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The Continuing War EDITED BY JAMES I. ROBERTSON, JR. Department of History, Emory University Atlanta, Georgia in the midstof compiling the army and navy Official Records, the federal government also undertook the preparation of an atlas to accompany the sets. The finished product spanned seven years of labor, filled three massive volumes, and contained 181 plates and over 1000 maps. From the time of its release in 1895 the atlas was a much sought-after item, particularly since the available supply fell far short of the national demand. Early this year used sets were going for as high as a hundred and fifty dollars. However , collectors need no longer jeopardize the future to obtain this indispensable work. Thomas Yoseloff has republished the atlas in a handsome, unabridged, one-volume edition, capably edited by Henry Steele Commager . The reproduction is remarkably clear; the plates are as rich in color as they are lavish in detail. Multi-colored maps afford amazing clarity into understanding complex battles. This is not merely a desirable work for students of the war; it is a must for anyone who attempts to study the conflict in more than superficial detail. The Haverford Map Company in Pennsylvania has also lent lucidity to our knowledge ofthe warthrough its manufacture of a very excellent relief map of the Gettysburg battlefield. The rectangular 3-D chart, complete withbattlenarrative, is printed in five colors on long-lasting plastic. Should this new venture meet with success, the publishers plan similar maps for such areas as the Shenandoah Valley and Chancellorsville. If the quantity of response matches the quality of the product, a series of relief maps is in the making. North Carolina has reissued John Tilley, Lincoln Takes Command, the 447 448JAMES 1. ROBERTSON absorbing story of the critical months between Sumter and First Manassas. This provocative study was originally published in 1941, the same year George Fort Milton's Conflict—a popular and still-available synopsis of the war—first appeared. Burke Davis has scored again with his perspicuous To Appomattox, which recounts vividly the misery that was the Army of Northern Virginia in its westward trudge from Petersburg. Florida's Dr. Rembert Patrick delivered this year's Fleming lectures at LSU on the same topic. Atlanta's bearing to the Confederate cause has been expounded by two recent studies. Yoseloff has published A. A. Hoehling, Last Train from Afanta, a detailed account of the agony of the city's residents caught in the web of Sherman's siege. Twayne has released the late William Key's The Battle of Atlanta. Originally published serially in the Atlanta Constitution, this story of the Georgia campaign is a popular and well-written treatment, with heavy reliance on Stanley Horn's classic and still-available The Army of Tennessee. Other cities are basking under new historical lights. Rinehart has reissued Noah Brooks, Washington in Lincoln's Time, in a new edition annotated by Herbert Mitgang. James H. Whyte has supplemented this story with The Uncivil War, which admirably covers the nation's capital in Reconstruction days. Coward-McCann, who published Stanley Kimmel's illustrative Mr. Lincoln's Washington, has just released a companion volume , Mr. Davis's Richmond. Edward J. Stackpole has followed his colorful story of Fredericksburg with a similar work on Lee's greatest victory: ChanceUorsville. Allen Nevins , now retired from Columbia, is devoting full time to adding four volumes to his "Ordeal of the Union" set. Two volumes treating the war will appear next year; a like number on Reconstruction are slated for 1960. Crowell has issued John S. Blay, The Civil War, an encyclopedic work with 100,000 words and 375 illustrations. West Point's Major Mark Boatner is hard at work on a Civil War dictionary, which McKay will release next year. Richard Brownlee has covered an obscure aspect of the war with his study of guerilla warfare in the West, Gray Ghosts of the Confederacy. Ludwell H. Johnson has further opened the Western door with The Red River Expedition of 1864. This was the author's dissertation at Hopkins. Secret Missions of the Civil War to be released late this winter is the latest work from the pen of...

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