The Civil War
By: edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr
Series: History & Geography; History & Geography
Publisher: Pearson Learning
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Parsippany, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 71
ISBN-13: 9780769051062
Subjects: Juvenile literature; History
Description: Discusses the events of the conflict between northern and southern states in the mid-nineteenth century, a war in which more than one million men died or were wounded.
Table of contents: title: Slavery; title: Life of the slave; title: Missouri compromise; title: Growth of antislavery feeling; title: Growing apart; title: House divided; title: Young Mr. Lincoln; title: Crisis deepens; title: War begins; title: Advantages and disadvantages; title: Brother's war; title: Developing a strategy; title: War in the East; title: Emancipation Proclamation; title: Generals; title: Johnny Reb and Billy Yank; title: Women and the war effort; title: Tide turns; title: Confederate problems mount; title: War draws to a close; title: Death of President Lincoln; title: South in ruins; title: Struggle over reconstruction; title: Congressional reconstruction; title: South under reconstruction.