Beatty, Patricia. Jayhawker. Y FIC Beatty
In the early years of the Civil War, teenage Kansan farm boy Lije Tulley becomes a Jayhawker, an abolitionist raider freeing slaves from the neighboring state of Missouri, and then goes undercover there as a spy.

Beatty, Patricia. Who Comes with Cannons?  Y FIC Beatty
In 1861 twelve-year-old Truth, a Quaker girl from Indiana, is staying with relatives who run a North Carolina station of the Underground Railroad, when her world is changed by the beginning of the Civil War.

Clapp, Patricia. The Tamarack Tree : A Novel of the Siege of Vicksburg. Y FIC Clapp
An eighteen-year-old English girl finds her loyalties divided and all her resources tested as she and her friends experience the terrible physical and emotional hardships of the forty-seven day siege of Vicksburg in the spring of 1863.

Collier, James Lincoln.  With Every Drop of Blood. Y FIC Collier
While trying to transport food to Richmond, Virginia, during the Civil War, fourteen-year-old Johnny is captured by a black Union soldier.

Crane, Stephen.  The Red Badge of Courage.  Y Fic Crane //  Y PB C
During his service in the Civil War a young Union soldier matures to manhood and finds peace of mind as he comes to grips with his conflicting emotions about war.

Forman, James D.  Becca's Story. Y Fic Forman
A Civil War romance concerning a Michigan girl and the two soldiers who are rivals for her hand.

Hunt, Irene.   Across Five Aprils.   Y FIC Hunt //  Y PB H
Young Jethro Creighton grows from a boy to a man when he is left to take care of the family farm in Illinois during the difficult years of the Civil War.

Keith, Harold. Rifles for Watie. Y FIC Keith
A young farm boy joins the Union forces and becomes a scout.

Lasky, Kathryn.   True North : A Novel of the Underground Railroad.  Y Fic Lasky  // Y PB L
Because of the strong influence which her grandfather, an abolitionist, has in her life, fourteen-year-old Lucy assists a fugitive slave girl in her escape.

Matas, Carol.  The War Within : A Novel of the Civil War.  Y FIC Matas
In 1862, after Union forces expel Hannah's family from Holly Springs, Mississippi, because they are Jews, Hannah reexamines her views regarding slavery and the war.

Myers, Walter Dean.  Riot.  Y FIC Myers
In 1863, fifteen-year-old Claire, the daughter of an Irish mother and a black father, faces ugly truths and great danger when Irish immigrants, enraged by the Civil War and a federal draft, lash out against blacks and wealthy "swells" of New York City.

Nixon, Joan Lowery. A Dangerous Promise.  Y FIC Nixon
After being taken in by Captain Taylor and his wife inKansas, twelve-year-old Mike Kelly and his friend Todd Blakely join the Union army as musicians and see the horrors of war firsthand in Missouri.

Paulsen, Gary. Soldier's Heart : A Novel of the Civil War. Y FIC Paulsen
Eager to enlist, fifteen-year-old Charley has a change of heart after experiencing both the physical horrors and mental anguish of Civil War combat.

Rinaldi, Ann.  The Last Full Measure.  Y FIC Rinaldi
In 1863 Pennsylvania, fourteen-year-old Tacy faces the horrors of the Battle of Gettysburg while trying to stay out of the way of her brother David, who is in charge while their father serves as a doctor in the Union army, and to keep her friend Marvelous, a free black, safe from rebel soldiers.

Rinaldi, Ann. Leigh Ann's Civil War.  Y FIC Rinaldi
Recounts the experiences of a spunky young girl, just eleven when the Civil War breaks out, as she watches her brothers go to war, helps care for her mentally ill father, and falls in love with a boy determined to be a soldier. Includes historical notes.

Rinaldi, Ann.  My Vicksburg.  Y FIC Rinaldi
During the siege of Vicksburg, thirteen-year-old Claire Louise struggles with difficult choices when family and friends join opposing sides of the war.

Rinaldi, Ann.  Sarah's Eyes.  Y FIC Rinaldi
In 1861, eighteen-year-old Sarah Tracy, from New York state, comes to work at Mount Vernon, the historic Virginia home of George Washington, where she tries to protect the safety and neutrality of the site during the Civil War, and where she encounters her future husband, Upton Herbert. Includes historical notes.

Shirreffs, Gordon D. Action Front! Y FIC Shirreffs
Follow this novel filled with many scenes and episodes that reflect the true events of Gettysburg.

Shirreffs, Gordon D. The Mosquito Fleet. Y FIC Shirreffs
Follow a Navy boy of the Civil War in the strangest fleet of all, the Tinclads of the Mississippi.

Wilson, John.  Death on the River.  Y FIC Wilson
Young Jake Clay joins the Union Army in the spring of 1864. His dreams of glory vanish, when he is wounded and taken prisoner in his first battle at Cold Harbor, Virginia, and confined to the Confederate prison camp at Andersonville, where 30,000 soldiers face violence, disease and starvation. Frightened and disillusioned, Jake takes up with Billy Sharp, an unscrupulous opportunist who shows him how to survive, no matter what the cost. By the war's end Jake's sleep is haunted by the ghosts of those who have died so he could live. When the camp is liberated, Jake and Billy head north on a Mississippi riverboat. Unknown to Jake, the fateful journey up river will come closer to killing him than Andersonville did, but it will also provide him with his one chance at redemption.

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