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There are literally TONS of books that have been written about the Civil War and here are a few that you might be interested in! Check them out at your local library!

Grades 5 through 8:

 Irene Hunt, Across Five Aprils 1964

  James I. Robertson Jr., Civil War! America Becomes One Nation, 1992

  Florence W. Biros, Dog Jack, 1990

  Clifton G. Wisler, Red Cap, 1991

Charles Flate, The Golden Book of the Civil War, 1961

  Alan Armchault, Johnny Reb: The Confederate Soldier in the Civil War, 1995

  Alan Armchault, Billy Yank: The Union Soldier in the Civil War, 1995

 Jill Canon, Civil War Heroines, 1994

 Vincent Coffee, The Battle of Gettysburg

 MacKinley Kantor, Gettysburg, 1952

 Elsie Creagar, Gettysburg By The Third Sun Setting, 1988

 

Grades 5 through 12:

 Paddy Griffith, Battle in the Civil War 1986

 Stephen Crane, The Red Badge Of Courage, 1895

 Bruce Catton, The American Civil War, 1987

 Jack Coggins, Arms and Equipment of the Civil War, 1961

  E. B. Long, The Civil War Day By Day - An Almanac 1861-1865, 1971

 The National Historical Society, The Image of War: 1861-1865, 1981

 Ina Chang, A Separate Battle: Women and the Civil War, 1991

 James McPherson, Marching Toward Freedom: The Negro in the Civil War, 1967

 Harold E. Straubling, In Hospital and Camp:The Civil War Through the Eyes of its Doctors and Nurses, 1993

 Time-Life, Gettysburg: High Tide of the Confederacy, 1987

Glenn Tucker, High Tide At Gettysburg, 1958

For the advanced reader:

Edwin Coddington, The Gettysburg Campaign, A Study In Command, 1968

A library is a wonderful place where the imagination is fulfilled and questions are answered. Make sure to get to your local library, because reading is fun!

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