1861-1865

"It's 1861, and although Mike Kelly is far younger than the legal age of sixteen, he dreams of fighting with the Union Army. Mike and his best friend, Todd, secretly train to become army drummer boys and join up with the Second Kansas Infantry. Mike's dreams of glory end when he's wounded at the bloody Battle of Wilson's Creek and must begin a dangerous adventure behind enemy lines.

When a confederate general threatens to burn Hagenstown, Maryland, unless it pays an exorbitant ransom twelve-year-old Amelia and her friend find a way to save the town.

Focuses on six individual Latino heroes who impacted this critical period in American history.

After the Civil War, a Southern girl and her siblings travel on a steamboat to be with relatives in St. Louis.

Offers a brief introduction to the life and times of Union War Secretary Edwin Stanton, providing information on his childhood in Ohio, his career as a lawyer, his friendship with Abraham Lincoln, and other related topics.

Henry Fleming, a young Union soldier, struggles with his conflicting emotions about violence, death, and the nature of bravery in this ironic, skeptical account of the Civil War. The Reader's Digest edition contains the complete text of the first American edition, published iy D. Appleton and Company in 1895.