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The Long Road to Gettysburg

The Long Road to Gettysburg

By Jim Murphy

Interest Level

Grades 6 - 8

Reading Level

Grade level Equivalent: 7.1

Lexile Measure®: 1070L

DRA: Not Available

Guided Reading: NR

Genre

  • Biography
  • General Nonfiction

Theme/Subject

  • American History
  • Civil War Period and Reconstruction
  • American Civil War
  • Flags, Monuments, Symbols
  • The Presidency
  • Historic Figures

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About This Book

On June 3, 1863, 19-year-old Confederate Lieutenant John Dooley prepared to march on Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Thomas Galway, a 17-year-old corporal in the Union army, waited for the battle to begin.

Drawing on the written accounts of these young soldiers, Murphy traces the circumstances leading to the dramatic battle and Lincoln's historic address.

7 maps and 60 archival photographs.

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Jim Murphy's biography
Jim Murphy
Jim Murphy is celebrated for his engaging and carefully researched nonfiction for young readers. His more than thirty-five books include two Newbery Honor Books, The Great Fire and An American Plague (which also won the Sibert Award), and Blizzard!, which was named a Sibert Honor Book.
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