TY - BOOK ID - 77887758 TI - Boy soldier of the Confederacy : the memoir of Johnnie Wickersham AU - Wickersham, John T. AU - Gorman, Kathleen PY - 2006 SN - 1280697180 9786613674142 0809387948 9780809387946 0809327228 9780809327225 9781280697180 6613674141 PB - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Child soldiers KW - Soldiers KW - Boys as soldiers KW - Children as soldiers KW - Armed Forces personnel KW - Members of the Armed Forces KW - Military personnel KW - Military service members KW - Service members KW - Servicemen, Military KW - Armed Forces KW - Wickersham, John T., KW - Wickersham, Johnnie, KW - Confederate States of America. KW - Missouri Infantry, 1st Regiment KW - Missouri Infantry, 4th Regiment KW - Bowen's Regiment KW - United States KW - Missouri KW - Confederate States of America KW - State of Missouri KW - US-MO KW - MO (State) KW - Missouri Territory KW - History KW - Participation, Juvenile. KW - Regimental histories. KW - Drummer boys KW - Juvenile participants KW - Regimental histories UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77887758 AB - Johnnie Wickersham was fourteen when he ran away from his Missouri home to fight for the Confederacy. Fifty years after the war, he wrote his memoir at the request of family and friends and distributed it privately in 1915. Boy Soldier of the Confederacy: The Memoir of Johnnie Wickersham offers not only a rare look into the Civil War through the eyes of a child but also a coming-of-age story.Edited by Kathleen Gorman, the volume presents a new introduction and annotations that explain how the war was glorified over time, the harsh realities suppressed in the nation's ER -