+ Pub. Opin. 40: 445. Ap. 7, ’06. 90w.
“The book as a whole is characterized by accuracy of statement, clear discussion, and practical suggestion, and it is a welcome contribution to an important subject.” J. E. Raycroft.
+ School R. 14: 616. O. ’06. 140w.
Curtis, Newton Martin. From Bull Run to Chancellorsville: the story of the Sixteenth New York infantry with personal reminiscences. **$2. Putnam.
In sketching the movements of the Sixteenth New York infantry from Bull Run to Chancellorsville there is also an amount of incidental information about northern New York organizations identified with the army of the Potomac. “The whole tendency of the narrative and of the comment which Gen. Curtis allows himself to make from time to time—with notable restraint and fairness—is to exalt the qualities of Gen. George B. McClellan as a commander of armies.” (N. Y. Times.)
“Few writers on events and conditions during the civil war have approached the subject with a better fund of historic information, and few have the vivid yet plain power of narration possessed by General Curtis.”
+ + Dial. 41: 284. N. 1, ’06. 240w.
“Not only does Gen. Curtis write entertainingly, but he has also seen in good perspective the part played by his regiment in the campaigns and battles which he describes.”
+ + Nation. 83: 284. O. 4, ’06. 130w.