This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
When Boys Were Men Chapter I Recruits and Schemes
In Summerton during the Civil War a group of boys led by Charley Brainard and the narrator plot to join the Thirty eighth cavalry. They face failed recruitment, rival officers, temptations of bribes, and a ruse to get Brainard back into service, amid personal loyalties and looming separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacket
Charley Brainard
Summerton
Thirty Eighth Cavalry
Ninety-ninth Militia
Nut
Thirty-eighth Cavalry
Thirty-eighth
Meno
May
Summerton Aspiriot
Phil Hawilton
Europe
Ninety-finth Militia
Phil
Clayne
Hamilton
Cloyne
Leutenant
Brainard
New York
Hawilton
Phil Hamilton
Jack
Charley
Ny 27
Tome
Cruse
Whyde
Mick McTwyny
Mick
United States
Rover
Boss Spears
Uo Red
Ned
Mne
Mall
Regi
Pone