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The Tin Heart
Karen Ackerman; Macmillan 1990. (Grades 1-3)
Even the Civil War cannot split the friendship of two girls from families of different sides.

Mountain Boy
Anna Catherine Josephs; Roundtree LB 1985. (Grades 1-3)
The true story of a 14 year old boy who led Union soldiers through the South Carolina mountains.

Jefferson Davis
Zachary Kent, Childrens LB 1993. (Grades 3-5)
The story of the American statesman who was president of the Confederacy from 1861 to 1865.

The Story of Sherman's March to the Sea
Zachary Kent; Childrens LB.(Grades 3-6)
The profile of the Union general in the Civil War and his destructive march from Atlanta to the sea.

The Story of the Monitor and the Merrimac
 Conrad R. Stein; Childrens LB 1983. (Grades 3-6)
The story of the two Civil War (iron clad war) ships and their fateful encounter.

The Story of the Surrender at Appomattox Court House
Zachary Kent; Childrens LB 1988 (Grades 3-5)
The end of the Civil War and the momentous meeting between Lee and Grant.

Clara Barton: Healing the Wounds
Cathy E. Duboaski; Silver LB 1991 (Grades 4-7)
The story of the Civil War nurse and teacher who started the American Red Cross.

 Lincoln: A Photobiography
Russel Friedman; Houghton 1987. (Grades 4-8)
A pictoral look at the 16th president. A Newberry Medal winner.

Behind the Blue and Gray: The Soldier's Life in the Civil War
Delia Ray, Dutton 1991 (Grades 4-7)

Robert E. Lee
Nathan Aaseng, Lerner LB 1991 (Grades 4-6)
A biography of the great leader of the South during the Civil War.

Behind the Lines: A Sourcebook on the Civil War
Carter Smith, ed, Millbrook LB 1993 (Grades 5-8)
A visual source book describing life on the homefront and in the army camps.

A Month of Seven Days
Shirley Climo, Harper LB 1987 (Grades 5-7)
Driven from her home by a Yankee captain, 12-year old Zoe learns that not all
bluecoats are enemies.

Across Five Aprils
Irene Hunt, Silver Burdett 1993 (Grades 6-8)
A family is divided when one brother joins the Union forces, and the other the Confederacy.

Rifles for Watie
Harold Keith, Harper LB 1991 (Grades 6-8)
Life of a Union soldier and spy fighting the Civil War in the west. Newberry Medal winner.

Matthew Brady's Illustrated History of the Civil War 1861-1865
Matthew Brady, Fairfax Press
  The invention of photography 22 years earlier made the Civil War the firstwar to be recorded with photo-journalism. Matthew Brady was the best.

Spy in the Sky
Kathleen Karr, Hyperion Books for Children 1997 (Grades 3.1-3.5)
Ridley is an orphan from South Carolina who ends up helping the Union army Hot Air Balloon Spy Team.

The Civil War
Fletcher Pratt, Doubleday and Co, Inc.1955 (Grades 4-8)
A good overview of the Civl War with great illustrations.

The Battle of Gettysburg
Alder R. Carter, Franklin Watts 1990 (Grades 5-8)
An authenic account of this battle with wonderful old photographs and illustrations.

Charlie Skedaddle
Patricia Beatty, Troll Communications 1987 (Grades 4-8)
A former New York City gang member vows revenge against the South for the death of his brother at Gettysburg, and joins the Union army as a drummer boy.

Turn Home, Hannalee
Patricia Beatty, Morrow 1984 (Grades 4-8)
Twelve year old Hanalee Reed is caught up in the sturggle when General Sherman's troops move

With Every Drop of Blood
James Lincoln, Delacorte Press 1991 (Grades 4-Adult)
Fourteen year old Johnny wants to fight for the South to avenge his father's, death but he gave his father a death bed promise that he wouldn't.

The Boy's War
Jim Murphy, Clarion Books 1990 (Grades 5-Adult)
An account of the war by the young boys who fought it.

Shades of Gray
Carolyn Reeder, Macmillian 1989 (Grades 4-8)
Twelve year old Will Page is orphaned by the Civil War and learns to live a new life.

Bull Run
 Paul Fleischman, Harper Trophy 1993 (Grade 6-Adult)
 A re-creation of the first great battle of the Civil War from the points of view of 16 participants. Would be wonderful performed as a Readers Theater production

Follow the Drinking Gourd
Jeanette Winter, Dragonfly Books 1998 (Grade 3-Adult)
An excellent picture book that tells a powerful story.

A Picture of Freedom, The Diary of Clotee, A Slave Girl
Patricia C. McKissack, Scolastic Books 1997 (Grades 5-Adult)
A riveting account of a young black girl at Belmont Plantation, 1859

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