The Biggest Battles of the Civil War

By Molly Kolpin

In the Civil War, battles raged in more than 20 states. The war between North and South remains the bloodiest in U.S. history. The casualties of the Battle of Gettysburg numbered more than 50,000 alone, and the day the Battle of Antietam was fought September 17, 1862 is recorded as the deadliest single day in U.S. military history. Find out what happened in the wars largest battles to cause the devastation that still scars the nation today.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: Dec 21, 2015
• ISBN: 9781515729969

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 A Conflicted Country

Chapter 2 Let the Battles Begin

Chapter 3 The North Scores

Chapter 4 The South Surrenders

Glossary

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Critical Thinking Using the Common Core

Internet Sites

Index

CHAPTER 1

A CONFLICTED COUNTRY

It was the mid-1800s in the United States. The North and South were at a standoff. The states could not agree on the issue of slavery. Northern states wanted slavery to be abolished. Southern states wanted to keep slavery.

In the North most people viewed slavery as cruel. Black men and women had been shipped to the United States against their will. They were forced into slavery. They did backbreaking work on large Southern plantations. Many were abused by their owners.

In the South feelings about slavery weren’t so simple. Plantation owners needed slaves to help with their farms. Without slave labor, they couldn’t make much money. The Southern way of life would collapse. This fear