They were called drummer boys - the first to rouse the troops in the morning, the last to sound retreat in battle. Willie Johnston, a skinny boy from Vermont, was too young to enlist in the Union forces - he never should have taken part in the Civil War at all...
year: 1995, 1997
call number/section: 1000
subjects: johnston, william j., 1850-, juvenile fiction, fiction, united states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, juvenile fiction, fiction, 1861-1865, civil war, historical fiction, juvenile fiction, civil war, juvenile fiction, vermont, juvenile ficiton, united states
Editions
Wisler, G. Clifton
Lodestar Books (1995)
A fictional account of the courageous exploits of Willie Johnston, an eleven-year-old Civil War drummer, who became the youngest recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Schools: 8
Wisler, G. Clifton
Puffin Books (1997)
A fictional account of the courageous exploits of Willie Johnston, an eleven-year-old Civil War drummer, who became the youngest recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Schools: 5
Wisler, G. Clifton
Scholastic Inc
They were called drummer boys - the first to rouse the troops in the morning, the last to sound retreat in battle. Willie Johnston, a skinny boy from Vermont, was too young to enlist in the Union forces - he never should have taken part in the Civil War at all...
Schools: 1
Wisler, G. Clifton
Schools: 0