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Mireault - Civil War: Historical Fiction - Civil War
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Books
Bull Run by Paul Fleischman; David Frampton (Contribution by)
Call Number: FIC FLE
ISBN: 0060214465
Publication Date: 1993-03-20
Northerners, Southerners, generals, couriers, dreaming boys, and worried sisters describe the glory, the horror, the thrill, and the disillusionment of the first battle of the Civil War.
Amelia's War by Ann Rinaldi
Call Number: FIC RIN
ISBN: 0590117440
Publication Date: 1999-11-01
When a Confederate general threatens to burn Hagerstown, Maryland, unless it pays an exorbitant ransom, twelve-year-old Amelia and her friend find a way to save the town.
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Call Number: FIC FRA
ISBN: 0375700757
Publication Date: 1998-08-12
Inman, a wounded Confederate soldier, leaves the hospital where he is being treated and determines to walk home to his sweetheart Ada, only to find the land and the girl he remembers as changed by the war as he.
The River Between Us by Richard Peck
Call Number: FIC PEC
ISBN: 0803727356
Publication Date: 2003-09-29
During the early days of the Civil War, the Pruitt family takes in two mysterious young ladies who have fled New Orleans to come north to Illinois
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe; Elizabeth Ammons (Editor)
Call Number: FIC STO
ISBN: 0393963039
Publication Date: 1993-11-17
Presents an annotated edition of the nineteenth-century novel about Uncle Tom, an African-American man who never lost his dignity under the inhumane circumstances of slavery; and includes backgrounds and contexts, and a selection of critical essays
Shiloh by Shelby Foote
Call Number: FIC FOO
ISBN: 0679735429
Publication Date: 1991-04-09
This fictional re-creation of the battle of Shiloh in April 1862 fulfills the standard set by his monumental history, conveying both the bloody choreography of two armies and the movements of the combatants' hearts and minds.
E-book available in the public domain for free download
An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge is a book of incredible power and suspense. All the fears of a young father come to light as his life swings in and out of reality. As a captured Southern loyalist, the character is bound by the neck and to be hung, when his life, all that is to be, flashes before him. In a split second he pictures his break from the noose, his race to freedom, and his reunion with his beloved family. Life, to this man, is nothing but the dream he holds of his freedom.
Books
I Shall Be Near to You by Erin Lindsay McCabe
Call Number: FIC MCC
ISBN: 9780804137720
Publication Date: 2014-01-28
Rosa disguises herself as a man in order to fight beside her husband Jeremiah in the Civil War. There are many dangers to face, from the constant threat of discovery to intense battles where the couple fight side by side.
The Red Badge of Courage and Other Stories by Stephen Crane
Call Number: FIC CRA
ISBN: 0143039350
Publication Date: 2005-11-29
Presents six stories as well as selected poetry by American author Stephen Crane including the title story "The Red Badge of Courage" about a young Civil War soldier, Henry Fleming, whose dreams of honor and patriotism are shattered when he flees the field during the battle.
The Dreams of Mairhe Mehan by Jennifer Armstrong
Call Number: FIC ARM
ISBN: 0679881522
Publication Date: 1996-09-09
Mairhe, who lives in an Irish slum in Washington, D.C., in the 1860s, struggles to come to grips with the impact of the Civil War on her family.
Evvy's Civil War by Miriam Brenaman
Call Number: FIC BRE
ISBN: 0399237135
Publication Date: 2002-03-04
In Virginia in 1860, on the verge of the Civil War, fourteen-year-old Evvy chafes at the restrictions that her society places on both women and slaves.
Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara
Call Number: FIC SHA
ISBN: 0345409574
Publication Date: 1997-05-13
A Civil War novel which traces the lives, passions, and careers of military leaders Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, Winfield Scott Hancock, Joshua Chamberlain, and Robert E. Lee, who meet on the same battlefield for the first time at Fredericksburg, where they experience the battle from four very different points of view.
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Call Number: FIC SHA
ISBN: 0345348109
Publication Date: 1987-08-12
A fictional account of four days in July, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg discussing tactics, plans, and preparations for battle from both the Northern and Southern points of view.
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J. Gaines
Call Number: FIC GAI
ISBN: 0553263579
Publication Date: 1982-07-01
A 110-year-old African American woman reminisces about her life, which has stretched from the days of slavery to the African American militancy and civil rights movements of the 1960's.
Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper
Call Number: FIC DRA
ISBN: 9780689821813
Publication Date: 2006-01-03
Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves.
Books
Soldier's Heart by Gary Paulsen
Call Number: FIC PAU
ISBN: 0385324987
Publication Date: 1998-09-08
Eager to enlist, fifteen-year-old Charley has a change of heart after experiencing both the physical horrors and mental anguish of Civil War combat.
Sound the Jubilee by Sandra Forrester
Call Number: FIC FOR
ISBN: 0525674861
Publication Date: 1995-02-01
A slave and her family escape from their North Carolina plantation during the early part of the Civil War, finding refuge on Roanoke Island.
Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen
Call Number: FIC PAU
ISBN: 0385308388
Publication Date: 1993-01-01
Twelve-year-old Sarny's brutal life as a slave becomes even more dangerous when a newly arrived slave offers to teach her how to read.
The Last Silk Dress by Ann Rinaldi
ISBN: 0823406903
Publication Date: 1988-04-01
The Last Full Measure by Jeff Shaara (Editor)
Call Number: FIC SHA
ISBN: 0345425480
Publication Date: 1999-04-27
A dramatization of the confrontations between Robert E. Lee, Lawrence Chamberlain, and Ulysses S. Grant during the last two years of the Civil War.
Girl in Blue by Ann Rinaldi
Call Number: FIC RIN
ISBN: 0439073367
Publication Date: 2001-04-01
To escape an abusive father and an arranged marriage, fourteen-year-old Sarah, dressed as a boy, leaves her Michigan home to enlist in the Union Army, and becomes a soldier on the battlefields of Virginia as well as a Union spy working in the house of Confederate sympathizer Rose O'Neal Greenhow in Washington, D.C.
Marching to Valhalla by Michael Blake
Call Number: FIC BLA
ISBN: 0449000443
Publication Date: 1997-10-15
Fictionalized account of the life of General George Armstrong Custer during the weeks just prior to his death in the battle of Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876.
Escape from Libby Prison by James Gindlesperger
Call Number: FIC GIN
ISBN: 0942597915
Publication Date: 1996-12-01
Details the escape of Union prisoners of war from a Confederate military prison describing the horrific conditions, torture, and despair experienced by the Union soldiers.