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100 1 _aHughes, Thomas,
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245 1 2 _aA Boy's Experience in the Civil War, 1860-1865
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2020
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2020-05-29
508 _aProduced by Richard Tonsing, WebRover, MFR, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"A Boy's Experience in the Civil War, 1860-1865" by Thomas Hughes is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book recounts the author's childhood experiences during the Civil War, providing insight into the complexities of life in the Confederate South from a child's perspective. The narrative focuses primarily on the author's family, particularly his father, who was a physician and an active participant in the conflict. At the start of the narrative, the author introduces his family background, detailing his father's medical practice and his political involvement in the secessionist movement. The father becomes a political prisoner for refusing to take an oath of allegiance to the Union, leading the family to travel through various locations to reunite with him in Richmond. Along this journey, the author shares vivid observations of the bustling cities, the wounded soldiers they encounter, and interesting characters from both the Confederate and Union sides. The opening establishes a backdrop of familial loyalty, societal upheaval, and the stark realities of war as seen through the eyes of a young boy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62271
999 _c103095
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