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Thomas Nelson
Language
English
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History takes on vivid life in the stunning first full-length installment of USA TODAY bestselling Tamera Alexander's new series, The Carnton Novels. "The beautifully-drawn characters and rich history in With This Pledge work seamlessly to demonstrate that Christ's love and romantic love can triumph even in our darkest moments." -Lynn Austin, bestselling author of Legacy of Mercy What can a woman-a mere governess-do against the scourge of slavery?...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 8
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English
Description
During an unnamed battle, 18-year-old private Henry Fleming survives what he considers to be a lost cause by escaping into a nearby wood, deserting his battalion. He finds a group of injured men in which one of the group, the "Tattered Soldier", asks Henry, who's often referred to as "The Youth", where he's wounded. Henry, embarrassed that he's whole, wanders thru the forest. He ultimately decides that running was the best thing, & that he's a small...
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Novels of the Civil War volume 1
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English
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While encamped near a church in Tennessee in 1862, Confederate forces led by Generals Johnston and Beauregard launched a surprise attack on Union forces led by Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in hopes of preventing the advance of the Union army into Mississippi. This is the fictional account of the Battle of Shiloh as based on research and told through the voices on both sides of the fray.
4) Legacies
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Series
Publisher
Wheeler Pub
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
The Civil War nearly destroys the love between patrician Bostonian Diane Parmalee and half-Cherokee Lije Stuart.
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Series
Language
English
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"When Union spy Caitlin McKae wakes up in Atlanta wounded in battle, the Georgian doctor believes her only secret is that she had been fighting for the Confederacy disguised as a man. In order to avoid arrest or worse, Caitlin hides her true identity and makes a new life for herself in Atlanta. Trained as a teacher, she accepts a job as a governess for Noah Becker, a German immigrant lawyer, who is about to enlist with the Rebel army-when the federal...
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The Loyal League volume 2
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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"For all of the War Between the States, Marlie Lynch has helped the cause in peace: with coded letters about anti-Rebel uprisings in her Carolina woods, tisanes and poultices for Union prisoners, and silent aid to fleeing slave and Freeman alike. Her formerly enslaved mother’s traditions and the name of a white father she never knew have protected her—until the vicious Confederate Home Guard claims Marlie’s home for their new base of operations...
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Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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"In The Yankee Widow, Linda Lael Miller explores the complexities and heartbreak that families experienced as men took up arms to preserve the United States and defend their way of life. This is the story of Caroline, the young wife and childhood sweetheart of Jacob. They live on a farm just outside of Gettysburg, raising their daughter, Rachel. When Jacob joins the Northern Army to do his duty and help save the Union, no one anticipates he will not...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In the fall of 1863, the Union army is in control of the Mississippi river. Much of Louisiana, including New Orleans and Baton Rouge, is occupied. The Confederate army is retreating toward Texas, and being replaced by Red Legs, irregulars commanded by a maniacal figure, and enslaved men and women are beginning to glimpse freedom. When Hannah Laveau, an enslaved woman working on the Lufkin plantation, is accused of murder, she goes on the run with...
10) Promises
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Series
Love's Valley romances volume 5
Publisher
Avalon Books
Pub. Date
©2006
Language
English
Description
Indigo Hamilton was a lovely bride and the day was perfect as she walked down the aisle toward her smiling groo, Thomas Brewster. She was the absolute center of attention and loved being there-until the priest asked if anyone had an objections to the marriage. Then the doors of the church swung open and Indigo's world fell apart.
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Mary Sutter volume 1
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English
Description
Mary Sutter is a brilliant, headstrong midwife from Albany, New York, who dreams of becoming a surgeon. Determined to overcome the prejudices against women in medicine - and run away from her recent heartbreak - Mary travels to Washington, DC, to help tend the legions of Civil War wounded. Under the guidance of two surgeons who unwittingly fall in love with Mary's courage, she pursues her medical career in the capital.
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Sisters of Mercy Flats volume 1
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English
Description
The three wily and beautiful McDougal sisters can swindle a man faster than it takes to lasso a calf. But their luck is running out. When the wagon carrying them to jail falls under attack, each sister is picked up by a different man. Unfortunately for Abigail, she's grabbed by a twit of a shoe salesman, Mr. Hershall Digman. After stealing his horse, she discovers the secret papers in his saddlebag. Could Digman be a Confederate spy? The man who comes...
13) Shades of gray
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Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
1999, ©1989.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
At the end of the Civil War, twelve-year-old Will, having lost all his immediate family, reluctantly leaves his city home to live in the Virginia countryside with his aunt and the uncle he considers a traitor because he refused to take part in the war.
14) Varina: a novel
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Her marriage prospects limited, teenage Varina Howell agrees to wed the much-older widower Jefferson Davis, with whom she expects the secure life of a Mississippi landowner. Davis instead pursues a career in politics and is eventually appointed president of the Confederacy, placing Varina at the white-hot center of one of the darkest moments in American history--culpable regardless of her intentions.
15) Night watch
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"In 1874, in the wake of the Civil War, eleven-year-old ConaLee and her mother arrive at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia. They're delivered to the hospital's entrance by Papa--an abusive veteran who forces himself into their lives--after ConaLee's mother, who hasn't spoken in a year, grows even more withdrawn. Before he departs, Papa assigns them new identities and demands that ConaLee introduce herself as her mother's nurse--not...
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English
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She's the vampire that could destroy a nation. At least, that's what Pinkerton detective Finn Dunne thinks of Tara Fox. Capturing her aboard a ship bound northward, he's convinced she's been sent to take out President Lincoln. But Tara has always been caught between worlds. She has many friends among the humans fighting and dying in the Civil War. Now strange dreams have sent her to Washington, D.C., to protect President Lincoln at all costs.
Author
Series
Bregdan Chronicles volume 1
Publisher
A Voice In The World Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Language
English
Description
"Carrie Cromwell comes of age as the dark clouds of the Civil War swallow the country. Born with a fiery spirit and a strong mind, she finds herself struggling between the common wisdom of the South and the truth she has discovered. The activities of the Underground Railroad and her close friendships with the Cromwell Plantation slaves create difficult choices. But when her decisions put her at odds with her heritage, and challenge her dreams, will...
18) Talons of eagles
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Series
Eagles series volume 3
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
©1995
Language
English
Description
In the middle of the Civil War, Jamie MacCallister, a 50-year-old retired gunfighter from Colorado is offered work by both President Lincoln and General Robert E. Lee. Although MacCallister is anti-slavery, he is even more pro-states' rights and signs on with the Confederacy to become a guerrilla commander. By the author of Eyes of Eagles.
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Series
Civil War trilogy (Jeff Shaara) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 38
Language
English
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Description
A dramatization of the confrontations between Robert E. Lee, Lawrence Chamberlain, and Ulysses S. Grant during the last two years of the Civil War.
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Series
The Loyal League volume 3
Publisher
Kensington
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
An assassination plot that could end the Civil War, and a hidden enemy that could destroy a secret league of unsung heroes ... Daniel Cumberland, born free in Massachusetts, studied law with dreams of helping his people--dreams that died the night he was kidnapped and sold into slavery. Daniel is rescued, but he's a changed man. When he's offered entry into the Loyal League, the covert organization of Black spies who helped free him, he seizes the...
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