- Silent Thunder-Andrea Davis Pinkney
- The Little Bugler-William B. Styple
- The Red Badge of Courage-Stephen Crane
- Across Five Aprils-Irene Hunt
- With Every Drop of Blood-James and Lincoln Collier
- Red Cap
- Mr. Lincoln's Drummer (maybe lower than 8th grade)
- Bull Run-Paul Fleischman (not really a novel but great info)
- Shades of Gray-Carolyn Reeder
- Killer Angels (not sure of language in this one)
- Soldier's Heart-Gary Paulsen
- Amelia's War-Rinaldi
- Johnny Tremain
- Charley Skedaddle-Beatty
- Rifles for Watie-Keith
- Voice from the Border-Smith
- The Tamarack Tree-Patricia Clapp
- In My Father's House-Anne Rinaldi (female main character)
- The Boys' War-Jim Murphy (not a novel but great lit)
- The Root Cellar
- Pink & Say (children's but good)
- Ann Rinaldi has several quality Civil War books
- Shenandoah (a play)
- Forty Acres and a Mule-Harriette Gillem
- An Acquaintance with Darkness-Ann Rinaldi (female main character)
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