Book description
Diary of a Civil War Hero reveals how strong men became broken, vermin eaten skeletons who went mad or turned on their friends to survive. It is a powerful self-portrait of the will to live of a young soldier whose battle courage won him the Congressional Medal of Honor. Michael…
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I found this book a fascinating look into the life of a boy who survived years in the most notorious prison of the Civil War, Andersonville, through his own writings. Not only did he survive imprisonment, but he also survived the explosion of the Sultana, the riverboat that carried thousands of prisoners north after their release following the war.
I lived Michael’s experiences through his words, saw the half-naked men and boys, their hair matted by the pitch smoke from their fires as they tried to keep warm, their bodies reduced to skin and bones through starvation diet, their numbers…
From J. Arthur's list on youth who served in the American Civil War.
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