Boy Soldier of the Confederacy: The Memoir of Johnnie Wickersham

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“Written with considerable flair and charm, Wickersham’s story is riveting. His account of serving with a small detachment that operated behind General Sherman’s forces in Georgia, derailing Union supply trains and committing other acts of sabotage as semi-independent raiders is exceptionally intriguing. Boy Soldier of the Confederacy is an engaging story of the extraordinary exploits of an extraordinary individual, a sparkling addition to a genre that might be titled ‘Exciting Tales of the Civil War.’” —Charles P. Roland, author of An American Iliad: The Story of the Civil War “One of only a few memoirs that present the Civil War from the point of view of a boy-soldier, this briskly written account tells some interesting stories. I love Wickersham’s description of taking ‘command’ of a boys’ company with really small cannon and engaging a river steamer. This memoir contributes to the literature in its depiction of the unique experiences of youth in the Confederate army.” —James Marten, author of The Children’s Civil War southern illinois university press p.o. box 3697 carbondale, il 62902-3697 www.siu.edu/~siupress isbn 978-0-8093-2722-5 isbn 0-8093-2722-8 ...