civil war

Chandra Kabelo, a teenaged African girl, must save her younger siblings after they are kidnapped and forced to serve as child soldiers in General Mandiki's rebel army.

Genna Colon finds comfort in her dreams for the future in spite of the drug dealers in her building, as she makes wishes every day for a different life. One day her wish is granted and she travels back in time to Civil War-era Brooklyn.

A multimedia resource focusing on Abraham Lincoln. From his formative years, to his transormative effect on American democracy, the essential elements of Lincoln's achievement are brought to life with primary sources and expert commentary from the best scholars in the field.

In the early days of the Civil War, Elizabeth, a Southern belle, meets the man of her dreams--except he is an officer in the Union army.

Recounts the experiences of civilians whose lives were disrupted by the African military's involvement in wars from colonial times through the Rwandan genocide, describing the hardships and challenges civilians faced during war times.

Provides an overview of the American Civil War, including its causes and consequences.

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.

Quaker brother and sister, Ann and Jesse Redfield, share a hatred of slavery. Jesse soon gets involved in the Underground Railroad and Ann asks no questions as she joins him in this work. When Jesse returns from a run, both he and the fugitive slave, Josiah, are ill with fever. Unable to travel, Josiah stays the winter at Redfield Farm where Ann becomes his nurse, teacher, friend, and confidant. Soon a disappointment in Ann's own life makes her turn to Josiah for comfort and their friendship soon blossoms into something more.

Provides a comprehensive home-front history of daily life behind the front lines during the American Civil War and uses the lives of individuals structured around the histories of events and instutitions in the North and South. This book is organized around five broad themes: the northern home front, the southern home front, children, African Americans, and the war's aftermath.