New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-16
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
TIE CENTURY WAR RECORDS.
BATTLES AND LEADERS OF THE CIVIL WAN
vo, II The Century Company.

frated volumes which the century S' -.
issuing 1t is the popularity OF these s''N.s
they represent both sides. ana 'haC e"' ,..a.a,o
narratives arc written by Federal and Conieue,'"
commanders. officers and men VINO 80, 40
directed or participated in the movements "
'.,,oa No.urol,v this plan of collaboration ue
,o,s,,s n cood many differences OF opih'"u' "''
,ords IN resurrect some professional o""r'e'S ""'
;oa,ousics encendcrcd during the miil'SrS i'''V'
~, os tho editors have opened their N's's n'
or,i.,lv N all who might have any Ilgn' W '"'o"
,,non tho war the general result Is TO orihg 'o-
oetber great mass OF evidence u '"o
authoritative character. out OF whlch 'lie '"'"'N
historian will be able TO construct ue''ni">o 0'A
illusions on most important points
1r;s bowevcr is but one of the distinguishing
characteristics of the work before us. us ch''i
,..Iue for the general reader Will not prooaoN col
s;s. in the accuracy of its military reports so muc"
nc in the fact that all the accounts OF pa''i'S'
s;ooos retreats. charges and other movements are
hv erc-witncsses and for the most part men Wno
staled their lives upon the issues of the hour we
Gov Tho mos, mart because all the narratives arc
not Of this description. With a broad luus-
r,or, which adds much to the interest OF inc
,,or,, the editors have sought information hot
only from combatants. but from non-comoa'hhIs'
and some of the most moving pictures OF war con-
ditiops are from the pens OF those VINO 'ooN n'
mart in the fighting, but observed all the horroiS
of intestine strife from the rear. ana spent 'nc'
time and substance in nursing and suppIyins 'ne
wants of the wounded and the SICK lhere arc
some papers written by women who llved III 'hc
Soutb which give clearer idea OF the straits TO
which the Confcderates were driven toward 'hc
end of the struggle than can be obtained from any
other source. The account OF the Gaun'' hoho"-
orcd mon begging something to eat from the farm
how
for weeks ON green corn and berries and hgEthg
oil Oh. time gives one vivid realization at once
Of tbc stubborn resistance of the South IN the
Last ditch and the inccssant pitiless driving
movement nv which the North accomplished ITS
great task.
The narratives of nursing the Confederate
wounded bring out startlingly the terrlolc oen-
cencics of the Southern armies. Ihey IacKeu
almost everything ncedful for the care oil ther
wounded: ambulances medicines, surgical SIP
niles lint bandages, surgeons. NO douoV ulc
mortality on that side after battle was Out Oh All
proportion to the Federal mortality. even thou%h
some elements Of the Confederate lighting mate
,io, was Tougher than some of the Northern mate
rial The lank mountaincers' all sncw anu oo"',
rccoverod often from fearful wounds They had
no tissue for Inflammation TO batten upon ana
were extraordinarily tenacious of life But lAe
cou,bcrn chivalrvn the tenderly nurtured Gle
mont sank RAPIDLY under privation and wouh"s'
and felt the want of proper medical attendance
constantly. feature # these papers Is 'nc
wealth of personal anecdote with WHICH '"eA
ahound All kinds of stories are told about 'he
leaders on both sides. All sorts OF odd niue CPL
sodes are rccounted. The private soldiers WINS
and exneriences arc carefully and thoroughly rep
resented. and the hardships and suherlnGs OIL wax
are mt in evidence without the least reserve.
The second volume opens with narrative oi .m'
oon,uro of Fort Pulaski by General Q. a. Gill
morc Then follows a series OF hlGnlV ihVfrcs'ihH
articles describing the capture of New-orieahs'
,-n;.,o, br officers Of both navcs. Admiral Porter
CONTRIBUTES a graphic paper on the opening OF the
Io,ver Nississippi: George w Cable describes New
Orleans as it was Just before ard at the
time of the capture. he having oeen 'nrn
boy in charge of store ,ne
rronrictors of which made haste to get out OIL 'le
doomod city Commodore J. Il. BARTLETT tells no"
the BROOKLYN passed the forts William /. Mere
dith deals with Farragut's movements captain
Reverlcv Kennon, of the Confederate Navy, "Il'''
Fighting Farragut below New-Orleahs Nap'"'l
+ Marley discusses &" The Ram Manassas a
,ho PASSAGE Of tbc Ncw-Orleans Forts : and there
nrc other incidental and controversial paicrS
all directly or indirectly concurrinS in the Opinion
tho. the defence of New-Oreans was feeble ah'
that il might have been made much more lornliu
able But there is really nothing to indicate Una
the defence could have been rendered ehec"N'
for even had the new Confederate lrohci"u ian
Louisiana been in fighting order the prooaoili1y
that she would have been less elective thah III
Manassas. her steam power being inadequate 10
ramming while the faulty construction OF lie
perts prevented her guns from beng workeu
advantage
T,o next subject treated is the Operations i
;Dolu COntplCTdl
invasion of New-MeXco and Arizona Oanpy
services in the New-Mcxican campaign; Canoy a
valverde AM, Siblcy's New-MeXican campaign
All these articles are illustrated by plans NAV
and enrravings as are the rapers generally 1T
Connie de Paris contributes an interesting narl'
tive of McClellans organization OF inc OT"h
ARMY He is warm admirer OF the General upo
whose staff he served, but his regard for McIiel''
docs not hinder him from perceiving the ia'an'
NJ that habit of procrastination into when t
head of the Army of the Potomac fell just ab vi
time when energetic and swift offensive movemcI
,os most urgently demanded. Colonel r. !
Irwin gives an account Of the battle OF Ball
Bluff and the arrest of General Stone. The pa
uo ras rendered memorable by the death
Co,onel T. D. Baker then at the zenith or u
toro as an orator and who had left his SET
in the United States Senate, impellcd by patrio
ism which unfortunately was not made eHectN
by military knowledge In the next paper he'
Admiral D. Men Fairfax relates the seizure oil u
Confederate Commissioners. Mason and shdel
by Captain Wilkes. Very interesting are the a
,;c,cs Of Warren La Goss. RecollectionS OF
Private, in which the life of the camp ana u
battlefield is described shrewdly ana grdpnio''
from the point of view of the rank ana me-
General George i. Mcclellan is the historian
the Peninsular Campaign. Inc r ,iI',,, Nv
- ouootiors NJ Yorktown and WILLIAMSBURG
General Jo,eph f. Johnston writes Manassas
corcn pines, General Gusavus A. Smith descrin
"Tvvo DAYS of Battle at Seven Pines Profess
p Solev discusses The Navy in the Penlnsuf
Campaicn" Colonel w. T. Robins gives I'VE
.,.o.eh 81 l. Stnart,s Ride Around Mcclellan "