gettysburg

"A hunting dog howls. And howls. And howls some more! Even after his death, this dog's lonely howl is heard on the Gettysburg battlefield. Some even say they've seen his ghost. Is it true, or just a tall tale? In this book, you'll get the real story of the ghost dog who is said to 'live' at Gettysburg"--Back cover.

The Chester County Paranormal Research Society reports on their findings investigating reportedly haunted places in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the site of one of the Civil War's deadliest battles.

Stand in the footsteps of soldiers who fought or fled at the battle of Gettysburg.

Examines the Battle of Gettysburg from the viewpoint of the women, German immigrants, and African-Americans who were part of the fight and draws upon memoirs, letters, diaries, and newspaper accounts to tell the story of the pivotal turnpoint of the Civil War.

Gettysburg was the deciding battle of the American Civil War - three hot July days of Union and Confederate soldiers fighting and dying in and around a small Pennsylvania town that determined the fate of the United States. When it was over, after the final climactic fury of Pickett's Charge, the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee would never again have the strength to mount an invasion of the North. Gettysburg marked the beginning of the end for the Southern cause. Many feel that Gettysburg produced something else - something that makes objects unexplainably fall, phantom images to appear, and strange noises to be heard. That something is haunted Gettysburg.

An introduction to the history of Gettysburg and stories of hauntings there.

"Engaging images accompany information about Gettysburg. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"-- Provided by publisher.

Twelve-year-old Allison, having watched her father almost kill a man, a crime for which he spent years in prison, comes to a new understanding of his actions at the age of forty when her daughter dies in a senseless accident during a summer marked by the burnings of the churches of historic Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Examines the characters of the men who served as combat officers for the Union and Confederate forces during the 1863 Gettysburg Campaign of the Civil War, and includes an in-depth account of each man's actions on the field of battle.

Documents the Battle of Gettysburg through the views of women, immigrant soldiers, and African Americans. Features the experiences of Mag Palm, a free black woman who was threatened by the arrival of the Confederate Army; Carl Schurz, a German exile and abolitionist for the Union Army; and Sadie Bushman, a nine-year-old girl who assisted a Union doctor at a field hospital.