LEADER 03136nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910462213103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-69718-0 010 $a9786613674142 010 $a0-8093-8794-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000162079 035 $a(EBL)1354407 035 $a(OCoLC)856870135 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000645045 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11359883 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000645045 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10680600 035 $a(PQKB)11233903 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1354407 035 $a(OCoLC)782951067 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19273 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1354407 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10555631 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL367414 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000162079 100 $a20060206d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBoy soldier of the Confederacy$b[electronic resource] $ethe memoir of Johnnie Wickersham /$fedited by Kathleen Gorman 210 $aCarbondale $cSouthern Illinois University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (194 p.) 300 $aOriginally published under title: The gray and the blue. Berkeley, Calif. : J.T. Wickersham, 1915. 311 $a0-8093-2722-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 153-159) and index. 327 $a"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." 330 $aJohnnie 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 606 $aSoldiers$zMissouri$vBiography 606 $aChild soldiers$zMissouri$vBiography 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vPersonal narratives, Confederate 607 $aMissouri$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vPersonal narratives 607 $aMissouri$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xRegimental histories 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xRegimental histories 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xParticipation, Juvenile 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSoldiers 615 0$aChild soldiers 676 $a973.7/82092 676 $aB 700 $aWickersham$b John T.$f1846-1916.$0910394 701 $aGorman$b Kathleen$f1963-$0910395 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462213103321 996 $aBoy soldier of the Confederacy$92037576 997 $aUNINA