Video: Dear America - When Will This Cruel War be Over?: A Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson

Summary:

Description: A Confederate girl records the hardships of Southern life as the Civil War rages at her doorstep and tears her family and country apart. © 1998 Scholastic Grades: 6-8      (26 min.)

Segments:

Finding Courage During War (03:05)
Ailing Mrs. Simpson and Company (03:27)
War Takes Its Toll on Rachel (02:30)
A Death and a Defense (02:05)
Remembering Tally (04:48)
Willow: From Home to Hospital (04:38)
Emma's Epiphany: The Horrors of War (02:14)
Victory Within Defeat (03:12)