The US Civil War
What Can We Learn from the People Who Witnessed War?
From the Series Witness to War
The Civil War preserved the United States and led to the abolition of slavery, but this bloody conflict still had devastating effects on those who lived through it.
This book reveals the history of the war and what it was like to experience it. With primary sources, timelines, and detailed personal accounts, The Civil War opens a window to the past and the valuable lessons to be learned from the people who witnessed war.
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978-1-916526-89-1
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$24.99 | |
978-1-916526-95-2
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978-1-916861-07-7
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$37.99 |
Reviews
Booklist
“Roberts makes frequent use of succinct, first-person reflections and captioned archival photos of participants, from soldiers and officers to medical personnel and civilians. . . . This informative series offers broad overviews and personal perspectives on significant American wars.”—Booklist
School Library Journal, Series Made Simple
“Primary source images and quotations lend immediacy to the narrative in these texts. . . . Primary source images and quotations lend immediacy to the narrative in these texts.”—School Library Journal, Series Made Simple