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Civil War / written by John Stanchak. |
| Authors: | Stanchak, John E. |
| Call number: | j973.7 STA 2011 |
| Publisher: | New York : Dorling Kindersley, c2011. |
| Publication date: | c2011. |
| Subject: |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Juvenile literature. |
| Series title: | DK eyewitness books. |
| Title: | Civil War / written by John Stanchak. |
| Additional title: | Eyewitness Civil War |
| Edition: | 2nd American ed. |
| Physical description: | 72 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) |
| Contents note: | The long argument -- Slave life -- The election of 1860 -- The Underground Railroad -- Secession -- Raising armies -- Everyone's war -- Women at war -- The young and the old -- Outfitting armies -- Bull Run -- The sick and wounded -- Great commanders -- Arming soldiers -- Black volunteers -- The horsemen -- Army camp life -- Field artillery -- Gettysburg -- The siege of Vicksburg -- Northern life -- Confederate culture -- War on the water -- The secret war -- The march to the Sea -- The Confederacy surrenders -- The fates of two leaders -- A life of freedom -- A new era begins -- Did you know? -- Timeline. |
| Notes: | At head of title: Eyewitness. CD-ROM contains clip art. Includes index. |
| Summary note: | Summary: Examines many aspects of the United States 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. |
| ISBN: | 0756672678 9780756672676 9780756672683 0756672686 9780756672683 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1292572 |
| Bib No.: | 1292572 |