Download or read book The Boys War written by Jim Murphy and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1990 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ALA Best Book for Young Adults: Firsthand accounts of the experiences of boys sixteen and younger who fought in the Civil War, with photos included. Winner of the Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction "Making extensive use of the actual words--culled from diaries, journals, memoirs, and letters--of boys who served in the Union and Confederate armies as fighting soldiers as well as drummers, buglers, and telegraphers, Murphy describes the beginnings of the Civil War and goes on to delineate the military role of the underage soldiers and their life in the camps and field bivouacs. Also included is a description of the boys' return home and the effects upon them of their wartime experiences...An excellent selection of more than 45 sepia-toned contemporary photographs augment the text of this informative, moving work." --School Library Journal (starred review) "This wrenching look at our nation's bloodiest conflict through the eyes of its youthful participants serves up history both heartbreaking and enlightening." --Publishers Weekly "This well-researched and readable account provides fresh insight into the human cost of a pivotal event in United States history." --The Horn Book (starred review)

Download or read book A Boy s Experience in the Civil War 1860 1865 written by Thomas Hughes and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-08-19 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.

Download or read book A Boy s Experience in the Civil War 1860 1865 written by Thomas Hughes and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Boy s Experience in the Civil War 1860 1865 written by Thomas Hughes and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-08-19 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.

Download or read book A Boy s Experience In The Civil War 1860 1865 written by Thomas Hughes and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-09-25 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Download or read book Boys War Pa written by Jim Murphy and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1990 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Drummer Boy of Company C written by Mary Louise Clifford and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1861, too young and too small to enlist, Alman Beneway left home and followed Indiana infantry regiments for almost a year before he found a company that would enlist him as a drummer boy. This history, based on his memoirs and other primary sources, follows Al and his regiment through the south to Chickamauga, where he is captured while helping wounded soldiers, and his 14 months as a prisoner of war, until he rejoins his regiment in 1865.

Download or read book As Seen from the Ranks written by Charles Edward Benton and published by Kessinger Publishing. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Download or read book A Wisconsin Boy in Dixie written by James King Newton and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Unlike many of his fellows, [James Newton] was knowledgeable, intuitive, and literate; like many of his fellows he was cast into the role of soldier at only eighteen years of age. He was polished enough to write drumhead and firelight letters of fine literary style. It did not take long for this farm boy turned private to discover the grand design of the conflict in which he was engaged, something which many of the officers leading the armies never did discover."--Victor Hicken, Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society "When I wrote to you last I was at Madison with no prospect of leaving very soon, but I got away sooner than I expected to." So wrote James Newton upon leaving Camp Randall for Vicksburg in 1863 with the Fourteenth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Newton, who had been a rural schoolteacher before he joined the Union army in 1861, wrote to his parents of his experiences at Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg, on the Red River, in Missouri, at Nashville, at Mobile, and as a prisoner of war. His letters, selected and edited by noted historian Stephen E. Ambrose, reveal Newton as a young man who matured in the war, rising in rank from private to lieutenant. A Wisconsin Boy in Dixie reveals Newton as a young man who grew to maturity through his Civil War experience, rising in rank from private to lieutenant. Writing soberly about the less attractive aspects of army life, Newton's comments on fraternizing with the Rebs, on officers, and on discipline are touched with a sense of humor--"a soldier's best friend," he claimed. He also became sensitive to the importance of political choices. After giving Lincoln the first vote he had ever cast, Newton wrote: "In doing so I felt that I was doing my country as much service as I have ever done on the field of battle."

Download or read book The Story of a Confederate Boy in the Civil War written by David E. Johnston and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-06 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the firsthand account of David Johnston's experiences in the 7th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Confederate, during the Civil War, originally published in 1914. Written by Johnston himself, it provides a richly detailed narrative of the battles and the daily lives of the soldiers.

Download or read book A Boy s Service Under Sherman in the Civil War written by Charles A. Willison and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fall of Atlanta and Sherman's March to the Sea were only two end-game events in Charles Willison's service to the 76th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the American Civil War. In this simple, unvarnished 1908 memoir, Willison tells the tale of one of millions of proud private soldiers. "I never considered myself brave. On the contrary, as a boy was naturally fearful if not a rank coward so that, I am free to confess, I could never face shot and shell with the indifference some claimed for themselves." Yet he remained to the end and did his duty as he saw it needed to be done. Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever. For less than you'd spend on gas going to the library, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.

Download or read book A Boy s Experience in the Civil War written by Thomas Hughes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Boy's Experience in the Civil War: 1860-1865 Free access to the Capitol gave me the opportunity to observe minutely the funeral arrangements for General Thomas J. Jackson. Stonewall Jackson' s remains were brought to Richmond to he in stateinthe Capitol pi epara tory to his funeral. And they arrived late one evening and were first deposited in a little room on the left of the entrance to the Capitol on the side next to the Governor's house. The burial casket was placed onabier, uncovered, and the custodian of the Capitol permitted a favored few including myself to view the remains. The cofiin had ever green heavily intertwined around it. Theic were no flowers. His face was exactly as appears in his photo graphs, except it was thinner, the features were perfectly placid, not evidencing that he had suffered pain, his whiskers and mustache were of unusual thickness, his forehead high and his hair coal black. I brought a small portion of the evergreen on the casket away with me. After lying in state whenhis funeral took place the cortege was preceded by a brass band that played afuneraldirge; the horse that General Jackson rode with General J ack son's boots hanging down one on each side of his saddle came next to the hearse and was led by his body servant. The funeral was impressive as only such a one could be. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book A Leaf from Army Life Background and Experiences of a Civil War Soldier written by Dorothy Kincheloe Hendrix and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of the history and original writings of Grove H. Dutton, a soldier in the Army of the Potomac, belonging to the 147th N.Y. Volunteers--wounded in the Battle of Gettysburg.

Download or read book Experiences in the Civil War written by Solomon Woolworth and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Destruction and Reconstruction Personal Experiences from the Civil War written by Richard Taylor and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Madison & Adams Press presents the Civil War Memories Series. This meticulous selection of the firsthand accounts, memoirs and diaries is specially comprised for Civil War enthusiasts and all people curious about the personal accounts and true life stories of the unknown soldiers, the well known commanders, politicians, nurses and civilians amidst the war. "Destruction and Reconstruction" is one of the most credited books of the Civil War. "The opinions expressed are sincerely entertained, but of their correctness such readers as I may find must judge. I have in most cases been a witness to the facts alleged, or have obtained them from the best sources. Where statements are made upon less authority, I have carefully endeavored to indicate it by the language employed."

Download or read book Rufus written by Phoebe Sheldon and published by Off the Common Books. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rufus, A Boy’s Extraordinary Experiences in the Civil War Based on the incredible Civil War letters of Rufus Harnden, this book follows a perceptive and well-spoken seventeen-year-old from New York State through three exciting years in the Union Army. He fights at Antietam and then Chancellorsville before being wounded and sent to the hospital and on to more adventures behind the front lines. Thebook includes historical details about the Battle of Chancellorsville that have never been published before. It also includes extensive footnotes that provide the reader context for Rufus’s very personal war story. “These letters are a window into our country’s defining struggle.” American Singer/Songwriter James Taylor

Download or read book Civil War Experiences 1862 1865 written by Edward Mott Robbins and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-26 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You will enjoy this collection of personal experiences about the Civil War from the soldiers involved. Excerpt: When we passed Alexandria, Mo., the river shore was lined with people, and to our ears came the shout, "Hurrah for Jeff Davis!" and to add to the insult they waved the black flag...