Eyewitness to the Civil War
Title | Eyewitness to the Civil War PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Garrison Hyslop |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Pages | 420 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780792262060 |
Records the military, political, social, and cultural history of the Civil War through photographs, artifacts, period illustrations, maps, essays by historians, and firsthand accounts.
Eyewitness to the Civil War
Title | Eyewitness to the Civil War PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Garrison Hyslop |
Publisher | National Geographic Society |
Pages | 426 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Records the military, political, social, and cultural history of the Civil War through photographs, artifacts, period illustrations, maps, essays by historians, and firsthand accounts.
Eyewitness The Civil War
Title | Eyewitness The Civil War PDF eBook |
Author | DK |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2023-04-18 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0744062519 |
North and South enter a conflict of more than 50 battles – discover how tensions exploded into a war that lasted four years. This book takes you through the history of one of the most important times in US history. Find out how Abraham Lincoln became president in 1860 and why he was assassinated. Discover the horror of enslaved life, and about the Underground Railroad that helped its victims escape. Eyewitness American Civil War shows both sides of the conflict in an equal light, allowing readers to consider all views. This museum-in-a-book uses striking full-color photographs of paintings, artifacts, and illustrations of battles, famous leaders, and much more along with amazing facts, infographics, statistics, and timelines to reveal this period of US history as never before. Part of DK’s best-selling Eyewitness series, which is now getting an exciting makeover, this popular title has been reinvigorated for the next generation of information-seekers and stay-at-home explorers, with a fresh new look, new photographs, updated information, and a new “eyewitness feature – fascinating first-hand accounts from experts in the field.
Civil War
Title | Civil War PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Spider-Man (Comic strip) |
ISBN | 9781435215986 |
Witness to the Civil War
Title | Witness to the Civil War PDF eBook |
Author | Jim Lewin |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 246 |
Release | 2006-08-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0060891505 |
For four bloody years, the Civil War ravaged America. Those at home could only imagine the sights and events overtaking their husbands and sons, fathers and brothers who were under arms. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper was a primary source of information during those dark days. The reporters and artists who traveled with the armies were eyewitnesses to events, great and small, for their captivated readers. Sometimes the news was sensational. At other times it was tragic. But it was always eagerly sought after. Here are the accounts, in pictures and stories, of those first wartime journalists. Here are their reports from the front lines. Here is the Civil War's news as originally presented to loved ones at home. Here you will find images of the battles, the leaders, the camp life, and of the soldiers who gave their all for North and South. In your hands you hold the testimony of those who were Witness to the Civil War.
Tillie Pierce
Title | Tillie Pierce PDF eBook |
Author | Tanya Anderson |
Publisher | Twenty-First Century Books ™ |
Pages | 123 |
Release | 2017-01-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 151245303X |
Imagine being fifteen years old, facing the bloodiest battle ever to take place on U.S. soil: the Battle of Gettysburg. In July 1863, this is exactly what happened to Tillie Pierce, a normal teenager who became an unlikely heroine of the Civil War (1861-1865). Tillie and other women and girls like her found themselves trapped during this critical three-day battle in southern Pennsylvania. Without training, but with enormous courage and compassion, Tillie and other Gettysburg citizens helped save the lives of countless wounded Union and Confederate soldiers. In gripping prose, Tillie Pierce: Teen Eyewitness to the of Battle Gettysburg takes readers behind the scenes. And through Tillie’s own words, the story of one of the Civil War’s most famous battles comes alive.
The Illustrated Gettysburg Reader
Title | The Illustrated Gettysburg Reader PDF eBook |
Author | Rod Gragg |
Publisher | Regnery Publishing |
Pages | 498 |
Release | 2013-06-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1621570436 |
Examines the Battle of Gettysburg through letters, journals, articles, and speeches from the people who lived through those days.