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Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Description
In this book, prize winning author James M. McPherson tells the story of the battle of Antietam - the turning point of the whole Civil War, and the bloodiest day in American history. In a concise narrative, McPherson takes readers through the events leading up to Antietam, and through the savage fighting of the battle itself. The final chapters will discuss the aftermath of the battle and why it truly was a pivotal moment in American history.
Author
Series
Starbuck chronicles volume 4
Pub. Date
2001
Description
From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, comes the fourth installment in The Starbuck Chronicles, an exciting novel which vividly captures the horror of the battle field. It is late summer 1862 and the Confederacy is invading the United States of America.
Nate Starbuck, a northern preacher's son fighting for the rebel South, is given command of a punishment battalion - a despised unit of shirkers and cowards. His enemies expect...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Description
Antietam is the third in a series of novels spanning the Civil War and describing its effects on one southern family, the Brannons. Mac, a Brannon son and a gifted horseman, joins Jeb Stuart's cavalry and soon finds himself on one of the great adventures of the war.
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 5
Description
In September 1862, two great armies faced each other across Antietam Creek. The outnumbered Confederate forces were led by General Robert E. Lee. The Union army was led by General George B. McClellan. Jim Murphy uses archival photographs, maps, and firsthand accounts to recreate one of America's most important battles.
10) Antietam
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 10
Description
An album of personal recollections of one of the Civil War's major battles, revealed through the letters, diaries, photographs, sketches, and artifacts of soldiers and civilians who experienced the Antietam campaign.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When two brothers visit a museum in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, with their grandmother, they find themselves in a very realistic Civil War setting where they see the Antietam battlefield and meet historical figures from the aftermath of that momentous battle. Includes author's note on the Battle of Antietam.
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Description
A Civil War spy is pulled out of retirement to find a killer It's 1862, and for Harrison Raines, the Civil War is finished. Since the First Battle of Bull Run, he has served the Union Army as a spy, crisscrossing the war-torn country and witnessing more death, misery, and carnage than any man should. Although a Virginian, he loathes slavery, and is proud to have served Abraham Lincoln. But Raines has had enough killing, and wishes only to retire to...
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Description
On a ridge overlooking Burnside Bridge - the focus of the Battle of Antietam - souvenir hunters find the unmarked grave of an unknown Union Officer. Don Spaniel, an archeologist in the National Park Service, is called in to examine the remains. He soon discovers that the officer was murdered and that his identification disk could not possibly belong to him, since its rightful owner is buried elsewhere. Spaniel's obsessive investigation leads not only...
17) The Civil War
Pub. Date
[2007]
Formats
Description
Utilizing rare diary entries, photographs, and modern-day re-enactments, explores every aspect of the Civil War.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain left behind a quiet life and a career as a college professor to fight for the Union. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was a man of great religious faith who served in the defense of the Confederacy. And Gen. Robert E. Lee, who led the Confederate army, was a man who was forced to choose between his loyalty to the United States and his love of the Southern states where he was born and raised. As Chamberlain, Jackson,...
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