false 6006205 1 <DIV><I>“Living in a cave under the ground for six weeks . . . I do not think a child could have passed through what I did and have forgotten it.” – Lucy McRae, age 10, 1863</I> <P></P>Meet Lucy McRae and two other young people, Willie Lord and Frederick Grant, all survivors of the Civil War’s Battle for Vicksburg. In 1863, Union troops intend to silence the cannons guarding the Mississippi River at Vicksburg – even if they have to take the city by siege. To hasten surrender, they are shelling Vicksburg night and day. Terrified townspeople, including Lucy and Willie, take shelter in caves – enduring heat, snakes, and near suffocation. On the Union side, twelve-year-old Frederick Grant has come to visit his father, General Ulysses S. Grant, only to find himself in the midst of battle, experiencing firsthand the horrors of war. <P></P>Period photographs, engravings, and maps extend this dramatic story as award-winning author Andrea Warren re-creates one of the most important Civil War battles through the eyes of ordinary townspeople, officers and enlisted men from both sides, and, above all, three brave children who were there.</DIV> 6181294 27 4 2009 Under Siege!: Three Children at the Civil War Battle for Vicksburg total:9|5:3|4:5|3:1|2:0|1:0| 9 38 18 5 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 12:55:58 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 16:41:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 07 18:14:27 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 18:15:43 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Dec 17 07:06:21 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 07:08:28 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 16:54:50 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 17:02:28 -0700 2009 ]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 08:09:27 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 18:18:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Nov 04 19:24:07 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 19:24:07 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sat Oct 10 09:41:29 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 09:41:29 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 08 10:29:54 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 10:29:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 04 10:54:34 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 29 16:41:25 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 07:51:18 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 07:51:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jul 18 12:04:27 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 12:04:51 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jul 20 21:37:52 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 23:19:27 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 21:37:52 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jul 07 17:49:49 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 17:50:05 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 17 17:02:39 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 17:02:42 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 17 10:22:38 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 11:27:14 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jul 22 07:24:17 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 07:28:37 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 07:24:17 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed May 13 17:57:39 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 17:57:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon May 11 10:48:22 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 10:48:27 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6006205