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After her father is called away from their plantation near Charleston, S.C., during the Civil War, twelve-year-old Susanna must lead her brothers on a difficult journey in hopes of being reunited with him.

Frank Russell, known as Shanks, wishes he could have gone with his father and brother to fight for Mississippi and the Confederacy, but his experiences with the war and his changing relationship with the family slave, Buck, change his thinking.

Presents a photographic history of Civil War medicine, describing various medical facilities and surgeons in the North and the South, field hospitals, wounds and diseases, and the role of women in Civil War medicine.

A comprehensive biography of Massachusetts politician and statesman, David Herbert Donald, who was the leader of his state's anti-slavery movement and the Radical Republicans in the Senate.

A reinterpretation of the origins of the Civil War, focusing on the debate over disunion which escalated in the 1840s and 1850s to the point at which war seemed the only way to resolve the question of whether the United States could survive intact.

Provides an account of Abraham Lincoln's leadership during the winter of 1860 and 1861, exploring Lincoln's plan to limit the spread of slavery and preserve the union.

Presents a history of the Civil War through the eyes of American poet, Walt Whitman, and his family, through many letters that Whitman, his brothers, and mother wrote to each other during the war years.

Collects quotations from the presidents, leaders, generals, soldiers, and other people during the American Civil War.

Offers an abridged version of Ulysses S. Grant's two-volume "Personal Memoirs", which chronicles his experiences during the Civil War.

Presents over 100 facts about major places, battles, events, and generals of the Civil War.