48 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm.
Series
Artifacts from the American past
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Waiting for battle -- Witness to history -- A nation divided -- Fierce fighting and a fallen tree -- The stump finds a home -- A powerful symbol
Summary
The bloody Battle of Spotsylvania Court House took place in May 1864. The frantic back-and-forth fighting at an area now called the Bloody Angle was among the fiercest single-day battles of the entire Civil War. How did the bullet-riddled stump of a once-mighty oak tree there become a symbol of the conflict? What can its story tell us about that day's battle and the broader history of the Civil War? Readers will out the answers to these questions and discover more of what the Spotsylvania Stump can tell us about history.
