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    At the Battle of the Ironclads: An Interactive Battlefield Adventure
    At the Battle of the Ironclads: An Interactive Battlefield Adventure
    At the Battle of the Ironclads: An Interactive Battlefield Adventure
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    At the Battle of the Ironclads: An Interactive Battlefield Adventure

    By Matt Doeden

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    This book explores various perspectives surrounding the Battle of Hampton Roads and the Battle of the Ironclads in the Civil War. Readers are immersed in the action as their choices guide the narrative.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateFeb 1, 2018
    ISBN9781543503029
    At the Battle of the Ironclads: An Interactive Battlefield Adventure
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    Matt Doeden

    Matt Doeden began his career as a sports writer. Since then, he's spent more than a decade writing and editing children's nonfiction. Matt lives in Minnesota with his family.

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      At the Battle of the Ironclads - Matt Doeden

      orientation.

      ABOUT YOUR ADVENTURE

      You are living through a pivotal time in the history of the United States. The North and the South are waging a bloody Civil War. The heaviest fighting is on the ground. But the battle goes on at sea as well. Both sides are at work on secret naval weapons — ironclad ships. Can you survive this bloody time?

      In this book you’ll explore how the choices people made meant the difference between life and death. The events you’ll experience happened to real people.

      Chapter One sets the scene. Then you choose which path to read. Follow the links at the bottom of each page as you read the stories. The decisions you make will change your outcome. After you finish one path, go back and read the others for new perspectives and more adventures. Use your device's back buttons or page navigation to jump back to your last choice.

      YOU CHOOSE the path you take through history.

      CHAPTER 1

      The Civil War on the Water

      It’s March 1862 and the Civil War rages across the eastern half of the North American continent. The war is less than a year old but it is becoming clear that the fighting won’t be over quickly.

      On one side is the Confederacy, which is made up of 11 Southern states. Each Confederate state seceded from, or left, the United States because of disagreements over the issue of slavery. The Confederacy is now fighting to remain separate from the Union, which is made up of the remaining states.

      Virginia is at the heart of the fighting. That’s where Union and Confederate troops meet for many of the war’s early battles. The Union has a strong navy and industrial resources. The Confederacy is weak in both areas. Now the Union has moved to choke the Confederacy by blockading its ports. Union ships seek to prevent Southern ships from bringing much-needed guns and supplies to Confederate forces. The Union also tries to stop the export of Confederate crops, the lifeblood of the South’s economy.

      As you gaze at the Virginia sky, you wonder how long the South can hold out without supplies. You’ve heard whispers about each side building secret naval weapons — ships covered in armored iron plates. Will these ironclad ships even float? Could they tip the balance of power on the sea?

      One way or another, the world is about to change. Forces are gathering for battle. The Battle of the Ironclads will be unlike any battle in the history of the world. It will change naval strategy forever. But will you be able to survive the events that are about to take place?

      To smuggle secret Confederate naval plans north, press here.

      To take command of a Southern blockade-running ship, press here.

      To serve aboard a Union ship during the Battle of the Ironclads, press here.

      CHAPTER 2

      Secret Plans

      You move through the mansion’s bedrooms, pulling sheets off one bed after another. As you work you pay little attention to the voices that spill out of the study and down the hallway.

      This will change the war, says one voice. You recognize the speaker as your owner.

      A Confederate engineer, your owner has many visitors. You are a slave with no formal education and little chance to learn what’s happening in the war. This makes it difficult to understand many of the conversations you overhear. But you’re smart and you can tell that this is about something really important. You stop what you’re doing and listen.

      How can one ship change the war? asks a second voice.

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