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Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 4
Description
As he did in his highly acclaimed George Washington, Spymaster, author Thomas B. Allen digs back through historical records to present a famous historical figure in a new light. Readers discover that Harriet Tubman--well-known to them as an ex-slave who led hundreds of her people to freedom along the Underground Railroad--was also a spy for the Union Army. More specifically she worked behind Confederate lines in South Carolina getting information...
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Overview: The pioneering team that brought you the Caldecott Honor-winning THE DINOSAURS OF WATERHOUSE HAWKINS focuses their remarkable skills and vision on Walt Whitman--poet, American, Civil War hero. Did you know that poet Walt Whitman was also a Civil War nurse? Devastated by his country dividing and compelled to service by his brother's war injury, Walt nursed all soldiers-Union & Confederate, black & white. By getting to know them through...
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Sarah Emma Edmonds enlisted because she believed in the Union cause; Melverina Peppercorn joined to stay near her twin brother. Although women were not allowed to enlist as soldiers in the Civil War, many disguised themselves as men and fought anyway.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A biography of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, discussing his early life; his careers as soldier, planter, and politician; his role in the Civil War; and his experiences after the conflict. Includes a glossary and chronology.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
©2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Examines the realities of life in the cavalry during the Civil War, discussing recruiting and training, the duties of the cavalry trooper, the cavalry in and out of combat, and other topics. Includes notes and references for further study.
19) Weapons of war
Author
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.4 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Discusses the weapons used in the Civil War, technological innovations that were made, and the problems and increased casualties that resulted.
20) The Civil War
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.1 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Discusses the weapons of American Civil War soldiers and different means of warfare used during that conflict.
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