Did Anything Good Come Out of the Civil War? (Innovation Through Adversity)
by Philip Steele
In addition to putting an end to the inhumane institution of slavery, the Civil War also spurred important inventions that improved people s lives, such as canned food, pocket watches, federal paper currency, and standard sizes for shoes. Although medical technology lagged behind the development of new weapons that could kill and maim more soldiers than ever, there were advances in amputation techniques and anesthesia delivery. Additionally, the railroad and telegraph systems were hugely benefic...
The Freedom Ship of Robert Smalls (Young Palmetto Books)
by Louise Meriwether
A brief biography of the slave who escaped to freedom with his family and other runaway slaves on a captured Confederate gunboat.
Union Infantrymen of the Civil War (Soldier's Life)
by John Langellier
Great Battle of Gettysburg (What Would You Do?)
by Landau, Elaine and Elaine Landau
Civil War Weapons (Essential Library of the Civil War)
by Nel Yomtov
She Believed She Could So She Did Bullet Journal
by Sasha Ann Good
The True Story of the Emancipation Proclamation (What Really Happened?) (What Really Happened? (Powerkids))
by Willow Clark
The Surrender at Appomattox (Cornerstones of Freedom: Second (Library))
by Tom McGowen
Details the events that led to General Lee's surrender to General Grant at Appomattox Court House, bringing an end to the Civil War.
The Split History of the Civil War (Perspectives Flip Books)
by Stephanie Fitzgerald
"Describes the opposing viewpoints of the North and South during the American Civil War"--Provided by publisher.
Emancipation Proclamation (Documents of American Democracy)
by Ryan Nagelhout
The Civil War: Gettysburg and Other Eastern Battles 1863-1865 (Civil War: Essential Histories)
by Robert O'Neill and Robert K Krick
Volcano Beneath the Snow, A: John Brown's War Against Slavery
by Albert Marrin
Civil War Causes (Essential Library of the Civil War)
by Michael Capek
African Americans in the Civil War (Essential Library of the Civil War)
by Kari A Cornell
The Battle of the Little Bighorn (Essential Events (ABDO)) (Essential Events)
by Marty Gitlin
Provides a short history of the Battle of Gettysburg and the commemorative address President Lincoln made there during the Civil War.
Celebrating Black Heritage (Black Jazz, Pizzazz, and Razzmatazz) (Black Heritage)
by Carole Marsh
Louisa May Alcott is best known for penning Little Women, but few are aware of the experience that influenced her writing most-her time as a nurse during the Civil War. Caring for soldiers' wounds and writing letters home for them inspired a new realism in her work. When her own letters home were published as Hospital Sketches, she had her first success as a writer. The acclaim for her new writing style inspired her to use this approach in Little Women, which was one of the first novels to be se...