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Book

The surrender at Appomattox

Call Number

  • J 973.7 BENO (CEN, OSH)

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Publication Information

New York : Children's Press, 2012.

Physical Description

64 p. : chiefly col. ill., col. map ; 24 cm.

Contents

  • Setting the scene : a defining moment in American history
  • The horrors of war
  • The rise and fall of fortune
  • The heavens turned upside down
  • Surrender becomes certain
  • What happened where?
  • Let freedom ring.

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