Beyond Their Years: Stories of Sixteen Civil War Children - Softcover
To examine the Civil War through the eyes of children is to perceive the conflict in a whole new way. To many children, unburdened with the worries of their parents, the war brought only glamorous events and daily excitement. Others less fortunate found themselves suddenly dealing with chronic uncertainty and great loss. Still others found a way to join the ranks as nurses, spies, drummer boys, buglers, or full-fledged soldiers. All experienced a childhood unparalleled in American history.
The 16 children--male and female, white and black, Confederate and Union, and between the ages of three and 17--profiled in this book left written records of their turbulent journeys through four years of fighting. Their remarkable stories evoke courage, horror, tragedy, patriotism, and incredible endurance, and give tribute to the resilient generation that survived the turmoil, reunited, and went forth to rebuild America.
The 16 children--male and female, white and black, Confederate and Union, and between the ages of three and 17--profiled in this book left written records of their turbulent journeys through four years of fighting. Their remarkable stories evoke courage, horror, tragedy, patriotism, and incredible endurance, and give tribute to the resilient generation that survived the turmoil, reunited, and went forth to rebuild America.
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Sometimes a war's greatest heroes are its survivors, those who manage to forge new lives despite the tragedy they have experienced. For the sixteen unsung heroes profiled in Beyond Their Years, surviving also meant surrendering their childhood. These children found themselves on the edge of the fray - both in combat and in the throes of daily life - helping, or simply enduring, as best their interrupted youths allowed. Their behind-the-scenes stories illustrate what it was really like for children during the Civil War.Meet Ransom Powell, a thirteen-year-old drummer boy who survived grueling Confederate prison camps; writer and patriot Maggie Campbell, only eight years old when the war ended; Ulysses S. Grant's son Jesse, who rode proudly alongside Abraham Lincoln's son Tad and Ella Sheppard, daughter of a slave mother and a freed father, who lived through the backlash of slave rebellions. Each of these young survivors' lives represent an amazing contribution to the war effort and to postbellum life.Learn the inspiring stories of these American children who displayed courage, devotion, and wisdom beyond their years. (6 x 9, 176 pages, b&w photos)
About the Author:
Scotti McAuliff Cohn is a freelance writer and editor living in Bloomington, Illinois. She is the author of two picture books for young children: One Wolf Howls (Sylvan Dell Publishing, 2009) and Big Cat, Little Kitty (Sylvan Dell Publishing, 2011). She has also written eight books published by the Globe Pequot Press, including It Happened in Chicago, Chicago Curiosities, and Illinois: Mapping the Prairie State through History. Her other books for Globe include Beyond Their Years: Stories of 16 Civil War Children, Liberty's Children: Stories of 11 Revolutionary War Children, It Happened in North Carolina, and More than Petticoats: Remarkable North Carolina Women.
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- PublisherUNKNO
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0762710276
- ISBN 13 9780762710270
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages176
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