Title: Brave Kids
First published: August 2002
Description: Twelve-year-old drummer boy Robert Henry Hendershot joins the Union Army over his mother's objections and takes part in the Battle of Fredericksburg despite the company commander's attempts to remove him from the battlefield.
Subjects: Biography, Child soldiers, Drummers (Musicians), Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862, History, History, Military, Juvenile Participation, Juvenile literature, Military History, Participation, Juvenile, Pontoon bridges, Rappahannock River (Va.), Soldiers, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, United States. Army. Michigan Infantry, 8th Regiment (1861-1865), Fredericksburg, Battle of (Virginia : 1862) fast (OCoLC)fst01404231, Fiction, United States, Historical fiction, American Civil War (1861-1865) fast (OCoLC)fst01351658, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, juvenile literature, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865
Places: Rappahannock River, United States, Virginia
People: Robert Henry Hendershot (b. 1850)
Time periods: 19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865
LC classification: E474.85 .G65 2003