Diary of a Drummer Boy

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First Avenue Editions, Mar 1, 2000 - Juvenile Fiction - 48 pages
The fictional journal of a real-life drummer boy in the Civil War. Orion Howe is the youngest person in history to receive a Congresional Medal of Honor. The author imagines what he might have written had he kept a journal, and in doing so is able to bring the sights and sounds of the civil war alive for young readers.

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Section 1
5
Section 2
38
Section 3
39
Section 4
44
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Diary of a Drummer Boy, Volume 1998
Marlene Targ Brill
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Marlene Targ Brill
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1862 We planted 55th Regiment APRIL Auntie battle Betsy bunk caliber fifty-four Camp Douglas campsite since Chicago cartridges chums on field cooking Cordelia Cordelia Mother DECEMBER ditch dress parade drill drum drummer boys Father and Lyston Father says FEBRUARY fife fight Fort Douglas Fort Pickering Glen Rock grandest campsite Haney led prayers hardtack head hitched a ride Illinois JANUARY ANUARY journal knapsacks knew on headboards left they destroyed little Edith little to quiet load lumpy hard ground MARCH Medal of Honor Mississippi River musket balls mustered in today night NOVEMBER Orion pack Pickering in Memphis played Taps President Lincoln quiet Father's cough rations are scarce rebel fire river wearing road Sherman Sherman's first brigade slaves sneak snug Memphis camp soldiers spotted him bathing steamer sunup supply wagon sweet potatoes talk Tennessee muck Tennessee River think Sherman's crazy Tonight tramp Uncle Samuel Vicksburg Waukegan week we've slept wounded

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About the author (2000)

Author and illustrator Michael Garland was born in Manhattan in 1952. He studied art at Pratt Institute and soon after graduating, he sold his first illustration to True Confessions magazine. He has written or illustrated over 40 books.

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TitleDiary of a Drummer Boy
Volume 6 of I Know America Series
AuthorMarlene Targ Brill
Illustrated byMichael Garland
Editionillustrated
PublisherFirst Avenue Editions, 2000
ISBN0761313885, 9780761313885
Length48 pages
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Juvenile Fiction / Historical / Military & Wars
Juvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / 19th Century
  
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