Voices of the American Civil War

KENDALL HAVEN is a nationally recognized master storyteller and the author of numerous books, including Marvels of Math, Write Right! , and Close Encounters with Deadly Dangers. A former research scientist, he is based in Fulton, California.

• IntroductionHow to Use This Book..Before the War at a Glance: The Gathering Thunder.Free or Slave?: The Bloody Fight for Kansas, 1855–1857.At a GlanceMeet Charles Dickson.Free or Slave?.AftermathFollow-up Questions and ActivitiesRighteous Raiders: John Brown's Attack on Harpers Ferry, October 17, 1859At a GlanceMeet Meriam Dean.Righteous RaidersAftermathNotes.Follow-up Questions and Activities1861 at a Glance: Passions Boil; the Bloodshed Begins!.Dodging the Bullet: President Lincoln Moves to Washington, February 1861.At a GlanceMeet Allan PinkertonDodging the Bullet.AftermathFollow-up Questions and ActivitiesGrowin' Cotton; Killin' Yankees: Southern Prewar Popular Attitudes, April 1861At a GlanceMeet Thomas Parker.Growin' Cotton; Killin' Yankees.AftermathFollow-up Questions and ActivitiesTea Cakes, White Lace, and Bloodshed: First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas), July 1861.At a GlanceMeet Ambrose and Abigail Patterson.Tea Cakes, White Lace, and BloodshedAftermathFollow-up Questions and Activities1862 at a Glance: A Deadly Tug of WarSupper, Shoes, and Shovels: Supplying a Civil War Army, February 1862At a GlanceMeet Captain Walter HusterSupper, Shoes, and Shovels.AftermathFollow-up Questions and ActivitiesSister Spies: Life in Occupied Winchester, Virginia, March 1862At a GlanceMeet Rebecca and Hannah Wright.Sister SpiesAftermathFollow-up Questions and ActivitiesTurn Coat, Turn Coat: The Civil War in the Far West and the Battle of Glorieta Pass, February–March 1862At a GlanceMeet Hector Manuel AlianjoTurn Coat, Turn CoatAftermathFollow-up Questions and ActivitiesPrivate Petticoat: Female Army Spy, May 1862.At a GlanceMeet Sarah EdmondsPrivate PetticoatAftermathFollow-up Questions and ActivitiesPatriotic Pride and Prejudice: Northern Blacks' Efforts to Enlist, Summer 1862.At a GlanceMeet John Mercer LangstonPatriotic Pride and Prejudice.AftermathFollow-up Questions and ActivitiesIron Might: Ironclad Naval Battles on the Mississippi, June 1862.At a GlanceMeet James Brady.Iron MightAftermathFollow-up Questions and Activities"Reporting" for Duty: Civil War Field Reporters, September 1862At a GlanceMeet George Smalley"Reporting" for DutyAftermathNotes.Follow-up Questions and ActivitiesOunce of Prevention; Pound of Cure: An Army Field Surgeon, Fall 1862At a GlanceMeet Thomas Wallsly.Ounce of Prevention; Pound of CureAftermathNotes.Follow-up Questions and Activities1863 at a Glance: The Tide TurnsA Place of Freedom: Southern Slaves' Efforts to Gain Freedom, March 1863.At a GlanceMeet Ransom Wilson and Elizabeth WilsonA Place of Freedom.AftermathFollow-up Questions and ActivitiesDiary of Death: The Siege of Vicksburg, May–July 1863At a GlanceMeet Lucy McRae.Diary of Death.AftermathFollow-up Questions and ActivitiesHome Town Horror: The Battle of Gettysburg, July 1863At a GlanceMeet Amelia HarmonHome Town Horror.AftermathFollow-up Questions and ActivitiesStriking Out: New York City Draft Riots, July 1863.At a GlanceMeet Michael Ryan.Striking Out.AftermathFollow-up Questions and ActivitiesSounding Battle: The Life of a Drummer Boy at the Battle of Chickamauga, September 1863At a GlanceMeet Ephram Dillard.Sounding Battle.AftermathFollow-up Questions and ActivitiesFast, Dark, and Quiet: Confederate Ships That Ran the Union Naval Blockade, October 1863At a GlanceMeet Captain John Wilkinson.Fast, Dark, and QuietAftermathFollow-up Questions and Activities1864 at a Glance: The Endless EndSouthern Shortages: Southern Women's Soldiers' Aid Society Efforts, 1864.At a GlanceMeet Virginia DeLouiseSouthern ShortagesAftermathFollow-up Questions and ActivitiesBattle "Cries": Women Working in an Army Hospital, May 1864At a GlanceMeet Sally TompkinsBattle "Cries".AftermathNotes.Follow-up Questions and ActivitiesTears of Fear: Army Deserters, May–June 1864At a GlanceMeet Edward CooperTears of Fear.AftermathFollow-up Questions and ActivitiesUnsung Heroes: Black Union Regiments and the Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864.At a GlanceMeet Private Alfonse Mathews.Unsung HeroesAftermathFollow-up Questions and ActivitiesA "Fair" Fight: Northern Women's Efforts to Support the Sanitary Commission, September–November 1864At a GlanceMeet Mary Livingston.A "Fair" FightAftermathNotes.Follow-up Questions and ActivitiesSweet Potatoes, Cotton, Tobacco, and Quinine: A Wealth of Smuggling, October 1864At a GlanceMeet Jedediah TurnerSweet Potatoes, Cotton, Tobacco, and QuinineAftermathNotes.Follow-up Questions and Activities1865 at a Glance: Johnny Comes Marching Home.United We Fall: Lee's Surrender, April 1865.At a GlanceMeet Captain James FielderUnited We FallAftermathFollow-up Questions and ActivitiesSkeleton Heroes: Prisoners of War, April 1865At a GlanceMeet Chester LumpkinSkeleton Heroes.AftermathNotes.Follow-up Questions and ActivitiesEpilogue: The Road to Reconstruction, April–June 1865.Glossary.References.Index