num_pages: 32
description: Offers excerpts from the diary of William Bircher, a fifteen-year-old Minnesotan who was a drummer during the Civil War, along with sidebars, activities, and a timeline of the era.
language: English
title: A Civil War Drummer Boy: The Diary of William Bircher, 1861-1865
titlecomplete: A Civil War Drummer Boy: The Diary of William Bircher, 1861-1865 (Diaries, Letters & Memoirs)
genres: Biography, Civil War, Nonfiction, Childrens, American Civil War, History
ratings_count: 22
publisher: Blue Earth Books