Uses original photographs, archival material, and historically accurate text to explore what life was like during the Civil War, and describes the realities of slavery, the violence of the battlefield, and the strategies behind key military campaigns.
Examines many aspects of the Civil War, including the issue of slavery, secession, the raising of armies, individual battles, the commanders, Northern life, Confederate culture, the surrender of the South, and the aftermath.
Examines the history of African-Americans during the Civil War, discussing significant people and events and including photographs, sidebars, a timeline, a related activity, and a further reading list.
Chronicles the friendship of Pink, a fifteen-year-old African-American Union soldier, and Say, his poor white comrade, as one nurses the other back to health from a battle wound and the two of them are imprisoned at Andersonville.
During his service in the Civil War, a young Union soldier matures to manhood and finds peace of mind as he comes to grips with his conflicting emotions about war.
the true story of the doctor, reformer, and Civil War hero
Harness, Cheryl
Provides an overview of the life of physician Mary Walker, president of the National Dress Reform Association in 1866, championing the belief that women shouldn't have to wear corsets and long skirts.
In Kentucky, during the Civil War, the twelve-year-old slave Gabriel, contends with a cruel new horse trainer and skirmishes with Confederate soldiers as he pursues his dream of becoming a jockey.
A biography of Robert Smalls who, during the Civil War, commandeered the Confederate ship Planter to carry his family and twelve other slaves to freedom, and went on to become a United States Congressman working toward African-American advancement.
