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Title:

Biographies of the Civil War and Reconstruction : Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, and more / edited by Sherman Hollar.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Britannica Educational Pub. in association with Rosen Educational Services,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

165 p : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Biography.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.

Other Authors:

Hollar, Sherman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Millard Fillmore -- Franklin Pierce -- James Buchanan -- Dred Scott -- Thaddeus Stevens -- Sojourner Truth -- John Brwon -- David Farragut -- Robert E. Lee -- Joseph E. Johnston -- Jefferson Davis -- Abraham Lincoln -- Andrew Johnson -- Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Horace Greeley -- Wendell Phillips -- Stephen A. Douglas -- George G. Meade -- Jubal A. Early -- Benjamin F. Butler -- Julia Ward Howe -- William Tecumseh Sherman -- Harriet Tubman -- James Longstreet -- Nathan Bedford Forrest -- Clara Barton -- Ulysses S. Grant -- Hiram R. Revels -- Mathew Brady -- Mary Chesnut -- Stonewall Jackson -- Winfield Scott Hancock -- George B. McClellan -- Philip Sheridan -- Petroleum V. Nasby -- Jeb Stuart -- John Wilkes Booth -- Robert Smalls -- Sarah Edmonds.

Summary:

Profiles many of the soldiers, generals, political leaders, and social activists who left indelible marks on the Civil War and Reconstruction eras, thereby altering the entire course of American history.

Series:

Impact on America. Collective biographies

ISBN:

1615306927
9781615306923

LCCN:

2012001380

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

P1AX906 -- Indian Hills Community College Library - Ottumwa (Ottumwa)

RSSX851 -- Roland-Story High School Media Center (Story City)