Boy Soldier of the Confederacy: The Memoir of Johnnie Wickersham

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Copyright © 1918 by John R. Wickersham Introduction, notes, and bibliography copyright © 2006 by the Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 09 08 07 06 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wickersham, John T., 1846–1916. [Gray and the blue] Boy soldier of the Confederacy : the memoir of Johnnie Wickersham / edited by Kathleen Gorman. p. cm. Originally published under title: The gray and the blue. Berkeley, Calif. : J.T. Wickersham, 1915. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Wickersham, John T., 1846–1916. 2. United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Personal narratives, Confederate. 3. Confederate States of America. Army. Missouri Infantry Regiment, 1st. 4. Missouri— History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Personal narratives. 5. Missouri— History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Regimental histories. 6. United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Regimental histories. 7. United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Participation, Juvenile. 8. Soldiers—Missouri—Biography. 9. Child soldiers— Missouri—Biography. I. Gorman, Kathleen, date. II. Title. E569.51st .W53 2006 973.7'82092—dc22 ISBN-13: 978-0-8093-2722-5 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8093-2722-8 (cloth : alk. paper) 2006003983 Printed on recycled paper. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. ' ...