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  • John C. Calhoun and the Roots of War

    Thomas A. Durwood

    Library Binding (Silver Burdett Pr, June 1, 1991)
    A biography of the senator from South Carolina who fought for the South's interests and to keep the institution of slavery.
    T

  • David Farragut and the Great Naval Blockade

    Russell Shorto

    Library Binding (Silver Burdett Pr, March 1, 1991)
    A biography of the American naval officer for whom Congress created the rank of full admiral
    U

  • Andrew Johnson: Rebuilding the Union

    Cathy East Dubowski

    Library Binding (Silver Burdett Pr, April 1, 1991)
    Surveys the life of the only president ever impeached
    R

  • Ulysses S. Grant and the Strategy of Victory

    Laura N. Rickarby

    Paperback (Silver Burdett Pr, April 1, 1991)
    A biography of war hero and President Ulysses S. Grant
    Q

  • Abraham Lincoln: To Preserve the Union

    Russell Shorto

    Paperback (Silver Burdett Pr, April 1, 1991)
    A biography of the President who led the country through the stormy years of the Civil War

  • John C. Calhoun and the Roots of War

    Thomas A. Durwood

    Paperback (Silver Burdett Pr, April 1, 1991)
    A biography of the senator from South Carolina who fought for the South's interests and to keep the institution of slavery.

  • John Ericsson and the Inventions of War

    Ann Brophy

    Library Binding (Silver Burdett Pr, June 1, 1991)
    Traces the life of the engineer who introduced the screw propeller and designed the Civil War ship, Monitor
    V

  • Andrew Johnson: Rebuilding the Union

    Thomas A. Durwood

    Paperback (Silver Burdett Pr, April 1, 1991)
    Surveys the life of the only president ever impeached

  • African American in the Civil War

    Victor Brooks

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Dec. 1, 1999)
    Relates the experiences of Black soldiers who fought in the Union Army as well as of those who fought with the Confederate forces during the Civil War.
    W

  • Reconstruction: Outcomes of the Civil War

    Susan S. Wittman

    Paperback (Capstone Press, July 1, 2014)
    When the American Civil War ended in 1865, the country faced the huge challenge of rebuilding and healing after four years of bitter war. Cities of the war torn South had to be rebuilt, and the rights of former slaves needed to be protected. Find out about the successes and failures of the trying Reconstruction period of American history.
    U

  • The Biggest Battles of the Civil War

    Molly Kolpin

    Paperback (Capstone Press, July 1, 2014)
    In the Civil War, battles raged in more than 20 states. The war between North and South remains the bloodiest in U.S. history. The casualties of the Battle of Gettysburg numbered more than 50,000 alone, and the day the Battle of Antietam was fought September 17, 1862 is recorded as the deadliest single day in U.S. military history. Find out what happened in the wars largest battles to cause the devastation that still scars the nation today.
    W

  • Fannie Lou Hamer: From Sharecropping to Politics

    David Rubel

    Paperback (Silver Burdett Pr, Sept. 1, 1990)
    Follows the life of one of the first Black organizers of voter registration in Mississippi
    Y