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Author
Publisher
Enslow Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
One of the most beloved figures in American History, Robert E. Lee commanded the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War. This "Southern gentleman's" successes against overwhelming odds were a result of his bold strategies.
Author
Publisher
Enslow Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Traces the life of the president of the Confederacy from his childhood through his rise in Southern politics, and to his role as leader of the South during the Civil War"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
112 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
After the secession of eleven southern states, Jefferson Davis gave up his U.S. citizenship to accept the presidency of the Confederate States of America and led the South in the Civil War.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
302 pages : illustrations, genealogical table, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents the life of the Confederate general, describing his childhood, his thirty-five year career in the U.S. Army, his decision to fight for the South during the Civil War, and his command of some of the famous battles of the war.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1995
Physical Desc
184 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A House Divided is an exciting introduction to two of the most fascinating players in the American Civil War. Ulysses S. Grant was gruff and sloppy, the son of a hardworking but uneducated man opposed to slavery. Robert E. Lee, a slave owner himself, was a polite, aristocratic Virginia gentleman who descended from the Revolutionary War hero "Light-Horse Harry." Both men studied at West Point but developed very different tactics-Lee proved to be a...
11) Stonewall
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
c1979
Physical Desc
152, [5] p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the brilliant southern general who gained the nickname Stonewall by his stand at Bull Run during the Civil War.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
159 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides young adult readers with a comprehensive look at the life and accomplishments of this famous Confederate General of the Civil War, enhanced with period photos, illustrations, and source notes.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
37 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
During the Civil War, Union forces blockade the port of Charleston so the Confederate army seeks a way to attack the Yankee ships. George Dixon is part of the group of men given the task of creating and building the 'fish boat,' a submarine. The H.L. Hunley ultimately sets out on its mission to sink Yankee ships, but fails to return, its whereabouts unknown. For more than 100 years, the mystery of the Hunley and the fate of its crew stayed buried....
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
196 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The worst maritime disaster in American history wasn't the Titanic. It was the steamboat Sultana on the Mississippi River and it could have been prevented.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Col
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Abraham Lincoln was elected to lead a country already divided; the Union was divided on just what its goals were, while the Confederacy's one goal was independence. The situation was up to military, political and abolitionist leaders to resolve by either preserving the Union or creating a new country.
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