num_pages: 128
description: In June 1861, when the Civil War began, Charley Goddard enlisted in the First Minnesota Volunteers. He was 15. He didn't know what a "shooting war" meant or what he was fighting for. But he didn't want to miss out on a great adventure. The "shooting war" turned out to be the horror of combat and the wild luck of survival; how it feels to cross a field toward the enemy, waiting for fire. When he entered the service he was a boy. When he came back he was different; he was only 19, but he was a man with "soldier's heart," later known as "battle fatigue."
language: English
title: Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers
titlecomplete: Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers
genres: Middle Grade, Civil War, Historical Fiction, Historical, School, Young Adult, American History, Teen, War, Fiction
ratings_count: 4944
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Lincoln Award, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Minnesota Book Award
category: Young People’s Fiction
publisher: Laurel Leaf