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Article: American Civil War: Primary Sources.
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- The Book Report
- Article date:
- September 1, 2000
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American Civil War Reference Library
American Civil War: Primary Sources. 0-7876-3824-2 2000. $145/series hc. UXL/The Gale Group. Grades 6-12
The Almanac presents an overview of the Civil War while discussing important events and people in brief, concise passages. The resource includes photographs and excerpts from primary sources. Informative inserts throughout the book, such as "Life in the Camps" and "Illness and Disease Take Toll on Soldiers," add dimension to the text. The biographies include famous and less well-known names of the era. Although short, the biographies, with their rare photographs, provide enough information to pique the reader's ...