Alphin, Elaine Marie. Ghost soldier

Alphin, Elaine Marie. Ghost soldier. Henry Holt, 2001 [0-8050-6158-4]
Alexander can see ghosts but has not done so in a while. Then he father decides to remarry and takes the family to visit a woman he intends to marry. When the group goes to visit the Civil War battle field at Petersburg, a ghost talks to Alexander and gets him involves in an adventure to find out what happened to the ghosts family after the battle. This 216 page book is part historical fiction, ghost story, and part realistic fiction of family problems. That makes a lot of reasons to read it.