The Little Bugler: The True Story of a Twelve-Year-Old Boy in the Civil War - Hardcover

Styple, William B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1883926114 ISBN 13: 9781883926113

Publisher: Belle Grove Pub Co, 1998

Synopsis

Details the career of one of the youngest Civil War soldiers

About this title

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.

From the Back Cover:

This is the true story of twelve-year-old Gustav A. Schurmann who served as a musician in Company I, 40th New York Infantry, from 1861-1864. This book vividly depicts all of his remarkable wartime experiences, including his stay at the White House as the boyhood companion of Tad Lincoln. At the end of Schurmann's distinguished military career at age fifteen, he was a decorated veteran of ten battles-from Bull Run to Gettysburg.

About this edition

• Publisher: Belle Grove Pub Co
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1883926114
• ISBN 13: 9781883926113
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 184