Boy Soldiers of the American Revolution |
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Author:
| Cox, Caroline |
Foreword by:
| Middlekauff, Robert L. |
ISBN: | 978-1-4696-2753-3 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2016 |
Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $34.95 |
Book Description:
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Between 1819 and 1845, as veterans of the Revolutionary War were filing applications to receive pensions for their service, the government was surprised to learn that many of the soldiers were not men, but boys. Caroline Cox offers a vivid account of what life was like for these boys both on and off the battlefield, telling the story of a generation of soldiers caught between old and new notions of boyhood.
Between 1819 and 1845, as veterans of the Revolutionary War were filing applications to receive pensions for their service, the government was surprised to learn that many of the soldiers were not men, but boys. Caroline Cox offers a vivid account of what life was like for these boys both on and off the battlefield, telling the story of a generation of soldiers caught between old and new notions of boyhood.