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Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861 Confederate States of America History, Military Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Military art and science History Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Social structure United States United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Causes United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Juvenile literatureSummary: The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6 - 7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. A Union army under Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant had moved via the Tennessee River deep into Tennessee and was encamped principally at Pittsburg Landing on the west bank of the river. Confederate forces under...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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McPherson, James M.
Summary: Recounts the naval campaigns of the Civil War, discussing the daring and innovation of the Confederate navy in sinking Union ships, and the Union navy's blockade of the Confederate coast and victories in some of the war's most strategic battles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of North Carolina Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 MCPSutherland, Jonathan
Summary: The North and South sections of the United States developed along very different lines. The South s economy remained predominantly agricultural, while the North s evolved as a powerhouse of industry. Over time, different social cultures, attitudes, economics, and politics developed, resulting in simmering tensions. However, the final catalyst for conflict, ultimately leading to war, was over...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mason Crest 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 973.7 SUTGoodheart, Adam.
Summary: As the United States marks the 150th anniversary of our defining national drama, historian Adam Goodheart presents an original account of how the Civil War began. 1861 is an epic of courage and heroism beyond the battlefields. Early in that fateful year, a second american revolution unfolded, inspiring a new generation to reject their parents' faith in compromise and appeasement, to do the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.711 GOODougherty, Kevin.
Summary: An illustrated guide to 20 battles of the American Civil War, giving quick facts, narrative description, and detailed maps of each battle.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Metro Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.73 DOUSummary: When Spain's army mutinied against the Second Republic in 1936, it marked the beginning of a bitter civil war that lasted three years and cost one million Spanish lives. In this program, respected authorities elaborate on the writings and personalities of those who captured this devastating period in poetry and prose. Dramatic readings include excerpts from Rafael Alberti's "Romancero General...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This episode of Reconstruction shows how the whole Southern world was turned upside down. And yet, despite these challenges and terrible racial violence in this period, so much was accomplished. Reconstruction brought public schools to the South for the first time. Black Southerners were elected to local and national offices. And the nation committed itself to equality under the law for all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Summary: This episode of Reconstruction shows how, in just a few years, a series of stunning events - the Emancipation Proclamation, the Fourteenth Amendment granting ex-slaves citizenship in 1868, the enfranchisement of blacks the following year - reversed centuries-old patterns of race relations in America. People who for generations had been the property of others were now free to run their own lives.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Savage, Douglas.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Pub. 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.7082 SAVSavage, Douglas.
Summary: Explores what it was like to be on both sides of the fighting during the conflict, including day-to-day life in the army.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.742 SAVBrooks, Victor.
Summary: Describes some of the new weapons and devices which both Confederates and Yankees produced during the Civil War making it the first truly "modern" war in history.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.74 BRODollarhide, William.
Summary: Most genealogical records during the decade of the Civil War are related to the soldiers and regiments of the Union and Confederate military. However, there are numerous records relating to the entire population as well. Dollarhide identifies the places to look, and documents to be found, for ancestors during the decade 1861-1869, as well as post-war veterans.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Family Roots Pub. Co. 2009
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.1 DOLCooper, William J. (William James)
Summary: Presents a revisionist account of the period between Lincoln's election and the firing on Fort Sumter, evaluating the contributions of key figures and the circumstances that contributed to the Civil War's inevitability.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.711 COO(MICHIGAN CIVIL WAR CENTENNIAL.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1965
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 973.715 NEGCivil Wars (Musical group)
Contents: The one that got away -- I had me a girl -- Same old same old -- Dust to dust -- Eavesdrop -- Devil's backbone -- From this valley -- Tell mama -- Oh Henry -- Disarm -- Sacred heart -- D'arline.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sensibility Recordings 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK CIVOhlin, Nancy
Summary: Provides information about the Civil War, from how the war started to what life was like in the North and South.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: little bee books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.7 OHLShowalter, Elaine
Summary: "Julia Howe (1819 -1910) was a beautiful, studious New York heiress and aspiring poet when she married Bostonian Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, a hero of the Greek war of independence against the Turks and an internationally acclaimed pioneer in the education of the blind. Their marriage united two exceptional people. Together the Howes knew many of the key figures of their era, from Charles Dickens...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HOWE, JULIA WARD SHOGale, Ryan
Summary: "Sparked by the secession of the Southern states and the creation of the Confederacy, the Civil War raged between 1861 and 1865. But many popular stories about the Civil War have gotten some facts wrong and left out others altogether. Fact and Fiction of the Civil War dives into the myths about the war fought over slavery and brings the truth to light. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J973.7 GALSummary: An epic documentary bringing life to America's most destructive - and defining - conflict. Here is the saga of celebrated generals and the ordinary soldiers. A heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one again.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2004
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Doc CGraves, Kerry A.
Summary: Discusses the school life of Northern children at the time of the Civil War, including lessons, books, teachers, examinations, and special days. Includes activities and sidebars.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Earth Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 370.973 GRAGallagher, Gary W.
Summary: Details the effect of the war on all Americans. You'll learn how armies were recruited, equipped, and trained. You'll learn about the hard lot of prisoners. You'll hear how soldiers on both sides dealt with the rigors of camp life, campaigns, and the terror of combat. You'll understand how slaves and their falling masters responded to the advancing war. And you will see the desperate price paid...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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4 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.7 GAL PART 1Call number: CD 973.7 GAL PART 2
Call number: CD 973.7 GAL PART 3
Call number: CD 973.7 GAL PART 4
Summary: The History Channel's acclaimed series, Civil War Journal, takes viewers beyond the battles and into the personal stories of the War Between the States. Drawing on diaries, photographs and dramatic re-enactments, the intimate side of the epic conflict is exposed. This program chronicles the mass destruction as industrial-age weapons first appear on Civil War battlefields.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Ken Burns's Emmy Award-winning documentary brings to life America's most destructive and defining conflict. The Civil War is the saga of celebrated generals and ordinary soldiers, a heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2011
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CIVOtfinoski, Steven
Summary: "This book details major events of the U.S. Civil War, as well as the war's cultural impact"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2017