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America: The Story of Us American Civil War trilogy Centennial history of the Civil War ; v. 2 Centennial history of the Civil War ; v. 3 Going to school in history History's famous feuds Ordinary people change the world Oxford history of the United States ; v. 6 Slavery in American history Smithsonian history of warfareWilliams, David
Summary: "A People's History of the Civil War is "bottom up" history, illustrated with little-known anecdotes and first-person testimony. David Williams brings to life the brutal, mundane experiences of the war - such as the mutilated bodies which, in the words of one soldier, lay "thick as autumn leaves" over the fields after every major battle - and the harsh realities of battlefield medicine and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 WILLowe, Lindsey
Summary: "Ulysses S. Grant was the general of the Union army who led the North to victory in the Civil War. But at one time, he wasn't thought to be fit to serve in the military at all! Robert E. Lee has a similarly confounding story: he was asked to command the Union army! This book offers a look at the two looming personalities that fought each other for the future of a nation. Biographical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.7 LOWEdwards, Judith.
Summary: Slaves rebelled and sometimes ran away from their plantations. Abolitionists battled to win victories in Congress to help free the slaves but the actions of both slaves and abolitionists helped lead to Civil War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 326.8 EDWReid, Brian Holden.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.73 REIGraves, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Earth Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 370.973 GRAMeltzer, Brad.
Summary: Follows Lincoln from his childhood to the presidency, including the Civil War and his legendary Gettysburg Address.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LinCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio I Am LincolnCatton, Bruce
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1963
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 CATMcPherson, James M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wars McPhersonSummary: America became a nation just as a revolution in commerce and industry swept the Western world. This program explores the economic growth of the United States in the context of rising friction between the North and South-over the moral issue of slavery, but also over the differences between industrial power and an agricultural economy focused on cotton. With the election of Abraham Lincoln,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: The War Between the States rages. In 1863, the Confederate Army seems poised for victory. Following the bloody battle of Antietam, President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation. Former slaves join the Union army in droves. With superior transportation (railroads), communication (telegraph lines), and battlefield technology, the Union prevails and America is on track to become a global...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Catton, Bruce
Summary: The third and final volume of a narrative history of the Civil War traces the war from Fredericksburg through many campaigns to the end of the war and Lincoln's death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Phoenix Press 2001