The Civil War: The War Between the States resource book for middle grades provides reading selections, photographs, and graphic organizers to bring this era to life for students. This Civil War book for middle school encourages students to examine the historical decisions of the leaders of the time, as well as everyday people, while completing activities that develop reading comprehension skills. Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing engaging supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, this product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character.
Remembering the Civil War: Reunion and the Limits of Reconciliation
Period prints, photographs, and documents accompany this penetrating examination of the political, military, and social aspects of the War Between the States, tracing the conflict from the earliest divisions between North and South to the ...
Why Men Fought in the Civil War James M. McPherson. 2. Bell Irvin Wiley, The Life of Billy Yank (Indianapolis, 1952), 40; Chauncey Cooke to Doe Cooke, Jan. 6, 1863, in "A Badger Boy in Blue: The Letters of Chauncey H. Cooke,” WMH 4 ...
Hagemann, E. R. Fighting Rebels and Redskins: Experiences in Army Life of Colonel George B. Sanford, 1861–1892. ... Southern Sons, Northern Soldiers: The Civil War Letters of the Remley Brothers, 22nd Iowa Infantry.
A description of the military operations of the Civil War includes analyses of the leadership and strategies of both sides of the conflict 'The beginning student of Civil War military history will find the work an unmatched guide to how war ...
Describes the developing technologies explored and implemented during the Civil War, including exploding shells, hot air balloons, anesthesia, land mines, submarines, and the telegraph.
Presents a timeline of the Civil War, including causes of the conflict, the life of soldiers on both sides, and the end of the war.
Examining the breadth of Northern popular culture, J. Matthew Gallman offers a dramatic reconsideration of how the Union's civilians understood the meaning of duty and citizenship in wartime.
A History of the United States Since the Civil War
The second problem was if Porter failed, or if a large number of his ships were damaged or destroyed, the campaign was effectively ended (and with it, Grant's career). As the calls for Grant's dismissal rose with each passing day of no ...