Under siege! : three children at the Civil War battle for Vicksburg / by Andrea Warren.

Author/creator Warren, Andrea
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Melanie Kroupa Books, 2009.
Description166 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
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Portion of title Three children at the Civil War battle for Vicksburg
Contents War comes to Vicksburg : December 1862 -- The Christmas Eve Ball : December 24, 1862 -- The general's boy goes to war : spring 1863 -- Burying the family silver : late spring 1863 -- At the battle front : late spring 1863 -- The Yankees are coming! : May 1863 -- The road to Vicksburg : May 15-18, 1863 -- Enemy at the gates : May 17-25, 1863 -- Into the caves : late May and early June 1863 -- Dangerous days : early June 1863 -- Growing desperation : middle June 1863 -- Empty stomachs : late June 1863 -- Surrender! : July 4, 1863 -- The unfinished war : July 1863 and beyond -- Postscripts -- Other information about the war -- Facts about the war -- Children orphaned by war -- Women and the war -- Reconstruction.
Abstract This book looks at the 1862-63 battle for Vicksburg through the eyes of three children: ten-year-old Lucy, the daughter of a Vicksburg merchant; eleven-year-old Willie, the son of a minister; and twelve-year old Frederick, the son of Ulysses S. Grant.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [143]-147) and index.
Study program note Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning
Awards noteA Junior Library Guild selection.
LCCN 2008001136
ISBN9780374312558 (hardcover)
ISBN0374312559 (hardcover)
Stock numberJunior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com

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