From the Editor

278civil war history Let me add, in conclusion, that to debate Shaw's personal merits is to ignore the larger issues I had hoped to raise with my essay. Such a discussion unfortunately perpetuates the neglect of the black volunteers who fought and in many cases died with Shaw. Even if Yandoh is correct—that the colonel "showed a courage of conviction and strength of conscience that should be admired even today"—such a comforting conclusion reduces the battle at Fort Wagner to a fight between white folks over the fate of black people. It is to sift and weigh evidence, like white flour, for a hero. Gary Scharnhorst University of New Mexico From the Editor Albert Castel is the winner of the 1988 Harold L. Peterson award of $1000 for his article, "Mars and the Reverend Longstreet: Or, Attacking and Dying in the Civil War," Civil War History, (June 1987). The Research & Awards Group of Eastern National found two other submissions worthy of mention as runners-up. They are Paul A. Stevens for "Henry Hamilton and the Establishment of the British RevolutionaryEra Indian Department at Detroit, 1777," The Old Northwest, Volume 12, Number 3, pp. 279-318; and A. Wilson Greene for "Opportunity to the South; Meade versus Jackson at Fredericksburg," Civil War History, (December , 1987). Eastern National Park & Monument Association, a non-profit educational -service institution cooperating with the National Park Service in support of its education and interpretive programs, offers the Peterson award annually. The honorarium of $ 1000 is presented each year to the author of the best article on any facet of American military history written in the English language and published during the previous year in American or foreign journal. ...