The Boy of Chancellorville and Other Civil War Stories

by Marten, James

• ISBN13: 9780195141634
• ISBN10: 0195141636
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-02-07
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Boy of Chancellorville and Other Civil War Stories is an unforgettable collection of stories for and about children during the Civil War, with contributions from American luminaries such as Louisa May Alcott, Ambrose Bierce, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Walt Whitman. The book reveals that the war affected the lives of children differently than their mothers and fathers: some looked at it as a grand adventure and for others it was a puzzling, premature end to childhood. James Marten includes accounts from nearly every viewpoint-boys and girls, Northerners and Southerners, blacks and whites-and various situations, ranging from life on the home front to confronting enemy soldiers to the aftermath of the war. Each story begins with a short introduction to place it in its literary context and explains the author's connection to the war.

Author Biography

James Marten is Professor of History at Marquette University and author of The Children's Civil War. He is director of the Children in Urban America Project, an online archive of children's history.

Table of Contents

Introduction: A Wonderful Panorama	6	(3)
James Marten
Dog Carlos	9	(14)
Louise E. Chollet
Winning His Way	23	(17)
Charles Carleton Coffin
The Boy of Chancellorville	40	(15)
Edmund Kirke
Nelly's Hospital	55	(19)
Louisa May Alcott
The Two Christmas Evenings	74	(21)
Lydia Maria Child
Eleanor's Colonel	95	(7)
Annah Robinson Watson
The Return of a Private	102	(10)
Hamlin Garland
The Doll	112
Charles Waddell Chesnutt