The book design is better than its content.  It’s visually appealing and bills itself as “first-hand accounts of war from those who lived through it.”  But the text actually included few quotes from primary sources.  It included chapters about various individual who fought in a variety of capacities, for both sides during the American Civil War, but it was a bit dry.  Idid like that glossary terms were defined right on the pages in which they were used, as I know students are unlikely to actually make use of the glossary in the back.  Even though it claims to be a Reinforced Library Binding, I don’t trust the smooth finish of the cover to wear well.