The Boys' War: Confederate And Union Soldiers Talk About The Civil War
  • The Boys' War: Confederate And Union Soldiers Talk About The Civil War
  • The Boys' War: Confederate And Union Soldiers Talk About The Civil War
  • The Boys' War: Confederate And Union Soldiers Talk About The Civil War
ISBN: 0395664128
EAN13: 9780395664124
Language: English
Release Date: Mar 22, 1993
Pages: 128
Dimensions: 0.5" H x 9.9" L x 7.9" W
Weight: 1.1 lbs.
Format: Paperback
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The Boys' War: Confederate And Union Soldiers Talk About The Civil War

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An ALA Best Book for Young Adults: Firsthand accounts of the experiences of boys sixteen and younger who fought in the Civil War, with photos included.

Winner of the Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction

Making extensive use of the actual words--culled from diaries, journals, memoirs, and letters--of boys who served in the Union and Confederate armies as fighting soldiers as well as drummers, buglers, and telegraphers, Murphy describes the beginnings of the Civil War and goes on to delineate the military role of the underage soldiers and their life in the camps and field bivouacs. Also included is a description of the boys' return home and the effects upon them of their wartime experiences.An excellent selection of more than 45 sepia-toned contemporary photographs augment the text of this informative, moving work. --School Library Journal (starred review)

This wrenching look at our nation's bloodiest conflict through the eyes of its youthful participants serves up history both heartbreaking and enlightening. --Publishers Weekly

This well-researched and readable account provides fresh insight into the human cost of a pivotal event in United States history. --The Horn Book (starred review)

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   but it does contain some very shocking and sad photos of dead soldiers
Lots of interesting photos : Technically, a book for young adults, but it does contain some very shocking and sad photos of dead soldiers. Children have always fought in wars, but I think that the American Civil War was perhaps one of the first times that people developed a sensitivity towards the idea. The ancient Romans and the Greeks thought that a ten-year-old was certainly old enough for service. I think that the concept of childhood -- that children are not just new adults, but is relatively short, untrained. This is still the case in some parts of the world, in some parts of the world.
 
Recommended to buy: Yes
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   Fantastic book to bring the war home
For older children, this is a great book to bring the conditions of the USA before the Civil War and then the war itself to life. The language is often first-person, and the family situations described really resonated with our 9 year old - almost too much, in fact, because he had some serious questions about 12 year olds going to war. Relieved to find out that many were in the drum corps and other non-fighting units, this gave my son much food for thoughtconversation as we read it together.
 
Recommended to buy: Yes
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An absolutely excellent book, but also one of the saddest books I ever read. I did not realize that many of the boys in the book went to war mainly for money. I also had no idea that there were so many children involved in the war. Twelve, thirteen and fourteen is still a kid who goes to war. For me, that was a little too graphic. A terrible book about a great wound in the United States that happened not all that long ago.
 
Recommended to buy: Yes
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   Another Murphy Success
I really appreciate this book ''. It will work well in the classroom, as I teach Across Five Aprils. Jim Murphy has once again brought primary sources of information to readers in a way that is both engaging and informative. The book is an excellent way to present the young men of the Civil War fighting to students. The only reason I didn't give it five stars is because I would have liked to see the sources more fully documented. If I tried to have my students find the sources of their young soldiers'writing, I am not sure they could do it.
 
Recommended to buy: Yes
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   My Great Granddad went into the civil war at age 15 ...
My Great Granddad went with two brothers and a cousin into the Civil War at the age of 15. A brother and a cousin were killed in the battle. The other brother was wounded and my GGdad got out at 18 yrs after 3 yrs. This book is supurb - exceptional... At times, it was sort of a tear jerker.
 
Recommended to buy: Yes
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   Good book
Good notes about children in the war. I liked it and would recommend reading it if you don 't know much about the civil war.
 
Recommended to buy: Yes
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   Great first hand account
So much so that he is interested in reading some of the other full length accounts of the boys who served in the Civil War. In our homeschool we learn a lot of history, but he also studied a lot from this book. First-hand accounts are always the best!
 
Recommended to buy: Yes
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   book was researched and a lot of good stats. however
The book was researched and has a lot of good stats. He came to hospitals, however. Amputations were not just done ; in many cases, a person was told of choices and then moved on.
 
Recommended to buy: No
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