Our third year of operation ends with a massive and well written submission by Jim Werbaneth on McClellan's campaign on the Peninsula. His well-balanced examination of this critical operation is well worth more than one reading. We also end the year with a reprint of a recollection by Varina Jefferson Davis. A great deal of emphasis is often placed on the military and hardware aspects of war without paying attention to its effects on the civilians caught in the maelstorm. I'm also pleased to announce the addition of Kelly West to our ever burgeoning editorial staff (I hate to think of the editor:subscriber ratio). Her less than exalted title "copy editor" belies the important role she has. No matter how hard we try to avoid them typos and punctuation errors always seem to creep in and show up in some of the most awkward places. By the time I've read an article six times, I don't even notice them anymore. Kelly is a precise individual with an annoying habit of being able to pick out a mistake from the fine print of a contract at a hundred feet. She also can pick out the unexplained fact better than anyone else. Next issue's focus will be on the fifth anniversary of Desert Storm. A number of reviews and at least one piece on the background of the conflict are already in the works. Finally, as those of you in the US & Canada would have noted, our "print shop" messed up last issue and forgot to photocopy the even numbered pages. Once again they did correct the problem as soon as it was pointed out. I'm sorry about the inconvenience it caused. We've now got an e-mail address so if it happens again let me know right away (see box for e-mail address) Oh, yes — One last item. Two issues ago a reference was made to the Hangar Queen visiting Harper's Ferry. Lest there be any more wise remarks — the Hangar Queen is an automobile NOT Jim Werbaneth, who wrote the article. Back to Cry Havoc #12 Table of Contents Back to Cry Havoc List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1995 by David W. Tschanz. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com