Drummer Boy of Company C: Coming of Age in the Civil War

Drummer Boy of Company C: Coming of Age in the Civil War
ISBN-10
096364128X
ISBN-13
9780963641281
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages
157
Language
English
Published
2013
Author
Mary Louise Clifford

Description

Recounts the Civil War experiences of Almon Beneway, who, under the name Albert Walton, left home at fourteen to join the Union Army, eventually enlisted as a drummer in an Indiana regiment, and was taken prisoner at Chickamauga.

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