indians. Credit for the first time is paid to the role played by Southern-inclined redskins in the 1861-1865 period. Through the pages of this well-illustrated book one wül meet such familiar figures as Kirby Smith, Earl Van Dorn, and Jo Shelby. On the other hand, the reader will also be introduced to such equally dedicated Confederates as Samuel Checote, Black Dog, George Washington Grayson, and Winchester Colbert. This is an unusual story about the most unusual behavior of the war. Naylor is the publisher. 215 216JAMES I. ROBERTSON Praeger is soon to make available to the general public the edition of Steele's Atlasused by West Pointcadets. Few battlefield map collections can surpass this one for pure clarity. Jenning C. Wise's famous study of Confederate artillery, The Long Arm of Lee, has been reissued by Oxford in a one-volume edition. Indications are favorable that a new edition of Frederick Dyer's Compendium of the War of the Rebellionreplete with illustrations, may be in the making. Tentative plans call for a multi-volume edition. Macmillan has scheduled for October release the fifth volume of Kenneth Williams' Lincoln Finds A General. The same publisherwill precede tiiat with TheyWhoFoughtHere, compiled jointly by Bell I. Wdey and Hirst Milhollen. Designed as a companion volume to the highly popular and still avadable DividedWe Fought, this new work will treat largely of the noncombatant aspects of soldier life. Ben Bodcin is editing a giant collection of Civil War folklore for Rinehart. Philip Van Doren Stern is likewise engrossed in a compilation of Civil War art. Crown will publish the work. Following her wellreceived Noble Women of the North, Sylvia G. L. Dannett is now laboring on two books dealing with the Shenandoah Valley campaigns. Penn State will soon release the published diesis of Vorin Whan on the tactics of the Union Army at Fredericksburg. One might wonder if the tide is to be "How Not to Fight a Battle." Two dissertations at Hopkins are being set into print by thatuniversity's press: Robin Wink's studyof CanadianAmerican relations during the 1861-1865 period, and Robert Sharkey's economic treatment of the Civil War and Reconstruction. Scheduled for release shortly are two novels of the war, both written by eminent authors. George Stewart has written an intriguing story of the third day at Gettysburg, and Burke Davis, whose To Appomattox has quickly proven to be one of the best works of the year, has wrapped a fictional story around the famous Battle of the Crater. New biographies continue to broaden the scope of Civil War bibliography . Georgia's Joseph Parks is again hard at work on the life of...