Brave Kids

Description:

Twelve-year-old drummer boy Robert Henry Hendershot joins the Union Army over his mother's objections and takes part in the Battle of Fredericksburg despite the company commander's attempts to remove him from the battlefield.

subjects: Biography,  Child soldiers,  Drummers (Musicians),  Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862,  History,  History, Military,  Juvenile Participation,  Juvenile literature,  Military History,  Participation, Juvenile,  Pontoon bridges,  Rappahannock River (Va.),  Soldiers,  United States Civil War, 1861-1865,  United States. Army. Michigan Infantry, 8th Regiment (1861-1865),  Fredericksburg, Battle of (Virginia : 1862) fast (OCoLC)fst01404231,  Fiction,  United States,  Historical fiction,  American Civil War (1861-1865) fast (OCoLC)fst01351658,  United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, juvenile literature,  United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865

People: Robert Henry Hendershot (b. 1850)

Places: Rappahannock River,  United States,  Virginia

Times: 19th century,  Civil War, 1861-1865