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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797639603321

Autore

Cohn Scotti <1950->

Titolo

Beyond their years : stories of sixteen Civil War children / / Scotti Cohn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Guilford, Connecticut : , : Globe Pequot, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4930-1758-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Disciplina

973.70835

Soggetti

Children - United States - History - 19th century

Teenagers - United States - History - 19th century

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

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Children

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part I. Union -- The natural and accepted order of existence?: Jesse Root Grant -- "Sojer boy, will you marry me?": Maggie Campbell -- And then the trouble began: Edwin Fitzgerald (Foy) -- A drop of blood for every tear: Ella Sheppard -- Little red cap: Ransom Powell -- "I can and shall never forget": Susie Baker King -- Bound to go: Elisha Stockwell Jr. -- A straw to hold: John Henry Crowder -- Part II. Confederate -- "I wanted to fight to music": Opie Percival Read -- Little rebel: Rose Greenhow -- Flashes of bursting bombs: Eliza Lord -- "We cannot win": Anne Augusta Banister -- Young in the ghastly game: John Sergeant Wise -- The light in the window: Sallie LeConte -- A perfect sheet of bullets: Albert Butler Blocker -- Want of leadership: William H.S. Burgwyn.

Sommario/riassunto

Sometimes a war's greatest heroes are its survivors, those who manage to forge new lives despite the tragedy they have experienced. For the sixteen unsung heroes profiled in Beyond Their Years, surviving also meant surrendering their childhood. These children found themselves on the edge of the fray - both in combat and in the throes of daily life - helping, or simply enduring, as best their interrupted youths allowed. Their behind-the-scenes stories illustrate what it was really like for children during the Civil War.