Broken Drum wilderness A renowned cavalryman

A renowned cavalryman

the 12th’s record is one of hard-fighting from the Seven Days’ Battles all the way to Appomattox

Gallagher demonstrates that what motivated the North to go to war and persist in an increasingly bloody effort was primarily preservation of the Union

Former soldiers in gray founded or co-founded many of our nation’s colleges and universities—some exclusively for women and newly freed African-Americans

The violence of the criticism with which Lincoln had to deal came from both sides of the Mason-Dixon line and was overwhelming

Broken Drum wilderness A renowned cavalrymanBroken Drum by Edith Morris Hemingway, Jacqueline Cosgrove Shields Based on an actual person, Broken Drum is the story of Charley King, a 12 year old drummer boy from West Chester, Pennsylvania, who is caught up in the excitement and patriotism during the early stages of the Civil War. Mustered into Company F of the Pennsylvania 49th Volunteers in September 1861, his journey begins with the defense of Washington as part of Major General George