Diary of a Drummer Boy, Volume 1998The fictionalized diary of a twelve-year-old boy who joins the Union army as a drummer, and ends up fighting in the Civil War. |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
55th Regiment APRIL Auntie battle Betsy bluffs bunk Cairo caliber fifty-four Camp Benton Camp Douglas cartridges Chaplain Haney Chicago Colonel Malmborg ordered cooking Cordelia and Edith Cordelia Mother corn DECEMBE ECEMBER ditch dress parade drill drum drummer boys Father and Lyston Father says FEBRUARY EBRUARY 15 fife fight folks Fort Douglas Glen Rock guns hard hardtack head heart of rebel hitched a ride Illinois JANU ANUARY JANUARY ANUARY journal JULY ULY knapsacks letter little Edith load look Lyston wrote MARLENE TARG BRILL Medal of Honor Mississippi River musket balls mustered night NOVEMBER OVEMBER Orion pack Philip Pitts pier President Lincoln Press Quartermaster Janes rebel fire road Sherman Shiloh log shooting rebels slaves smallpox sneak soldiers steamer sunup supply wagon sweet potatoes talk Tennessee River tent Tonight train tramp Uncle Samuel Union Vicksburg Waukegan whizzed Wiseman wounded