American+Civil+War

__Books__
Crist-Evans, Craig, //Moon over Tennessee: a boy's Civil War journal//. Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. A 13- year-old boy, who accompanies his father to fight for the south in the Civil War, narrates the story in a diary format. Beautiful wood engravings illustrate the text.

Fleming, C. (2008). //The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary//. New York City: Schwartz & Wade. Using the same innovative scrapbook format employed in Ben Franklin’s Almanac (2003) and Our Eleanor (2005), A dual biography of Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary, using photographs, letters, engravings, and cartoons to look at their childhoods, courtship, marriage, children, and other joys and traumas of their years together, including their deaths. (Source: notes from Titlewave.com).

McPherson, James M. // Fields of Fury: The American Civil War. // New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers,

2002. // Fields of Fury //, by James M. McPherson is a colorful, kid-friendly history of the Civil War. Each major battle is

summarized and analyzed in a single, concise, two-page spread that includes eyewitness accounts (many from kids!), "Quick

Facts," maps, photographs, and other illustrations. The book also has a glossary, index, list of websites, bibliography, and

timeline. (Source: Knowledge House: Not Just for Kids). []

Murphy, Jim. The boys' war: Confederate and Union soldiers talk about the Civil War. New York: Clarion Books, 1990.

Jim Murphy tells the story of young soldiers in the American Civil War. Boys from under the age of thirteen joined the war to assist in the fighting.

First hand accounts and black and white photographs are included in the book.

Ratliff, T. (2004). //You Wouldn't Want to Be a Civil War Soldier//. Danbury: Scholastic Library Pub.

This is among many of the "You Wouldn't Want to..." series published by Scholastic. The book describes what it would be like to live in

the time of the Civil War, using cartoon-like charaters, entertaining sidebars, and humor to explain what war would be like to

children.

__**Databases**__
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__ebook__ Kevin Hillstrom and Laurie Collier Hillstrom. Lawrence W. Baker, ed. Detroit: UXL, 2000. 952 pp. 5 vols.
 * //American Civil War Reference Library.//**

[] This is a comprehensive 5 volume reference source that can be accessed through CPS Department of Libraries.

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This database is written for young readers and gives a thorough explanation of the American Civil War, beginning with the slavery system in the South and ending with reconstruction.

American Civil War: battles and conflicts. [Video]. .Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition: [] In this video, "artwork, period photographs, and motion-picture reenactments illustrate some of the battles in the American Civil War during 1863". (description taken from school.eb.com)

American Civil War Photographs. //World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO.// [] ABC-CLIO is a reference for history, social studies and current events. It includes primary sources, photographs, and quotes.

Drummer Boys and Fifers. //(// American civil war). Stephen Currie. // Cobblestone 20. 9 (Dec 1999) : p3. // //(1109 words)// Retrieved November 13, 2010, from Galegroup.com. This magazine entry describes what it was like to be a musician in the civil war, and explains that boys as young as evelen volunteered to take this position in the war.

__Websites__
[] A collection of photos, diaries, documents and other Civil War information, including an interactive map, is provided here. Students can click on a state, and find information as to what, if any battles, ensued there, along with statistical information and a description of the battle.
 * CivilWar.com **

**Digital History** [] This part of the website has journal entries of young men who are joining, or have already entered the war. " This website was designed and developed to support the teaching of American History in K-12 schools ...and is supported by the Department of History and the College of Education at the University of Houston" (source: Digitalhistory.uh.edu/credits).

[] There are a few accounts mentioned of women who enlisted in the Civil War. As all women did, Rosaetta Wakemen disguised herself as a man, and joined the army to gain freedom and earn money she never could have as a woman in the States.
 * Women and the Civil War**

__[]__ Further explanation of why women joined the Civil War is given, even though the Union and Confederate Army denounced the fact. With the disclaimer that the records may not be accurate, the website suggests that 400 women joined the Civil War.

__**How Stuff Works**__ __**[]**__ As several family members did, Thomas and George Cliff_ were brothers who fought on different sides of the war. This website tries to describe why this situation would happen, but states it is no easy task, because there are a myriad of reasons why a man would fight against a member of his family.

Brainpop [] This video gives an overview of what happened in the Civil War, beginning with the succession of the 11 southern states, and ending with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

@http://www.archives.gov/research/civil-war/photos/ The War Between the States was the first large and prolonged conflict recorded by photography. During the war, dozens of photographers photographed civilians and civilian activities; military personnel, equipment, and activities; and the locations and aftermaths of battles. This website offers a sample collection of those photographs. Students should view this website if they are in need of photos of the Civil War for their project.
 * Pictures of the Civil War**

Click here to see a sample glog I created about the boys of the Civil War.