A drummer boy who leaves his post is a deserter just the same as a soldier. Charley thought he was brave but at age 12 he wasn't prepared for war (civil) and the horrors of the Wilderness. What is courage? What is it that makes you a coward? This book is for middle school age children but once I started reading I couldn't stand to put it down, as you can tell by my starting and ending dates. This drummer boy book was at the very end of the Civil War, after Gettysburg, however, whereas the other drummer boy book I read was in the very beginning.more But there are lots of better books for boys with courageous, heroic characters, and there are lots of better historical fiction or living history books for the Civil War. Shows the horrors of the Civil War and the wickedness of men, and Charley shows courage at the end, so that's good. This drummer boy book was at the very end of the Civil War, after Gettysburg, however, whereas the other drumm Last third was better than the first half, so I gave it a 3 instead of a 2. Last third was better than the first half, so I gave it a 3 instead of a 2. At first, Charley is treated more or less as a prisoner, but the two come to rely on each other and a bond begins to form.
Jerusha takes him in and requires him to work for her. One night, when he attempts to get some eggs from a hen house, he meets up with Jerusha Bent and her pistol. Guilt-ridden, he finds himself in the mountains of Virginia. But when the battle is upon them, Charley finds the realities of war too intense and runs away. When he reaches Culpepper, he is taken on as a drummer boy and trained by Silas, who is anxious to put his drumming days behind him and enlist as a soldier. Charley is determined to avenge his brother's death, killed in the battle of Gettysburg. But when the battle is upon them, Charley finds the realities of war too intense and runs Desperate to leave New York and the tyrannical reign of his soon to be brother-in-law, Charley Quinn joins a parade of Union soldiers on their way to shipping out. The next day Charley leaves because the war coming up.moreĭesperate to leave New York and the tyrannical reign of his soon to be brother-in-law, Charley Quinn joins a parade of Union soldiers on their way to shipping out. When Charley, Grandma Beth and Canaan get home Charley helps heal Grandma Beth's wounds. Charley finds Grandma Beth in a ditch with her mule Canaan. Charley ends up shooting the mountain lion. He turns around and a painter (mountain lion) jumps down off the roof and attacks Charley. So Charley grabs the rifle and goes outside. 2 days pass and Grandma beth doesn't come back. One day a girl comes and asks Grandma Beth to come with her because the girl's sister was pregnant. When someone comes to the house Grandma Beth locks up Charley in the chicken coop. He works with her as if she was his actual mom. Eventually Charley meats a woman named Grandma Beth. He runs away because he shot the man.While running away he gets captured by a union soldier. When a war comes up Charley shots a man but he's not aloud to. At a confederate base he meats a man named Jem. He goes to the army to be a drummer boy or a bugler.
|a United States |x History |y Civil War, 1861-1865 |v Juvenile fiction. |a Mountain life |0 |v Juvenile fiction. |a During the Civil War, a twelve-year-old Bowery Boy from New York City joins the Union Army as a drummer, deserts during a battle in Virginia, and encounters a hostile old mountain woman. |a Mahwah, NJ : |b Troll Associates, |c 1988. |a Charley Skedaddle / |c Patricia Beatty.
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