03136nam 2200685 a 450 991046221310332120200520144314.01-280-69718-097866136741420-8093-8794-8(CKB)2670000000162079(EBL)1354407(OCoLC)856870135(SSID)ssj0000645045(PQKBManifestationID)11359883(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000645045(PQKBWorkID)10680600(PQKB)11233903(MiAaPQ)EBC1354407(OCoLC)782951067(MdBmJHUP)muse19273(Au-PeEL)EBL1354407(CaPaEBR)ebr10555631(CaONFJC)MIL367414(EXLCZ)99267000000016207920060206d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBoy soldier of the Confederacy[electronic resource] the memoir of Johnnie Wickersham /edited by Kathleen GormanCarbondale Southern Illinois University Pressc20061 online resource (194 p.)Originally published under title: The gray and the blue. Berkeley, Calif. : J.T. Wickersham, 1915.0-8093-2722-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-159) and index."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."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'sSoldiersMissouriBiographyChild soldiersMissouriBiographyUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narratives, ConfederateMissouriHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narrativesMissouriHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Regimental historiesUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Regimental historiesUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Participation, JuvenileElectronic books.SoldiersChild soldiers973.7/82092BWickersham John T.1846-1916.910394Gorman Kathleen1963-910395MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462213103321Boy soldier of the Confederacy2037576UNINA