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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Girl in Blue Girl in Blue Ann Rinaldi To escape an abusive father and an arranged marriage, fourteen-year-old Sarah, dressed as a boy, leaves her Michigan home to enlist in the Union Army, and becomes a soldier on the battlefields of Vir… OL112458W
Second sight Second sight Gary L. Blackwood In Washington, D.C., during the last days of the Civil War, a teenage boy who performs in a mind reading act befriends a clairvoyant girl whose frightening visions foreshadow an assassination plot. OL121028W
House of spies House of spies Margaret Whitman Blair Swept back to 1861 through the medium of Civil War photographs, Rob and Sarah find themselves in Washington, D.C., just after the Battle of Manassas and are arrested as enemy spies. OL15276463W
Wild Rose Wild Rose Ann Blackman For sheer bravado and style, no woman in the North or South rivaled the Civil War heroine Rose O'Neale Greenhow. Fearless spy for the Confederacy, glittering Washington hostess, legendary beauty and … OL1918389W
Reveille in Washington, 1860-1865 Reveille in Washington, 1860-1865 Margaret Leech A surprisingly good book! If you are interested in what life was like in Washington during the time of the civil war, and if you can take what is said in the book as being accurate, then quite an int… OL4187241W
Six Days In April Six Days In April Frank B. Marcotte "This is a historical account including first-person views, of the roles played by five men during six crucial days in 1861 who vied to control the communication links to Washington. These events enc… OL5814853W
After the rain After the rain Mary Pope Osborne In her diary, a ten-year-old girl writes about her family's experiences living in Washington, D.C., in 1864-65, during which time the Civil War comes to an end and President Lincoln is assassinated. … OL81820W