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The last silk dress

During the Civil War, Susan finds a way to help the Confederate Army and uncovers a series of mysterious family secrets.

Little women

Chronicles the joys and troubles of the four March sisters-- Meg, Jo, Amy, and Beth-- as they grow into young ladies and marry in nineteenth-century New England.

Looking at Lincoln

A young girl is curious about Abraham Lincoln and sets out to find out more about the life of the nation's sixteenth president.

You wouldn't want to be a Civil War soldier!

a war you'd rather not fight
Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depict life and events during the four years of the Civil War.

Death on the river

After he survives a prison camp for Confederate soldiers in Andersonville, Georgia, where young Jake Clay befriended Billy Sharp, Jake embarks on his difficult journey home and is haunted by the ghosts of fallen soldiers.

The widow of the south

Presents an historical fiction based upon the true story of Carrie McGavock, who spent the years following the Civil War caring for the graves of over fifteen hundred soldiers from the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee, who were buried on designated ground in her back yard.

Beautiful creatures

In a small South Carolina town, where it seems little has changed since the Civil War, sixteen-year-old Ethan is powerfully drawn to Lena, a new classmate with whom he shares a psychic connection and whose family hides a dark secret that may be revealed on her sixteenth birthday.

The Battle of Antietam

"the bloodiest day of battle"
Presents a brief depiction of the Civil War battle near Antietam Creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland, in September 1862; and describes major Union and Confederate generals as well as details of the fight.

Two miserable presidents

everything your schoolbooks didn't tell you about the Civil War
Describes all the issues and events--large, small, and even personal--that led up to the Civil War, covering the stories of the soldiers and statesmen involved.

Charlotte spies for justice

a Civil War survival story
2020
In 1864 twelve-year-old former slave Charlotte is lucky enough to live on a plantation near Richmond, Virginia, owned by a Miss Van Lew, who hates slavery, and when Charlotte overhears a conversation she realizes that her mistress is gathering information and passing it on to the Union army; Charlotte is eager to help, (especially since her own cousin, Mary, is involved) but her enthusiasm may endanger them all--or help free 400 Union soldiers who are being moved from Richmond further south.
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