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

by Warren, Andrea.

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New York : Melanie Kroupa Books, 2009.

Children -- Mississippi -- Vicksburg -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.

Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863 -- Juvenile literature.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Children -- Juvenile literature.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0902/2008001136-b.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0902/2008001136-d.html

9780374312558 (hardcover) :

0374312559 (hardcover) :

166 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

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.

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.

A Junior Library Guild selection

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