Voices of the American Civil War - Stories of Men, Women, and Children Who Lived Through the War Between the States

Immerse your students in these 27 gripping accounts of men, women, and children-from the North and the South-who lived, fought, and survived the Civil War. Following the same format as Voices of the American Revolution, nationally acclaimed author and storyteller Kendall Haven takes you on a journey through the Civil War, giving students a well-rounded understanding of this four-year upheaval. All characters in the book are real, and the stories are historically accurate.

Followed by a variety of learning extensions-objective questions, research projects, hands-on learning activities, and open-ended points to ponder for discussion-all stories complement the history curriculum and support National History Standards.

List of contents

Introduction
How to Use This Book..
Before the War at a Glance: The Gathering Thunder.
Free or Slave?: The Bloody Fight for Kansas, 1855-1857.
At a Glance
Meet Charles Dickson.
Free or Slave?.
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Righteous Raiders: John Brown's Attack on Harpers Ferry, October 17, 1859
At a Glance
Meet Meriam Dean.
Righteous Raiders
Aftermath
Notes.
Follow-up Questions and Activities
1861 at a Glance: Passions Boil; the Bloodshed Begins!.
Dodging the Bullet: President Lincoln Moves to Washington, February 1861.
At a Glance
Meet Allan Pinkerton
Dodging the Bullet.
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Growin' Cotton; Killin' Yankees: Southern Prewar Popular Attitudes, April 1861
At a Glance
Meet Thomas Parker.
Growin' Cotton; Killin' Yankees.
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Tea Cakes, White Lace, and Bloodshed: First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas), July 1861.
At a Glance
Meet Ambrose and Abigail Patterson.
Tea Cakes, White Lace, and Bloodshed
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
1862 at a Glance: A Deadly Tug of War
Supper, Shoes, and Shovels: Supplying a Civil War Army, February 1862
At a Glance
Meet Captain Walter Huster
Supper, Shoes, and Shovels.
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Sister Spies: Life in Occupied Winchester, Virginia, March 1862
At a Glance
Meet Rebecca and Hannah Wright.
Sister Spies
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Turn Coat, Turn Coat: The Civil War in the Far West and the Battle of Glorieta Pass, February-March 1862
At a Glance
Meet Hector Manuel Alianjo
Turn Coat, Turn Coat
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Private Petticoat: Female Army Spy, May 1862.
At a Glance
Meet Sarah Edmonds
Private Petticoat
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Patriotic Pride and Prejudice: Northern Blacks' Efforts to Enlist, Summer 1862.
At a Glance
Meet John Mercer Langston
Patriotic Pride and Prejudice.
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Iron Might: Ironclad Naval Battles on the Mississippi, June 1862.
At a Glance
Meet James Brady.
Iron Might
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
"Reporting" for Duty: Civil War Field Reporters, September 1862
At a Glance
Meet George Smalley
"Reporting" for Duty
Aftermath
Notes.
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Ounce of Prevention; Pound of Cure: An Army Field Surgeon, Fall 1862
At a Glance
Meet Thomas Wallsly.
Ounce of Prevention; Pound of Cure
Aftermath
Notes.
Follow-up Questions and Activities
1863 at a Glance: The Tide Turns
A Place of Freedom: Southern Slaves' Efforts to Gain Freedom, March 1863.
At a Glance
Meet Ransom Wilson and Elizabeth Wilson
A Place of Freedom.
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Diary of Death: The Siege of Vicksburg, May-July 1863
At a Glance
Meet Lucy McRae.
Diary of Death.
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Home Town Horror: The Battle of Gettysburg, July 1863
At a Glance
Meet Amelia Harmon
Home Town Horror.
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Striking Out: New York City Draft Riots, July 1863.
At a Glance
Meet Michael Ryan.
Striking Out.
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Sounding Battle: The Life of a Drummer Boy at the Battle of Chickamauga, September 1863
At a Glance
Meet Ephram Dillard.
Sounding Battle.
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Fast, Dark, and Quiet: Confederate Ships That Ran the Union Naval Blockade, October 1863
At a Glance
Meet Captain John Wilkinson.
Fast, Dark, and Quiet
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
1864 at a Glance: The Endless End
Southern Shortages: Southern Women's Soldiers' Aid Society Efforts, 1864.
At a Glance
Meet Virginia DeLouise
Southern Shortages
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Battle "Cries": Women Working in an Army Hospital, May 1864
At a Glance
Meet Sally Tompkins
Battle "Cries".
Aftermath
Notes.
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Tears of Fear: Army Deserters, May-June 1864
At a Glance
Meet Edward Cooper
Tears of Fear.
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Unsung Heroes: Black Union Regiments and the Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864.
At a Glance
Meet Private Alfonse Mathews.
Unsung Heroes
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
A "Fair" Fight: Northern Women's Efforts to Support the Sanitary Commission, September-November 1864
At a Glance
Meet Mary Livingston.
A "Fair" Fight
Aftermath
Notes.
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Sweet Potatoes, Cotton, Tobacco, and Quinine: A Wealth of Smuggling, October 1864
At a Glance
Meet Jedediah Turner
Sweet Potatoes, Cotton, Tobacco, and Quinine
Aftermath
Notes.
Follow-up Questions and Activities
1865 at a Glance: Johnny Comes Marching Home.
United We Fall: Lee's Surrender, April 1865.
At a Glance
Meet Captain James Fielder
United We Fall
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Skeleton Heroes: Prisoners of War, April 1865
At a Glance
Meet Chester Lumpkin
Skeleton Heroes.
Aftermath
Notes.
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Epilogue: The Road to Reconstruction, April-June 1865.
Glossary.
References.
Index

About the author

Kendall Haven

Product details

• Authors: Kendall Haven, Haven Kendall
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2002
• EAN: 9781563089053
• ISBN: 978-1-56308-905-3
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Biography: historical, political and military, Educational: History, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), c 1860 to c 1869, Civil wars, American Civil War, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800)