Bibliograph

50 things you should know about the Civil War, by John D. Wright ; consultant, Dr. Susannah J. Ural

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50 things you should know about the Civil War, by John D. Wright ; consultant, Dr. Susannah J. Ural

Language

eng

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mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

50 things you should know about the Civil War

Oclc number

965760451

Responsibility statement

by John D. Wright ; consultant, Dr. Susannah J. Ural

Series statement

50 things you should know about

Table Of Contents

1776-1860 a country divided; a divided Congress; immigration and industrialization; Dred Scott; John Brown; Abraham Lincoln elected; the southern states secede; 1861-1862 the war begins; Grant and Lee; battle of Bull Run; battle of Ball's bluff; the telegraph; hitting back; Harriet Tubman; medical advances; up in the air; railroads; 1863-1864 the Union strikes back; General Stonewall Jackson; General W.T.Sherman; military arms; battle of Gettysburg; The Gettysburg Address; siege of Vicksburg; African-American soldiers; military technology; naval battles; Sherman's march to the sea; march to the music; 1865 the end of the war; General Lee surrenders; the death of Lincoln; President Johnson; Andersonville Prison; women and the war; Arlington National Cemetery; read all about it; photography; 1865-today the losses; aftermath and reconstruction; slavery abolished; black codes; equal rights; a nation still divided; What became of them?; Native Americans; Jim Crow laws; the civil rights movement; flags; a black president; Who's Who? The Civil War; glossary; index

Target audience

juvenile

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Fifty things you should know about the Civil WarCivil War

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