Five Points Library

Civil War

Books- Fiction

E BUN         The blue and the gray / by Eve Bunting

E TUR          Drummer boy : marching to the Civil War / by Ann Turner

ER HOP        Billy and the rebel : based on a true Civil War story / by Deborah Hopkinson

F BEA          Jayhawker / Patricia Beatty.

F CRI            Private Captain : a story of Gettysburg / Marty Crisp.

F FLE            Bull Run / Paul Fleischman

F HUN          Across five Aprils / Irene Hunt.

F LYO          Dear Ellen Bee : a Civil War scrapbook of two Union spies / by Mary E. Lyons & Muriel M. Branch

F OSB          Civil War on Sunday / by Mary Pope Osborne ; illustrated by Sal Murdocca.

F PIN           Silent thunder : a Civil War story / Andrea Davis Pinkney.

F POL          Pink and Say / Patricia Polacco.

F REE           Across the lines / Carolyn Reeder.

F REE           Shades of gray / Carolyn Reeder.

F ROO         Grace's letter to Lincoln / Connie and Peter Roop

SER F CRA  The red badge of courage / Stephen Crane

SER F DEN When will this cruel war be over? : the Civil War diary of Emma Simpson / by Barry Denenberg

SER F HES  A light in the storm / by Karen Hesse.

SER F MUR The journal of James Edmond Pease : a Civil War Union soldier / by Jim Murphy.

SER F OSB   My brother's keeper : Virginia's diary, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1863 / by Mary Pope Osborne.

SER F POR   Addy learns a lesson : a school story / by Connie Porter

Books - Nonfiction

The Union victory : (July 1863-1865)/ Anderson, Dale

A soldier's life in the Civil War/ Anderson, Dale

The Union victory : (July 1863-1865)/ Anderson, Dale

A soldier's life in the Civil War / Anderson, Dale

The home fronts of the Civil War /Anderson, Dale

The Civil War in the East : (1861-July 1863) / Anderson, Dale

The Civil War in the West : (1861-July 1863) / Anderson, Dale

The Civil War at sea / Anderson, Dale

The causes of the Civil War / Anderson, Dale

Scholastic encyclopedia of the Civil War / Clinton, Catherine

The Generals of the Civil War / Davis, W. C.

The Civil War / Graves, Kerry A.

The story of the Battle of Shiloh / Kent, Zachary.

The Civil War / Marquette, Scott.

. --If you lived at the time of the Civil War/ Moore, Kay

The boys' war : Confederate and Union soldiers talk about the Civil War / Murphy, Jim

The long road to Gettysburg / Murphy, Jim,

Children of the Civil War / Ransom, Candice F.

Audio

AUD F FLE Bull Run [sound recording] / Paul Fleischman.

Videos - Warren County Media Center 

  1. American Civil War (03442) PIJ 1998 VH 
  2. American History for Kids Series (S1298) KPI 1998
  3. Civil War, The (04956) KPI 2002 VH 
  4. Picture of Freedom, A (04492) PIJ 1999 VH 
  5. Pink and Say (03350) PI 1996 VH 
  6. Slavery & Plantation Life (04621) KPI 2002 VH 

Websites

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site - Civil War http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/ushistory/civilwar.html

American Civil War Homepage http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/cwarhp.html

Using Picture Books to Teach about the American Civil War http://www.mce.k12tn.net/civil_war/literature.htm

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