Bibliograph

Civil War, written by John Stanchak

Type

Label

Civil War, written by John Stanchak

Language

eng

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Civil War

Oclc number

43487214

Responsibility statement

written by John Stanchak

Series statement

DK eyewitness books

Summary

Examines many aspects of the Civil War, including the issue of slavery, secession, the raising of armies, individual battles, the commanders, Northern life, Confederate culture, the surrender of the South, and the aftermath

Table Of Contents

Long argument -- Slave life -- Election of 1860 -- Underground Railroad -- Secession -- Raising armies -- Everyone's war -- Women at war -- Young and the old -- Outfitting armies -- Bull Run -- Sick and wounded -- Great commanders -- Arming soldiers -- Black volunteers -- Horsemen -- Army camp life -- Field artillery -- Gettysburg -- Siege of Vicksburg -- Northern life -- Confederate culture -- War on the water -- Secret war -- March to the Sea -- Confederacy surrenders -- Fates of two leaders -- Life of freedom -- New era begins -- Index

Target audience

juvenile

Classification