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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
"It's 1863, and Thomas and his little sister, Birdie, have fled the farm where they were born and raised as slaves. Following the North Star, looking for freedom, they soon cross paths with a Union soldier. Everything changes: Corporal Henry Green brings Thomas and Birdie back to his regiment, and suddenly it feels like they've found a new home. Best of all, they don't have to find their way north alone--they're marching with the army. But then orders...
Author
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
Describes the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War, and includes details on troop movements of both the Union and Confederate armies, the notable figures on the battlefield, and the famous Gettysburg Address.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1170L
Language
English
Description
"In 'Summer's Bloodiest Days', author-historian Jennifer Weber combines gripping eyewitness accounts and dramatic artwork with a riveting narrative to tell the story of Gettysburg from all sides. Names such as Devil's Den, Little Round Top, and Pickett's Charge take on new meaning as readers learn about the incredible sacrifices made there--often by soldiers in their teens" --Cover, p. 4.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the site of the bloodiest and perhaps most consequential battle ever fought by Americans, Gettysburg is one of the nation's most visited sites, attracting countless tourists, military buffs, and students of American history yearly. As a professor at Princeton University, James McPherson regularly conducts tours of the battlefield for students, faculty, and others. In Hallowed Ground, McPherson takes us on one of his tours, with stops at important...
Author
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
Relates the experiences of ordinary teenager Tillie Pierce during the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, as she helped save wounded Union and Confederate soldiers during the bloody, three-day battle.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The true story of five young men who grew up in Gettysburg, moved south to Virginia in the 1850s, joined the Confederate army, and returned "home" as foreign invaders for the great battle in July 1863. Drawing on rarely seen documents and family histories, as well as military service records and contemporary accounts, Tom McMillan delves into the backgrounds of Wesley Culp, Henry Wentz, and the three Hoffman brothers.
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an Imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
Learn fascinating facts about one of America's most interesting national parks where one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War took place.
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
With his father, the caretaker of Gettysburg's Evergreen Cemetery, off fighting in the Union Army, Fred Thorn endures the three-day Battle of Gettysburg and then helps his mother and grandfather bury around one hundred soldiers.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
In 1863, twelve-year-old Will, who longs to be a drummer in the Union army, is stuck in his sleepy hometown of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, but when the Union and Confederate armies meet right there in his town, he and his family are caught up in the fight. Includes historical notes, glossary, and a timeline of events.
10) The Yankee widow
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Caroline is the young wife of Jacob, who together live on a farm raising their daughter just outside of Gettysburg. When Jacob joins the Northern army, no one anticipates he will not return. Then Caroline gets word that her husband is wounded, and she must find her way alone to Washington City and search among the thousands of casualties to find him. When Jacob succumbs to his injuries, she brings his body home on the eve of the deadliest battle of...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[1992]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Description
Describes the events of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 as seen through the eyes of two actual participants, nineteen-year-old Confederate lieutenant John Dooley and seventeen-year-old Union soldier Thomas Galway. Also discusses Lincoln's famous speech delivered at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
"Pickett's Charge, one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, is the climax of this Civil War adventure, told from the perspective of three girls: a Union loyalist, a free Black, and a girl from Virginia who disguised herself as a boy to fight in the Confederate Army"--
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imrpint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 790L
Language
English
Description
See the Battle of Gettysburg through the eyes Alfred Waud, a special artist and war correspondent whose depiction of Pickett's Charge is thought to be the only visual account by an eyewitness. A story of extreme risk, strife, and the search for truth, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves into the crucial Civil War battle.
16) Gettysburg
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011, 1993.
Language
English
Description
Civil War drama depicting the events and personal struggles of the Union and Confederate soldiers at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Author
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In this new narrative of Civil War cavalry, author Daniel Murphy gets into the saddle and explores what it was like to be a cavalryman during the Gettysburg campaign. Horse-soldiering was a unique way of doing battle, and Murphy gives it more justice and nuanced description than any author has yet given it"--
Author
Publisher
McFarland & Co
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"This reference work chronicles and categorizes more than 23,000 Union casualties at Gettysburg by generals and staff and by state and unit. Thirteen appendices also cover information by brigade, division and corps; by engagements and skirmishes; by state; by burial at three cemeteries; and by hospitals. Casualty transports, incarceration records and civilian casualty lists are also included"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher
Rob Child & Associates
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Using a letter written by Union officer, Lt. Frank A. Haskell to his brother, as well as other accounts from soldiers on both sides, this film tells the story of the Battle of Gettysburg as experienced by the soldiers who were there.
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