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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462213103321

Autore

Wickersham John T. <1846-1916.>

Titolo

Boy soldier of the Confederacy [[electronic resource] ] : the memoir of Johnnie Wickersham / / edited by Kathleen Gorman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-280-69718-0

9786613674142

0-8093-8794-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GormanKathleen <1963->

Disciplina

973.7/82092

B

Soggetti

Soldiers - Missouri

Child soldiers - Missouri

Electronic books.

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives, Confederate

Missouri History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives

Missouri History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Participation, Juvenile

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published under title: The gray and the blue. Berkeley, Calif. : J.T. Wickersham, 1915.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-159) and index.

Nota di contenuto

"Memory seems so real" -- "The first time I heard Dixie" -- "We fought each other like wild animals" -- "I walked with military bearing" -- "To surrender we knew meant death" -- "They stared at me with wondering eyes."

Sommario/riassunto

Johnnie Wickersham was fourteen when he ran away from his Missouri home to fight for the Confederacy. Fifty years after the war, he wrote his memoir at the request of family and friends and distributed it privately in 1915. Boy Soldier of the Confederacy: The Memoir of Johnnie Wickersham offers not only a rare look into the Civil War through the eyes of a child but also a coming-of-age story.Edited by Kathleen Gorman, the volume presents a new introduction and



annotations that explain how the war was glorified over time, the harsh realities suppressed in the nation's