1861-1865, civil war

An account of the Civil War from its causes to its final battles including discussions of dominent figures of the era, strategies of major battles, and brutal sieges which marked this conflict.

A pictorial history of the United States Civil War for young readers. Includes a chronology.

Introduces the alphabet with colorful illustrations that provide an overview of the Civil War, and includes Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg, and more.

The life and influence of Colonel Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.

After being sent to live on her uncle's plantation in Maryland at the start of the Civil War, Constance Morgan finds herself defending a slave child accused of stealing a family heirloom.

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 the Battle of Hampton Roads.

In 1863, eleven-year-old Peg Kelly is drawn into the dangerous activities of a mysterious young woman who takes refuge with the Kelly family in Missouri after fleeing the attack on Lawrence, Kansas, by William Quantrill and his Confederate raiders.

On the eve of the 1860 presidential election, as war clouds gather and the South threatens to secede, eleven-year-old Grace decides to help Abraham Lincoln get elected by writing and advising him to grow a beard.

Examines the role played by cavalry, or horse soldiers, in both the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War.

Presents a child's perspective on the Civil War covering industrialization in the North, agriculture and slavery in the South, and daily life in both areas.