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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Bloody Crimes Bloody Crimes James L. Swanson On the morning of April 2, 1865, Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, received a telegram from General Robert E. Lee. There is no more time. The Yankees are coming, it warned. Shortly befor… OL15383317W
Sinking the Sultana Sinking the Sultana Sally M. Walker,Janet Metzger The worst maritime disaster in American history wasn t the Titanic. It was the steamboat Sultana on the Mississippi River and it could have been prevented. OL19722976W
The Dahlgren Affair The Dahlgren Affair Duane P. Schultz March 5, 1864 was the day the Civil War changed to become what the Richmond Examiner called "a war of extermination, of indiscriminate slaughter and plunder." It changed because of a few sheets of pa… OL513156W
A Confederate chronicle A Confederate chronicle Pamela Chase Hain "Focuses on the struggles of Civil War veteran Thomas L. Wragg, Confederate officer, prisoner of war, and successful doctor. Documents General Joseph E. Johnston's army at Harpers Ferry and the Battl… OL5824985W