The Handy Civil War Answer Book

About Samuel Willard Crompton

Samuel Willard Crompton has taught history to a generation of community college students bridging the gap between the late analog and the early digital age. He is the author or editor of many books including one on Ulysses Grant and another on Clara Barton. He was chosen to attend The Civil War in Trans-National Perspective an NEH summer program hosted by the Gilder-Lehrman Institute and NYU. One of the key questions the NEH scholars concentrated on was Who won the Civil War? While it is quite apparent that as of 1865 the twin causes of Union and Emancipation had prevailed one can be forgiven for thinking otherwise when examining the South in say 1895. Crompton is also a major contributor to the 24-volume American National Biography which is expected to stand as the premier American biographical reference for the next 50 years. He resides in Hadley Massachusetts where when taking afternoon walks he often passes a white stone by the side of the road that announces the birthplace of Fighting Joe Hooker.