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Historical Fiction: Civil War


  AUTHOR TITLE
  ALLEN, Merritt Johnny Reb
  ALPHIN, Elaine Marie Ghost Soldier (Confederate ghost in North Carolina, YA)
  BASSO, Hamilton Light Infantry Ball
  BECKER, Stephen When the War is Over
  BIERCE, Ambrose Civil War
Shadows of Blue and Grey (short stories and memoirs)
  BRANSON, H.C. Salisbury Plain
  BROWN, Dee Conspiracy of Knaves
  BURKE, Henry and Dick Croy River Jordan: True Story of the Underground Railroad
  CATTON, Bruce Banners of Shenandoah
  CRANE, Stephen Red Badge of Courage
  CRISP, Marty Private Captain: A Story of Gettysburg
  DALLAS, Sandra Alice's Tulips
  DAVIS, Maggie Far Side of Home
  DANN, Jack Silent
  ERNST, Kathleen Retreat from Gettysburg
  FAULKNER, William Unvanquished
  FERBER, Edna Showboat
  FRAZIER, Charles Cold Mountain
  GOURLANDER, Harold African
  HAMBLY, Barbara Sold Down the River
  HAHN, Mary Downing Promises to the Dead
  HESSE, Karen Light in the Storm
  HITE, Sid Stick and White (Civil War veteran meets orphan)
  HUNT, Irene Across Five Aprils
  JAKES, John North And South
  JONES, Douglas Elkhorn Tavern
    Barefoot Brigade
  KANE, Harnett Gallant Mrs. Stonewall
    Lady of Arlington
    Smiling Rebel
  KANTOR, MacKinley Andersonville
  KEITH, Harold Rifles for Watie
  LYONS, Mary and Muriel Branch Dear Ellen Bee
  MCCAIG, Donald Jacob's Ladder
  MCGRIFFIN, Lee Coat for Private Patrick
  MATAS, Carol War Within
  MITCHELL, Kirk Fredericksburg
  MITCHELL, Margaret Gone With the Wind
  MONFREDO, Miriam G. Sisters of Cain
  MRAZEK, Robert J. Stonewall's Gold
  MURPHY, Jim Journal of James Edmond Pease: Civil War Union Soldier
  PAULSEN, Gary Soldier's Heart
  PINKNEY,  Andrea Davis Dear Mr. President: Abraham Lincoln, Letters from a Slave Girl
  PRICE, Eugenia Stranger in Savannah
  REASONER, James Antietam: A Novel
    Vicksburg: A Novel
  RINALDI, Ann Acquaintance with Darkness
Amelia's War
    In My Father's House (Appomattax)
Mine Eyes Have Seen
  SAWYER,  Kem Knapp Freedom Calls: Journey of a Slave Girl (1848)
  SCHWARTZ, Virginia Frances Send One Angel Down (pre-Civil War)
  SESCOE, Vincent E. Double Time
  SHAARA, Jeff Gods and Generals (Fort Sumter to Chancellorsville)
    Last Full Measure (Wilderness to Appomattox)
    Killer Angels (Battle of Gettysburg)
  SLOTKIN, Richard Abe: A Novel
  STONE, Irving Love is Eternal (Novel of Mary Todd & Abraham Lincoln)
  STOWE, Harriet Beecher Uncle Tom’s Cabin
  STYRON, William Confessions of Nat Turner
  TADEMY, Lalita Cane River (Louisiana Creoles, 4 generations)
  VAUGHAN, Robert Andersonville
  VIDAL, Gore Lincoln
  WALKER, Margaret Jubilee
  WARREN, Robert P. Band of Angels
  Wilderness
  WEST, Jessamyn Friendly Persuasion
  WILLIAMS, Ben House Divided

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--from the Springfield Township High School Virtual Library