Too
Young To Die:
Boy Soldiers of the Union Army 1861-1865
by Dennis M. Keesee
Drawn
from extensive primary research, Too Young To Die brings to
life hundreds of the Union Army's most youthful soldiers in enlightening
and vivid fashion. Through childs' eyes they saw the Civil War as
an all-consuming adventure -- an experience not to be missed even
at the expense of their lives. From the first rumors of war to enlistment,
training, camp life, fatiguing marches, meeting the enemy in battle
and horrors of imprisonment, author Dennis M. Keesee blends a wide
range of narratives and anecdotes written by or about Union boy soldiers
(aged 8 to 16 from 17 Northern and border states) with 213 photographs
and illustrations. Many of these images are published here for the
first time (an established Blue Acorn Press tradition), and hauntingly
illustrate a generation of youngsters that, perhaps, was unique in
American history. Too Young To Die is as moving to the heart
to read as it is to view.
Hardcover with
dust jacket, 304 pages, 8-1/2 x 11 format, 213 photographs & illustrations,
notes, bibliography, index. ISBN 1-885033-28-1
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