Books Received

340civil war history ChanceUorsvüle. Jackson's conditional achievement is viewed as unqualified, and Lee is considered capable to die point where he "could afford to violate fundamental müitary principles at frequent intervals during the campaign . . . because of the marked deficiency of his opponent" (p. 369). Perhaps Stackpole exaggerates. In any case, he throws objectivity concerning Hooker to the winds to further immortaUze Lee and Jackson. Another characteristic of this volume is no high degree of thoroughness. Particularly is this true of the character sketches of both primary and secondary participants. Although a variety of materials other than manuscripts and newspapers was drawn upon, the narrative seems hastily written and at times shaUow in interpretation. Snap judgments, often brilliant on the surface, could have been avoided with a little more study and presentation of evidence. The maps, pictures, and drawings are unusually helpful, attractive, and weU selected. The easy-to-read print and handsome page format, in addition to the book's other commendable features, make for pleasant hours despite the mild frustrations. LeRoy H. Fischer Stillwater, Oklahoma. Books Received Bean, W. G. Stonewalls Man: Sandte Pendleton. (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. 1959. Pp. viü, 252. $5.00.) Brown, Harry James, ed. Letters from a Texas Sheep Ranch. (Urbana: The University of Illinois Press. 1959. Pp. vi, 156. $3.50.) Clark, Thomas D., ed. Travelsin the Old South: A Bibliography. Volume III: TheAnte Bellum South, 1825-1860; Cotton, Shvery, and Conflict. (Norman: The University of Oklahoma Press. 1959. Pp. xviii, 406. $10.00.) Cunningham, Frank. Confederate Indians. (San Antonio: The Naylor Company. 1959. Pp. xiv, 242. $5.00. ) Doherty, Herbert J. The Whigs of Florida: 1845-1854. (Gainesville: The University of Florida Press. "University of Florida Monographs: Social Sciences, # 1." 1959. Pp. 73. $2.00.) Eggleston, George Cary. A Rebel's Recollections. Introduced by David Donald. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 1959. Pp. 187. $3.75.) Harkness, D. J. Abraham Lincoln and Cumberhnd Gap. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee News-Letter. Vol. XXXVIII, No. 2. 1959. Pp. 31. $1.00.) Harkness, D. J., and McMurtry, G. Lincoln's Favorite Poets. (Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press. 1959. Pp. 101. $3.50.) Kinchen, Oscar A. Daredevils of the Confederate Army. (Boston: The Christopher Publishing House. 1959. Pp. 171. $3.00.) Book Reviews341 Johnson, Ludwell H. Red River Campaign: Politics and Cotton in the Civil War. (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press. 1958. Pp. vii, 317. $5.00.) Moore, Robert A. A Life for the Confederacy. Edited by James W. Süver. (Jackson, Tennessee: McCowat-Mercer Press. 1959. Pp. 182. $4.00.) Owsley, Frank Lawrence. King Cotton Diplomacy: Foreign Relations ofthe Confederate States ofAmerica. 2nd edition. Revised by Harriet Chappell Owsley. (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. 1959. Pp. xxin, 614. $10.00.) Tucker, Glenn. High Tide at Gettysburg. (Indianapolis: The BobbsMerrill Company. 1958. Pp. x, 462. $5.00.) Peterson, Harold L. Notes on Ordnance of the American Civil War, 1861-1865. (Washington, D.C: The American Ordnance Association. 1959. Pp. 18. $2.00.) Weigley, Russell F. Quarter Master General of the Union Army: A Biography of M. C. Meigs. (N.Y. Columbia University Press. 1959. Pp. x, 396. $7.50.) Wellman, Manly Wade. They Took Their Stand. ( New York: G. P. Putnam 's Sons. 1959. Pp. 258. $4.50. ) ...