civil war, 1861-1865

Seventeen-year-old Josephine Best, having been to college and opened her own hairdressing shop, is not looking for love, but her head is turned by the attentions of two soldiers who have returned home to Michigan from the Civil War.

Text and illustrations chronicle the life of Sojourner Truth, who was a nineteenth-century abolitionist, suffragist, and preacher; also includes a glossary, a Truth chronology, a Civil War time line, and a bibliography.

A long narrative poem covering the Civil War, and individual figures of both North and South, soldiers and civilians.

Uses analysis from historians and National Park Service rangers and quotations from eyewitnesses and reenactors to give a detailed account of four of the Civil War's most pivotal and bloody battles: Gettysburg, Antietam, Shiloh, and Cold Harbor.

Explores the events of the American Civil War from the perspective of children who lived at the time.

Spunky Leigh Ann Conners, eleven years old when the Civil War erupts, faces the biggest challenge of her life when she is arrested and charged as a traitor after placing a French flag on top of the family mill in Roswell, Georgia, in hopes of convincing the invading Yankees to spare the business.

Describes the life of Sarah Emma Edmonds, who disguised herself as a man, took the name Frank Thompson, joined a Michigan army regiment to fight in the Civil War, served as a nurse on the battlefield, and became a spy.

Briefly presents, in graphic novel format, the story of the African American soldiers in the 54th Massachusetts Regiment.

Examines what the Emancipation Proclamation really meant with regards to slaves and slavery.