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. |
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Page 11
... drill at Fort Douglas , which is named for Senator Stephen Douglas . Some two thousand people crowded the train depot to see the men off . Bells rang . People cheered and waved white handkerchiefs . Even little Edith flapped a U.S. flag ...
... drill at Fort Douglas , which is named for Senator Stephen Douglas . Some two thousand people crowded the train depot to see the men off . Bells rang . People cheered and waved white handkerchiefs . Even little Edith flapped a U.S. flag ...
Page 19
... drill , drill , drill . We begin before the other soldiers by drumming a morning wake - up call at sunup . The men scramble into line for roll call , looking none too friendly . They are counted then and at evening dress parade . So far ...
... drill , drill , drill . We begin before the other soldiers by drumming a morning wake - up call at sunup . The men scramble into line for roll call , looking none too friendly . They are counted then and at evening dress parade . So far ...
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... drills . We slip and slide through the brush outside our camp . Men keep getting fevers from the cold or sore bellies from spoiled food . Each tent only has one mess pan . The rice is mush , and beans boil up slimy . Lots of us are ...
... drills . We slip and slide through the brush outside our camp . Men keep getting fevers from the cold or sore bellies from spoiled food . Each tent only has one mess pan . The rice is mush , and beans boil up slimy . Lots of us are ...
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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