Chandra Manning

Drawing on the diaries and letters of soldiers on both sides of the conflict, this is an examination of the meaning of slavery to Union and Confederate troops.

Robert Olmstead

When a mother experiences a premonition about her husband, a Civil War soldier, she sends her only son to retrieve him from the battlefield.

Edward K. Spann

Using contemporary newspaper accounts, letters, essays and other primary documents, the author examines the history of New York City's participation in the Civil War.

Patricia Polacco

Rooted in a true story from the author's family, a wounded Union soldier named Say is rescued by Pink, a fellow Union soldier from a formerly enslaved family.

Sally M. Walker

The fascinating details of the H.L. Hunley, which vanished in 1864 and was discovered on the ocean floor in 1995.

Ted Lewin

The night before a Civil War battle, drummer boy Stephen bravely marches into battle with this regiment.

Jennifer Armstrong

A story of the Civil War photographer, Mathew Brady, and the band of field photographers he hired.

Lynda Durrant

Jennie Hodgers serves in the 95th Illinois Infantry as Private Albert Cashier, a Union soldier in the Civil War.

Rosemary Wells

A young Southern girl musters the strength and wit to survive the ravages of the Civil War and keep her family together through it all.