Young Heroes Of The Confederacy

Author : Debra Smith
Publisher : Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781455616848
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Young Heroes of the Confederacy written by Debra Smith and published by Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-10-31 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Civil War is a topic well-known to readers of all ages. However, it is the bravery and strength of the young men and women that is often forgotten. Born into a set of circumstances beyond their control, these children of the 1860s faced the ultimate test of character and courage. Stories of courage in the face of starvation and death, told through biographies of young people from each of the Confederate states, reveals just what kind of heroes they were.

Author : Sarah Elder Hale
Publisher : Cobblestone the Civil War
ISBN 13 : 9780812679014
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Young Heroes of the North and South written by Sarah Elder Hale and published by Cobblestone the Civil War. This book was released on 2005 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of children who participated in the Civil War, both at home and on the battlefield.

Author : Thomas Hughes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Young Heroes of the Civil War written by Thomas Hughes and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Iain C. Martin
Publisher : Sky Pony
ISBN 13 : 9781632204387
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Gettysburg written by Iain C. Martin and published by Sky Pony. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia advanced into Pennsylvania in a daring offensive to win the Civil War in a single campaign. They met the Union Army at a quiet crossroads town called Gettysburg and engaged in the greatest battle ever fought on American soil. Three days of combat ended on July 3 with Pickett’s Charge, a heroic assault by nine of Lee’s brigades against the Union defenses on Cemetery Ridge. Their repulse at the stone wall became known as the “high-water mark” of the Confederacy. At the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery that November, Lincoln used the occasion to deliver his Gettysburg Address, a short, two-minute speech that became the most famous in American history. In this original retelling of the Gettysburg story, Iain Martin draws upon firsthand accounts—from the generals to the lowly privates and civilians caught in the epic struggle. Readers will discover history through the experiences of two Gettysburg teenagers—Matilda “Tillie” Pierce and Daniel Skelly. Featuring the artwork of Don Troiani, photos, full-color maps, interesting tales, and trivia, Gettysburg: The True Account of Two Young Heroes in the Greatest Battle of the Civil War gives young readers a fascinating look into this great turning point of American history.

Author : Carmen Anthony Fiore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780880926393
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Young Heroes of the Civil War written by Carmen Anthony Fiore and published by . This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Susan S. Wittman
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1515729982
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Heroes of the Civil War written by Susan S. Wittman and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2015-12-21 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The four bloody years of the American Civil War left a permanent scar on the nation. Through it all, people on both sides fought bravely for the causes they believed in, both on the battlefield and beyond. A select few of these people are remembered as war heroes. Learn about these remarkable people and the key roles they played in the Civil War.

Author : Patricia Lakin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1481499742
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Heroes Who Risked Everything for Freedom written by Patricia Lakin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get to know heroes of the Civil War in this fact-tastic, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a new series about the secrets of American History! Secrets of American History is an action-packed nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read series that lets beginning readers in on a little secret: history is full of surprises! Want to know what invisible ink has to do with the American Revolution? Or why shark repellant and inflatable army tanks were used in World War II? Find out in this fact-filled series of fascinating true tales, wild adventures, and spy missions, and discover the secret side of American history! Did you know that Harriet Tubman was a spy for Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War? Or that Robert Smalls used secret hand signals to escape slavery on a Confederate ship? Mary Touvestre risked everything to bring plans for the first ironclad warship to the Union. Find out about heroes who spied, fought, and sailed to freedom in this book of amazing true stories!

Author : C. A. Fiore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780880924863
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Young Heros of the Civil War written by C. A. Fiore and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young Heroes of the Civil War collects stories about Civil War drummer boys.

Author : James M. McPherson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780199741052
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book For Cause and Comrades written by James M. McPherson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997-04-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General John A. Wickham, commander of the famous 101st Airborne Division in the 1970s and subsequently Army Chief of Staff, once visited Antietam battlefield. Gazing at Bloody Lane where, in 1862, several Union assaults were brutally repulsed before they finally broke through, he marveled, "You couldn't get American soldiers today to make an attack like that." Why did those men risk certain death, over and over again, through countless bloody battles and four long, awful years ? Why did the conventional wisdom -- that soldiers become increasingly cynical and disillusioned as war progresses -- not hold true in the Civil War? It is to this question--why did they fight--that James McPherson, America's preeminent Civil War historian, now turns his attention. He shows that, contrary to what many scholars believe, the soldiers of the Civil War remained powerfully convinced of the ideals for which they fought throughout the conflict. Motivated by duty and honor, and often by religious faith, these men wrote frequently of their firm belief in the cause for which they fought: the principles of liberty, freedom, justice, and patriotism. Soldiers on both sides harkened back to the Founding Fathers, and the ideals of the American Revolution. They fought to defend their country, either the Union--"the best Government ever made"--or the Confederate states, where their very homes and families were under siege. And they fought to defend their honor and manhood. "I should not lik to go home with the name of a couhard," one Massachusetts private wrote, and another private from Ohio said, "My wife would sooner hear of my death than my disgrace." Even after three years of bloody battles, more than half of the Union soldiers reenlisted voluntarily. "While duty calls me here and my country demands my services I should be willing to make the sacrifice," one man wrote to his protesting parents. And another soldier said simply, "I still love my country." McPherson draws on more than 25,000 letters and nearly 250 private diaries from men on both sides. Civil War soldiers were among the most literate soldiers in history, and most of them wrote home frequently, as it was the only way for them to keep in touch with homes that many of them had left for the first time in their lives. Significantly, their letters were also uncensored by military authorities, and are uniquely frank in their criticism and detailed in their reports of marches and battles, relations between officers and men, political debates, and morale. For Cause and Comrades lets these soldiers tell their own stories in their own words to create an account that is both deeply moving and far truer than most books on war. Battle Cry of Freedom, McPherson's Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the Civil War, was a national bestseller that Hugh Brogan, in The New York Times, called "history writing of the highest order." For Cause and Comrades deserves similar accolades, as McPherson's masterful prose and the soldiers' own words combine to create both an important book on an often-overlooked aspect of our bloody Civil War, and a powerfully moving account of the men who fought it.

Author : Kevin M. Levin
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469653273
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Searching for Black Confederates written by Kevin M. Levin and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2019-08-09 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 150 years after the end of the Civil War, scores of websites, articles, and organizations repeat claims that anywhere between 500 and 100,000 free and enslaved African Americans fought willingly as soldiers in the Confederate army. But as Kevin M. Levin argues in this carefully researched book, such claims would have shocked anyone who served in the army during the war itself. Levin explains that imprecise contemporary accounts, poorly understood primary-source material, and other misrepresentations helped fuel the rise of the black Confederate myth. Moreover, Levin shows that belief in the existence of black Confederate soldiers largely originated in the 1970s, a period that witnessed both a significant shift in how Americans remembered the Civil War and a rising backlash against African Americans' gains in civil rights and other realms. Levin also investigates the roles that African Americans actually performed in the Confederate army, including personal body servants and forced laborers. He demonstrates that regardless of the dangers these men faced in camp, on the march, and on the battlefield, their legal status remained unchanged. Even long after the guns fell silent, Confederate veterans and other writers remembered these men as former slaves and not as soldiers, an important reminder that how the war is remembered often runs counter to history.