| Description |
96 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
The Civil War tested the new political experiment that began with the American Revolution. In this guide to the battles and leading figures of the war that tore America apart, readers will find a wealth of images, from pictures of artifacts to portraits and battlefield paintings and maps. |
| Contents |
War between the states: Americans choose sides -- Civil War chronology -- Battles map -- 1861; first clashes on the road to war: Fort Sumter -- First Bull Run -- Wilson's Creek -- Port Royal -- 1862; the war in the south intensifies: Fort Henry, Fort Donelson -- Pea Ridge -- Hampton Roads -- Shiloh -- Fall of New Orleans -- Jackson's Valley Campaign -- Fair Oaks -- Seven Day's battles -- Second Bull Run -- Antietam -- Fredericksburg -- 1863; high tide for the confederacy: Stones River -- Vicksburg -- Chancellorsville -- Brandy Station -- Gettysburg -- Port Hudson -- Siege of Charleston -- Chickamauga -- Chattanooga -- 1864; total war in the confederacy: Red River Campaign -- Wilderness -- Spotsylvania -- Cold Harbor -- Siege of Petersburg -- USS Kearsarge sinks CSS Alabama -- Georgia Campaign to Kennesaw Mountain -- Fall of Atlanta, march to the sea -- Mobile Bay -- Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign -- Franklin-Nashville Campaign -- 1865; Grant traps Lee, pursuit to Appomattox: Five Forks and the fall of Richmond -- Appomattox. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader MG 7.1 3 101853 |
| Note |
Accelerated Reader MG 7.1 3 101853 |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns -- Juvenile literature.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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| Added Author |
Murray, Aaron R.
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| ISBN |
078949891X (pbk.) |
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9780789498915 (pbk.) |
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