Title:
Civil War / written by John Stanchak.
ISBN:
9780756672676
9780756672683
Personal Author:
Edition:
Second American edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Dorling Kindersley, [2011]
©2011
Physical Description:
72 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in).
General Note:
At head of title: Eyewitness.
CD-ROM contains clip art.
Some issues are not accompanied by compact disc.
Includes index.
Contents:
The long argument -- Slave life -- The election of 1860 -- The Underground Railroad -- Secession -- Raising armies -- Everyone's war -- Women at war -- The young and the old -- Outfitting armies -- Bull Run -- The sick and wounded -- Great commanders -- Arming soldiers -- Black volunteers -- The horsemen -- Army camp life -- Field artillery -- Gettysburg -- The siege of Vicksburg -- Northern life -- Confederate culture -- War on the water -- The secret war -- The march to the Sea -- The Confederacy surrenders -- The fates of two leaders -- A life of freedom -- A new era begins -- Did you know? -- Timeline.
Summary:
Examines many aspects of the United States Civil War, including the issue of slavery, secession, the raising of armies, individual battles, the commanders, Northern life, Confederate culture, the surrender of the South, and the aftermath.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.7 2.0 87204.
Audience:
IG1030L Lexile
Series Title:
Series Sequence:
OCLC Number:
ocn707477873
Availability:
Hastings - Pleasant Hill~1
