Four Battles of the Civil War

Start-to-Finish: Core Content (Gold) The Start-to-Finish Core Content Gold collection offers age-appropriate, multi-format informational texts that help build comprehension skills for content mastery. Each set contains a paperback book, a computer CD ROM book, an audio book and a reference guide. NOTE: A portable USB DVD writer is available for loan if your computer system does not have a CD/DVD drive. Would you watch a war for fun? That’s what some people did at the first big battle of the Civil War. They packed picnics and went out to watch the fighting. They didn’t know how bloody and terrible war could be. In this book, you’ll learn about this battle and three more: The First Battle of Bull Run showed that the war was going to be long and hard. The Battle of Antietam helped to change the war into a fight to end slavery. The Battle of Gettysburg was the biggest battle of the war. The siege of Vicksburg split the South in two.