Stephens, John Richard

From George Armstrong Custer's reminiscence of being at West Point at the start of fighting, to Winfield Scott Hancock's thoughts on how historians may view the war, this will bring Civil War history alive to high school students and grads. Stephens's decision to silently abridge his selections and occasionally interpolate a second source means this is not a book for specialists.

Stephens, an editor whose credentials mostly include thematic collections of previously published material for Barnes & Noble (e...