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Boy Battalion in Civil War Imagination and Adventure
A North Carolina boy recounts a pretend march to end the Civil War with a small homemade battalion. They arm with found weapons, forage on persimmons, endure sun and storm, meet Uncle Nat who hides and feeds them, then return home shamed yet wiser about duty and discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hears
Carolna
Wien
Ned Tippet
Mark Lanny
Tom Mallet
Creek Bridge
Alexander the Great
Uncle Primus
Ned Hades
Mark
Tom
Nile
Dus
North Star
Daniel Boone
Murmmur
Lanny
Seine
Fenillan
Nat
Nat Dibby
Uncle Nat
Aunt Patsy
Patsy
David Dodge
Fyfe
Admiral Tryon
Tryon
London Spectator
London Figaro