Alphin, Elaine M. The Ghost Cadet. Twelve-year-old Benjy, in Virginia visiting the grandmother he has never met, meets the ghost of a Virginia Military Institute cadet who was killed in the Battle of New Market in 1864 and helps him recover his family's treasured gold watch.

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. No Man's Land. Because he had been unable to fight off the gator which injured his father, fourteen-year-old Thrasher joins the Confederate Army hoping to prove his manhood.

Beatty, Patricia. Be Ever Hopeful, Hannalee. In 1865 with the war recently over, fourteen-year-old Hannalee and her recently reunited family decide to start a new life in Atlanta where, because of the need to rebuild the devastated city, jobs are plentiful. Sequel to "Turn Homeward, Hannalee."

Beatty, Patricia. Eben Tyne, Powdermonkey. A thirteen-year-old powdermonkey in the Confederate navy joins the crew of the ironclad Merrimack in a mission to break the Union blockade of Norfolk harbor.

Beatty, Patricia. Jayhawker. 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.

Burks, Brian. Wrango. When young George McJunkin leaves his home in Texas and joins a cattle drive along the Chisholm Trail, he experiences the hardships of being a Black cowboy after the Civil War.

Calvert, Patricia. Bigger. When his father disappears near the Mexican border at the end of the Civil War, twelve-year-old Tyler decides to go after him and bring him home, acquiring on the journey a strange dog which he names Bigger.

Clapp, Patricia. The Tamarack Tree. 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. 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. The story of a young man fighting in the Civil War.

Crist-Evans, Craig. Moon Over Tennessee. A thirteen-year-old boy sets off with his father from their farm in Tennessee to join the Confederate forces on their way to fight at Gettysburg. Told in the form of diary entries.

Donahue, John. An Island Far from Home. The twelve-year-old son of a Union army doctor killed during the fighting in Fredericksburg comes to understand the meaning of war and the fine line between friends and enemies when he begins corresponding with a young Confederate prisoner of war.

Ernst, Kathleen. Retreat from Gettysburg. In 1863, during the tense week after the Battle of Gettysburg, a Maryland boy faces difficult choices as he is forced to care for a wounded Confederate officer while trying to decide if he himself should leave his family to fight for the Union.

Fleischman, Paul. Bull Run. Northerners, Southerners, generals, couriers, dreaming boys and worried sisters describe the glory, the horror, the thrill, and the disillusionment of the first battle of the Civil War.

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

Frazier, Charles. Cold Mountain. A love story set during the Civil War in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Fritz, Jean. Brady. Brady and his parents aid runaway slaves in the Underground Railroad.

Hansen, Joyce. Which Way Freedom? Obi escapes from slavery during the Civil War, joins a black Union regiment, and soon becomes involved in the bloody fighting at Fort Pillow, Tennessee.

Houston, Gloria. Mountain Valor. With her father and brothers gone to serve in the Civil War and her mother sick, teenage Valor ignores what is proper behavior for a girl and fights to defend her North Carolina mountain farm.

Hunt, Irene. Across Five Aprils. Young Jethro is forced to take over the responsibilities for the family farm in Illinois when the older men are sent to fight in the Civil War.

Irwin, Hadley. Jim Dandy. Living after the Civil War on a Kansas homestead with his stern stepfather, thirteen-year-old Caleb raises a beloved colt and becomes involved in General Custer's raids on the Cheyenne.

Keith, Harold. Rifles for Watie. Jeff Bussey, a young Union soldier during the Civil War, tries to find out where General Watie is getting his weapons. A Newbery Medal Winner.

Kirkpatrick, Katherine. The Voyage of the Continental. In 1866, young orphan Emeline McCullough leaves her mill job in Lowell, Massachusetts, to head for Seattle, Washington, aboard the steamship Continental, writing in her diary about the intrigue, danger, and romance she encounters on her journey.

Lasky, Kathryn. True North: A Novel of the Underground Railroad. 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.

Lunn, Janet. The Root Cellar. Twelve-year-old orphan Rose, sent to live with unknown relatives on a farm in Canada, ventures into her aunt's root cellar and finds herself making friends with people who lived on the farm more than a century earlier.

Lyon, George Ella. Here and Then. Through ghostly visitation and a diary that seems mysteriously to write itself with twelve-year-old Abby's hands, a Civil War nurse asks for help with medical supplies across an abyss of 133 years.

Mitchell, Margaret. Gone With the Wind. The sweeping saga of Scarlett O'Hara's life and loves during the Civil War.

Nixon, Joan Lowery. A Dangerous Promise. After being taken in by Captain Taylor and his wife in Kansas, 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. 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.

Peck, Richard. Between Two Rivers. During the early days of the Civil War, the Pruitt family takes in two mysterious young ladies who have fled New Orleans to come north to Illinois.

Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Silent Thunder: A Civil War Story. In 1862 eleven-year-old Summer and her thirteen-year-old brother Rosco take turns describing how life on the quiet Virginia plantation where they are slaves is affected by the Civil War.

Polacco, Patricia. Pink and Say. Say Curtis describes his meeting with Pinkus Aylee, a black soldier, during the Civil War, and their capture by Southern troops.

Reeder, Carolyn. Across the Lines. Edward, the son of a white plantation owner, and his black house servant and friend Simon witness the siege of Petersburg during the Civil War.

Rinaldi, Ann. An Acquaintance with Darkness. When her mother dies and her best friend's family is implicated in the assassination of President Lincoln, fourteen-year-old Emily Pigbush must go live with an uncle she suspects of being involved in stealing bodies for medical research.

Rinaldi, Ann. Amelia's War. When a Confederate general threatens to burn Hagerstown, Maryland, unless it pays an exorbitant ransom, twelve-year-old Amelia and her friend find a way to save the town.

Rinaldi, Ann. The Last Silk Dress. During the Civil War, Susan finds a way to help the Confederate Army and uncovers a series of mysterious family secrets.

Rinaldi, Ann. Mine Eyes Have Seen. In the summer of 1859, fifteen-year-old Annie travels to the Maryland farm where her father, John Brown, is secretly assembling his provisional army prior to their raid on the United States arsenal at nearby Harpers Ferry.

Robinet, Harriette. Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule. Born with a withered leg and hand, Pascal, who is about twelve years old, joins other former slaves in a search for a farm and the freedom which it promises.

Sappey, Maureen Stack. Letters from Vinnie. A fictionalized account of the Washington, D.C., Civil War years experienced by Vinnie Ream the sculptress, best known for the statue of Abraham Lincoln that is in the Capitol building.

Severance, John B. Braving the Fire: A Civil War Novel. Jem joins the Union Army but is not sure of his motives or what he hopes to accomplish, particularly since the Civil War has divided his family and caused much violence and confusion in his life.

Wisler, G. Clifton. The Drummer Boy of Vicksburg. In this fact-based story, fourteen-year-old drummer boy Orion Howe displays great bravery during a Civil War battle at Vicksburg, Mississippi.

updated 1/19/2004