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Reluctant Witnesses: Children's Voices from the Civil War
Reluctant Witnesses Children's Voices from the Civil War Author:Emmy E. Werner Based on eyewitness accounts of boys and girls, the first book to chart the way children experienced the Civil War The U.S. Civil War touched the lives of millions of children on the battlefield and the home front. Reluctant Witnesses gives their perspective on America's bloodiest conflict. Their diaries, letters, and reminiscences are a testim... more »ony to the astonishing resiliency of the human spirit. These children from the Union and the Confederacy speak without hate but with the stubborn hope that peace might prevail in the end.« less