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Author
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 28
Language
English
Description
In Gone for Soldiers, Jeff Shaara carries us back 15 years before the momentous conflict he has so brilliantly chronicled, to a time when the Civil War's most familiar names are fighting for another cause, junior officers marching under the same flag in an unfamiliar land, experiencing combat for the first time in the Mexican-American War.
In March 1847, 8,000 soldiers landed on the beaches of Vera Cruz, led by the army's commanding...
In March 1847, 8,000 soldiers landed on the beaches of Vera Cruz, led by the army's commanding...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 38
Language
English
Description
In the final two years of the war, Lincoln places Ulysses S. Grant in command of the Union Army, while Robert E. Lee tries vainly to achieve the decisive victory needed to turn the tide of the war of attrition which will bring down the South.
18) Robert E. Lee
Series
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Robert E. Lee, the leading Confederate general of the American Civil War, remains a source of fascination and, for some, veneration. This film examines the life and reputation of the general, whose military successes made him the scourge of the Union and the hero of the Confederacy, and who was elevated to almost god-like status by his admirers after his death"--Container.
Publisher
Time Life
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In this collectible from the editors from Time-Life, the Civil War, the focus is on the greatest military leaders from both the Union and the Confederacy.Trace the progress of the war from it's beginning in 1861 and 1862 to it's turning point in 1863.