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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Witness in Heaven (The Appomattox Saga #10) Witness in Heaven (The Appomattox Saga #10) Gilbert Morris It's such a peaceful February in the Rockies, no one realizes that hundreds are still dying as the Civil War rages on. Nothing could convince Charlene Peace, half Crow Indian, to leave her mountain h… OL14854858W
Signals in the Sky (Time Spies #5) Signals in the Sky (Time Spies #5) Candice F. Ransom Whisked back to 1863 Virginia with the aid of a magical spyglass, the three Chapman children meet real-life Civil War spy, John Doyle. OL15049017W
Petersburg Petersburg Bruce L. Brager Describes the details and significance of the Virginia Civil War battle called the Siege of Petersburg. OL1927012W
Battle Flag Battle Flag Bernard Cornwell Distinguished at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, Confederate Captain Nate Starbuck's career is jeopardized once again by the suspicion and hostility of his brigade commander, General Washington Faulcon… OL23258W
Rebel Rebel Bernard Cornwell Story of the First Bull Run/Manassas battle and how Nate Starbuck, a renegade from Boston, came to play a crucial part in it. OL23288W
The last citadel The last citadel Noah Andre Trudeau The Last Citadel is the only full-length treatment of the most extensive military operation of the Civil War -- the siege of Petersburg, Virginia, which by its bloody end had added more than 70,000 c… OL2662134W
Surviving the Confederacy Surviving the Confederacy John C. Waugh "War is hell - and not only on the battlefield, as John Waugh demonstrates in this portrait of one of the South's most-well known and admired couples, Roger and Sara Pryor, their friends, and their s… OL2682652W
In the presence of mine enemies In the presence of mine enemies Edward L. Ayers Edward Ayers gives us the American Civil War on an intimate scale, conveying - through those who sacrificed, fought and died - the coming of war to the borderlands of Pennsylvania and Virginia. OL2711540W
Looking for Pa Looking for Pa Geraldine Lee Susi When Ma dies, a brother and sister leave the family's northern Virginia farm to search for their father who has joined the Confederate forces at Manassas battlefield. OL3746562W
The Civil War notebook of Daniel Chisholm The Civil War notebook of Daniel Chisholm Daniel Chisholm When 19-year-old Daniel Chisholm joined the army, the United States was at war with itself. Leaving his Uniontown, Pennsylvania home in February 1864, Chisholm fought with the Army of the Potomac in … OL4649326W
Duel of the ironclads Duel of the ironclads Patrick O'Brien A description of the construction, battles, and historical impact of the Civil War battleships, the Monitor and the Virginia, known to Union forces as the Monitor and the Merrimack, which focuses on … OL493407W
Off to fight Off to fight Alan N. Kay Just when twelve-year-old George Adams has begun to settle into life in Richmond, Virginia, the state secedes from the Union, and George joins the boys he has become friends with when they enlist to … OL5844552W
Defend this old town Defend this old town Carol Kettenburg Dubbs "With its title echoing the cry raised in Williamsburg as the Federal army approached in May 1862, Carol Dubbs's narrative sweeps us into the lives of the residents of this small historic city from t… OL5951726W
Repairing the "March of Mars" Repairing the "March of Mars" John Samuel Apperson "There are many collections of letters and Civil War memoirs available today, but very few offer in-depth information about the medical treatment of wounded soldiers. In Repairing the "March of Mars"… OL6208818W
Campbell Brown's Civil War Campbell Brown's Civil War Campbell Brown "The Civil War writings of G. Campbell Brown - cousin, stepson, and staff officer of famed Confederate General Richard S. Ewell - have been long recognized by scholars as a trove of insight into the … OL6211415W
Nathan's secret Nathan's secret N. Geraldine Plunkett Following his religious principles as a Brethren, Nathan's father goes into hiding in order not to fight with the Confederate Army but he risks being found when he saves the life of a Union soldier. OL7797712W