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Days of Jubilee Days of Jubilee Patricia McKissack Uses slave narratives, letters, diaries, military orders, and other documents to chronicle the various stages leading to the emancipation of slaves in the United States. OL14860532W
The Civil War, 1861-1863 The Civil War, 1861-1863 Rebecca Stefoff Presents information on some of the causes of the Civil War, the battles fought between 1861 and 1863, and the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. OL15036138W
The Civil War and Reconstruction The Civil War and Reconstruction Stuart A. Kallen Scans Black history from the earliest struggles for allowing free states to enter the union to Reconstruction and white resistance, profiles such figures as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Bo… OL15042226W
The Civil War The Civil War Dennis Gaffney This volume in the Seven-Day Scholar series brings to life significant moments in our nation's heroic tragedy, the Civil War, and coincides with its 150th anniversary. The book is organized into fift… OL15415236W
His steadfast love His steadfast love Golden Keyes Parsons It's the spring of 1861 on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Amanda never thought she would marry because of a promise she made to her dying mother, but her attraction to Captain Kent Littlefield is undeniabl… OL16318077W
The Senate's Civil War The Senate's Civil War Nancy Erickson "The United States Senate played a crucial role during the Civil War. Although the history of the war is often told from the perspective of President Abraham Lincoln and his military commanders, the … OL16530072W
American Ulysses American Ulysses Ronald C. White In his time, Ulysses S. Grant was routinely grouped with George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in the "Trinity of Great American Leaders." But the battlefield commander–turned–commander-in-chief fell… OL17606965W
Savannah, or, A gift for Mr. Lincoln Savannah, or, A gift for Mr. Lincoln John Jakes As Sherman's army marches across Georgia in 1864, the Lester ladies of Savannah struggle to save their family's rice plantation. OL17729477W
Pride of the South Pride of the South Philip Katcher Introduction -- Confederate Leaders in the east -- Biographies: east: Edward porter Alexander -- Richard Heron Anderson -- Lewis Addison Armistead -- Jubal Anderson Early -- Nathan George Evans -- Ri… OL17730279W
The night riders of Harpers Ferry The night riders of Harpers Ferry Kathleen Ernst During the Civil War, a seventeen-year-old Union soldier must adjust to army life, with the additional complications peculiar to the region where the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers come together at Ha… OL17822083W
The boy in his winter The boy in his winter Norman Lock "Huck Finn and Jim float on their raft across a continuum of shifting seasons, feasting on a limitless supply of fish and stolen provisions, propelled by the currents of the mighty Mississippi from o… OL17893667W
The Greenhaven encyclopedia of the Civil War The Greenhaven encyclopedia of the Civil War Patricia D. Netzley An alphabetical presentation of definitions and descriptions of terms, people, and events of the Civil War. OL18021074W
Wreaths of glory Wreaths of glory Johnny D. Boggs Alistair Durant was a young Confederate soldier, captured by the Yankees, and released when he took an oath never again to bear arms against the Union. He had a long walk back to his home in Clay Cou… OL18085684W
On campaign with the Army of the Potomac On campaign with the Army of the Potomac Theodore Ayrault Dodge "Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1842-1909) was one of the nineteenth century's great military historians and author of biographies of Hannibal, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Gustavus Adolphus, and Nap… OL1827994W
The illustrated Gettysburg reader The illustrated Gettysburg reader Rod Gragg Examines the Battle of Gettysburg through letters, journals, articles, and speeches from the people who lived through those days. OL19665536W
Lincoln Lincoln Lewis E. Lehrman "Abraham Lincoln seldom got the chance to go to school. He went to school "by littles," he said, and received fewer than 12 months of schooling." "In the untrammeled interior of the mind's eye, youn… OL19669963W
Tomorrow The Glory Tomorrow The Glory Heather Graham THE WOMAN She is Kendall Moore--a spirited southern belle as proud as she is beautiful, driven by a cruel marriage-bed betrayal to risk her life in a dangerous gamble for freedom... THE MAN … OL1979153W
Trading with the enemy Trading with the enemy Philip Leigh In Trading with the Enemy: The Covert Economy During the American Civil War, New York Times Disunion contributor Philip Leigh recounts the little-known story of clandestine commerce between the North… OL19988607W
Battle lines Battle lines Ari Kelman "A graphic history of the Civil War, told through everyday objects"-- OL20000737W
Apostle of Union Apostle of Union Matthew Mason Known today as "the other speaker at Gettysburg," Edward Everett had a distinguished and illustrative career at every level of American politics from the 1820s through the Civil War. In this new biog… OL20040761W
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