The Little Bugler: The True Story of a Twelve-Year-Old Boy in the Civil War by William B. Styple, Paperback

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Synopsis:

Details the career of one of the youngest Civil War soldiers

From the Author:

Recreating the life and times of a twelve-year-old soldier during the Civil War presented some challenges for me. On the one hand, I wanted to write a completely factual book, footnoted and documented for the scholarly reader. On the other hand, I wanted to present an informative and enjoyable story for young readers who might ask: What was life actually like for a twelve-year-old boy in the Civil War?

In July, 1997, I visited the grave site of Gustav Schurmann in Woodlawn Cemetery, the Bronx, New York. The badly damaged government headstone was mostly sunken beneath the surface. Barely visible on the stone was the name "G.A. Schurmann." Behind this marker was the larger Schurmann-family headstone, now covered with dead ivy and long neglected. As I cleaned the grave site and placed a small American flag upon it, I decided that I wanted this book to serve as a tribute to Gustav Schurmann, the Little Bugler, and, above all, as a remembrance to all of the children who served in the American Civil War, 1861-1865.