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  • Harriet Tubman: Slavery and the Underground Railroad

    Megan McClard

    Library Binding (Silver Burdett Pr, April 1, 1991)
    A biography of the courageous woman who rose from slave beginnings to become a heroic figure in the Underground Railroad.
    R

  • Great Women of the Civil War

    Molly Kolpin

    Paperback (Capstone Press, July 1, 2014)
    Imagine dodging bullets as you rush to help a wounded soldier on a battlefield. Or hiding secret messages in your skirt and sneaking across enemy lines. Women did these things and more during the American Civil War. Some worked as nurses or spies, while others were abolitionists, authors or preachers. But whatever their job, these women fought for what they believed in. Learn about the efforts of these brave women, and open your eyes to the impact women made in the Civil War.
    W

  • Clara Barton: Healing the Wounds

    Cathy East Dubowski

    Library Binding (Silver Burdett Pr, April 1, 1991)
    A biography of the nurse who served on the battlefields of the Civil War and later founded the American Red Cross
    Z

  • Stonewall Jackson: Lee's Greatest Lieutenant

    Barbara J. Bennett

    Library Binding (Silver Burdett Pr, April 1, 1991)
    A biography of the Confederate general who gained his nickname Stonewall at Bull Run
    P

  • David Farragut and the Great Naval Blockade

    Russell Shorto

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

  • Clara Barton: Healing the Wounds

    Cathy East Dubowski

    Paperback (Silver Burdett Pr, April 1, 1991)
    A biography of the nurse who served on the battlefields of the Civil War and later founded the American Red Cross.

  • Ulysses S. Grant and the Strategy of Victory

    Laura N. Rickarby

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

  • Robert E. Lee and the Rise of the South

    Cathy East Dubowski

    Library Binding (Silver Burdett Pr, April 1, 1991)
    Recounts the life of the general who commanded the Southern Army during the Civil War
    V

  • Abraham Lincoln: To Preserve the Union

    Russell Shorto

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

  • The Civil War in the West

    Douglas J. Savage

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, April 1, 2000)
    Describes how the battles for control of the rivers in the central and western part of the United States, particularly the Mississippi, altered the course of the Civil War, and discusses the struggles for Missouri, Arkansas, and the far west.
    V

  • John Ericsson and the Inventions of War

    Ann Brophy

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

  • Harriet Tubman: Slavery and the Underground Railroad

    Megan McClard

    Paperback (Silver Burdett Pr, April 1, 1991)
    A biography of the courageous woman who rose from slave beginnings to become a heroic figure in the Underground Railroad
    R