At the Battle of Antietam (You Choose: American Battles)
by Matt Doeden
As cousins take up arms against one another and America's bloodiest war unfolds, young Sam Shaw grows to realize that choosing sides in the conflict is far more complicated than he had thought. Connell details significant battles and profiles key historical figures as she conveys the heart-wrenching turbulence of a family and nation divides.
The Civil War: Bull Run and Other Eastern Battles 1861-May 1863 (Civil War: Essential Histories)
by Robert O'Neill
American Civil War: Facts and Fictions (Historical Facts and Fictions)
by James R. Hedtke
How Did the Dred Scott Decision Lead to the American Civil War? Race, Law and American Society Grade 5 Children's American History
by Baby Professor
That's How It Really Happened During the Civil War (This Is How It Really Happened History)
Ghosts of Gettysburg and Other Hauntings of the East (Haunted America)
by Suzanne Garbe
Fort Sumter (Rosen Real Readers) (Reading Room Collection: Social Studies)
by Ira Wood
A visual history of the Civil War Visually arresting and comprehensive, The American Civil War covers the history, causes and consequences of the conflict, providing first-person accounts by soldiers and civilians, key profiles of military leaders and clear timelines that give an instant overview of the developments during the tumultuous war. Packed with galleries of weaponry and equipment, the treatment of wounded soldiers and information on slavery, this is a rich, detailed account of one...
Let's Celebrate Emancipation Day & Juneteenth (Holidays & Heroes)
by Barbara deRubertis
Split History of the Civil War: A Perspectives Flip Book
by Stephanie Fitzgerald
Hidden Heroes in the Civil War (Who Else in History? (Alternator Books (R)))
by Elliott Smith
From the author of Lincoln: A Photobiography, comes a clear-sighted, carefully researched account of two surprisingly parallel lives and how they intersected at a critical moment in U.S. history. Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass were both self-taught, both great readers and believers in the importance of literacy, both men born poor who by their own efforts reached positions of power and prominence. Lincoln as president of the United States and Douglass as the most famous and influential A...
Turning Point Battles of the Civil War (Understanding The Civil War)
by Reagan Miller
The outcome of the Civil War hinged on several pivotal battles in 1862-63. This volume covers the strategy, tactics, leadership, and outcomes of the key battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, and Chattanooga. The short- and long-term consequences of each battle are explored for each army, and discussed in the greater context of the war.
Life on a Civil War Battlefield (Understanding The Civil War)
by Reagan Miller
More than 3 million men served in the Union and Confederate militaries during the Civil War. This volume traces their recruitment, training, battle tactics, weapons, food and clothing, and medical care during the long struggle. Issues of conscription, desertion, African American regiments, and prisoners of war are covered. Primary source text and period photographs bring the battlefield camps and soldiers' experiences to life for young readers.
The Civil War Begins (Understanding The Civil War)
by Reagan Miller
This volume details the crucial early battles of the Civil War in 1861-62, including the firing on Fort Sumter, the Confederate victory at First Manassas (Bull Run), “Stonewall” Jackson's Shenandoah Valley campaign, the Union victory at Shiloh, and Robert E. Lee's Second Manassas (Bull Run) success. Timelines, annotated diagrams, and colorful maps bring each battle to life.
The Battle of Bull Run (Triangle histories of the Civil War: battles)
by Deborah Kops
Presents the events leading up to the first major battle in the Civil War, at Bull Run in 1861, and describes that clash and its aftermath.