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The story of the surrender at Appomattox Court House

1987
Describes the final skirmishes west of Richmond which ended the Confederate Army's hopes of victory and depicts the surrender at Appomattox and its aftermath.

First blood

Fort Sumter to Bull Run
1983
Discusses the U.S. Civil War in the Eastern Theater from the engagement at Fort Sumter in April, 1861 through Bull Run in July, 1861.

The American War of Independence

1977
An account of the American War of Independence with particular emphasis on the military conduct of the war.

The road to Appomattox

a sourcebook on the Civil War
1993
Uses a variety of contemporary materials to describe and illustrate the battles fought between January 1864 and April 1865 that led to the end of the Civil War.

The first battles

a sourcebook on the Civil War
1993
Uses a variety of contemporary materials to describe and illustrate the early battles in the Civil War from the firing on Fort Sumter in April 1861 to the conflict at Fredericksburg at the end of 1862.

The long road to Gettysburg

1992
Describes the events of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 as seen through the eyes of two actual participants, nineteen-year-old Confederate lieutenant John Dooley and seventeen-year-old Union soldier Thomas Galway. Also discusses Lincoln's famous speech delivered at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg.

The bloodiest day

the Battle of Antietam
1984
Recounts events of the costly Civil War battle.

A young patriot

the American Revolution as experienced by one boy
1996
Presents the memoirs of Joseph Plumb Martin, a fifteen-year-old boy who enlisted in the revolutionary army in 1776, fighting under Washington, wintering at Valley Forge, and staying in the fight until the end of the war in 1783.

Stonewall

1979
A biography of the brilliant southern general who gained the nickname Stonewall by his stand at Bull Run during the Civil War.

The War of 1812 soldier at New Orleans

1991
Recreates the experiences of one soldier in the War of 1812 as he fights with Andrew Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans.

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