Letters from a Drummer Boy

This Is A Look Into The Life Of An Eighteen-Year-Old Drummer Boy From Worcester Mass. Who Served In The Civil War For 100 Days. It Contains His Daily Diary Entries From July 11 1864 To November 4 1864 When He Finally Got To Sleep In My Own Bed Followed By Long Descriptive Letters Home To His Mother Detailing His Daily Life. You Accompany Him On His Cold Rainy Seasick Journey On The Gen. Mcclellan From Boston To Alexandria Virginia. Then Experience His Frequent Diet Of Coffee Burnt Beans And Hard Tack With Maggots Once A Cow Ate Some And Died. You Can Visualize The Muddy Sultry Streets With Thousands Of Tents Wagons Soldiers Wounded And The Dying And Feel His Pain As He Drums For Funerals. He Takes You To The Battlefield Of Bull Run And To Farmhouses Where They Raided Gardens For Food. You Learn About The Punishment Of Soldiers Frequent Skirmishes With The Rebs And Then At Mail Call How Happy He Was To Get Boxes From Home Containing All His Favorite Things Once Including Moldy Pickles Which He Was Determined To Save. You Experience First Hand Many Difficult Days Then Smile As He Speaks About Hearing Abe Speak To Them In Washington Just Before His Regiment Left To Go Home A Boy No More - Now One Who Had Experienced The Civil War Up Close And Very Personal.