«This Will Make a Man of Me the Life and Letters of a Teenage Officer in the Civil War by James M. Scythes

This Will Make a Man of Me the Life and Letters of a Teenage Officer in the Civil War by James M. Scythes; 179 pp.; hard cover; published by Lehigh University Press, 2016.  This meticulously researched and sourced biography follows the Civil War experiences of Lt. Thomas Howell of Camden, New Jersey, of the 3rd Regiment, New Jersey Volunteer Infantry,  from his enlistment until his death in July 1862 at the Battle of Gaines's Mill.