soldiers

Eleven-year-old Ellie refuses to give up hope that her brother, Jimmy, will return from the war.

An illustrated retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen story in which a soldier, helped along by a magic tinderbox, finds a fortune and pursues a princess imprisoned in a castle.

During the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, a mother and son shelter a young Confederate deserter. Includes a historical note on the incident.

Follows the campaigns of Major George Rogers Clark whose small army of Virginians captured several frontier forts for the colonists during the Revolution.

Illustrated text, letters, and diary excerpts follow the fictional Abbotts in Ohio, whose son fights for the Union, and their relatives in Tennessee, who support the Confederacy, during the Civil War.

Traces the life of the well-known figure from the Old West, Kit Carson, from his childhood in Kentucky and Missouri, through his years as a trapper, explorer and soldier, to his death in Colorado in 1868.

Recounts the life of Revolutionary War hero Nathan Hale, whose decision to become a spy for General George Washington cost him his life.

Presents a biography of the school teacher turned Revolutionary War soldier who served as an American spy and was captured and eventually executed by the British army.

Chronicles the United States' involvement in Europe during World War II and discusses how the soldiers who fought in Europe were affected by the experiences in the war.

Tells the story of four brothers, all coming from a rigorous moral upbringing and a Princeton education, who's family and lives were changed when the United States entered World War I, as two enlisted into the military and the other two became pacifists.