The American Civil War (1861–1865) was a separatist conflict between the United States Federal government (the "Union") and eleven Southern slave states that declared their secession and formed the Confederate States of America, led by President Jefferson Davis. The Union, led by President Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party, opposed the expansion of slavery and rejected any right of secession. Fighting commenced on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces attacked a Federal military installation at Fort Sumter in South Carolina.

This US Civil War Volume 1 consists of books of Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander), 1862-1919. Altsheler's series of "juvenile historical fiction" follows the experiences throughout the war of two cousins from Pendleton, Kentucky: Harry Kenton, who fights for the South, and Dick Mason, who fights for the North.

•The Guns of Bull Run, A Story of the Civil War's Eve
Vol. 1 of 8 (English)
•The Guns of Shiloh, A Story of the Great Western Campaign
Vol. 2 of 8 (English)
•The Scouts of Stonewall, The Story of the Great Valley Campaign
Vol. 3 of 8 (English)
•The Sword of Antietam, A Story of the Nation's Crisis
Vol. 4 of 8 (English)
•The Star of Gettysburg, A Story of Southern High Tide
Vol. 5 of 8 (English)
•The Rock of Chickamauga, A Story of the Western Crisis
Vol. 6 of 8 (English)
•The Shades of the Wilderness, A Story of Lee's Great Stand
Vol. 7 of 8 (English)
•The Tree of Appomattox, A Story of the Civil War's Close
Vol. 8 of 8 (English)
•Before the Dawn, A Story of the Fall of Richmond (English)