{"product_id":"2940013863088","title":"THE SOLDIER BOY","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       I. The Battle of Pinchbrook\u003cbr\u003e      II. The Somers Family\u003cbr\u003e     III. Taming a Traitor\u003cbr\u003e      IV. The Committee come out, and Tom goes in\u003cbr\u003e       V. The Attic Chamber\u003cbr\u003e      VI. The Way is Prepared\u003cbr\u003e     VII. A Midnight Adventure\u003cbr\u003e    VIII. Signing the Papers\u003cbr\u003e      IX. The Departure\u003cbr\u003e       X. Company K\u003cbr\u003e      XI. In Washington\u003cbr\u003e     XII. On to Richmond\u003cbr\u003e    XIII. The Battle of Bull Run\u003cbr\u003e     XIV. After the Battle\u003cbr\u003e      XV. Tom a Prisoner\u003cbr\u003e     XVI. A Perplexing Question\u003cbr\u003e    XVII. Dinner and Danger\u003cbr\u003e   XVIII. The Rebel Soldier\u003cbr\u003e     XIX. Through the Gap\u003cbr\u003e      XX. Down the Shenandoah\u003cbr\u003e     XXI. The Problem of Rations\u003cbr\u003e    XXII. The Picket Guard\u003cbr\u003e   XXIII. The End of the Voyage\u003cbr\u003e    XXIV. Budd's Ferry\u003cbr\u003e     XXV. In the Hospital\u003cbr\u003e    XXVI. Tom is Sentimental\u003cbr\u003e   XXVII. The Confederate Deserter\u003cbr\u003e  XXVIII. On the Peninsula\u003cbr\u003e    XXIX. The Battle of Williamsburg\u003cbr\u003e     XXX. More of the Battle\u003cbr\u003e    XXXI. Glory and Victory\u003cbr\u003e   XXXII. \"Honorable Mention\"\u003cbr\u003e  XXXIII. Lieutenant Somers and Others\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SOLDIER BOY;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOR,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTOM SOMERS IN THE ARMY.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE BATTLE OF PINCHBROOK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fort Sumter has surrendered, mother!\" shouted Thomas Somers, as he rushed\u003cbr\u003einto the room where his mother was quietly reading her Bible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was Sunday, and the exciting news had been circulated about the usually\u003cbr\u003equiet village of Pinchbrook Harbor. Men's lips were compressed, and their\u003cbr\u003eteeth shut tight together. They were indignant, for traitors had fired\u003cbr\u003eupon the flag of the United States. Men, women, and children were roused\u003cbr\u003eby the indignity offered to the national emblem. The cannon balls that\u003cbr\u003estruck the walls of Sumter seemed at the same time to strike the souls of\u003cbr\u003ethe whole population of the North, and never was there such a great\u003cbr\u003eawakening since the Pilgrim Fathers first planted their feet upon the rock\u003cbr\u003eof Plymouth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fort Sumter has surrendered!\" shouted the indignant young patriot again,\u003cbr\u003eas his mother looked up from the blessed volume.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You don't say so!\" exclaimed Mrs. Somers, as she closed the Bible, and\u003cbr\u003eremoved her spectacles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes, mother. The infernal rebels hammered away at the fort for two days,\u003cbr\u003eand at last we had to give in.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There'll be terrible times afore long,\" replied the old lady, shaking her\u003cbr\u003ehead with prophetic earnestness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The President has called for seventy-five thousand volunteers, and I tell\u003cbr\u003eyou there'll be music before long!\" continued the youth, so excited that\u003cbr\u003ehe paced the room with rapid strides.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What's the matter, Thomas?\" asked a feeble old gentleman, entering the\u003cbr\u003eroom at this moment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fort Sumter has surrendered, gran'ther,\" repeated Thomas, at the top of\u003cbr\u003ehis lungs, for the aged man was quite deaf; \"and the President has called\u003cbr\u003efor seventy-five thousand men to go down and fight the traitors.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sho!\" exclaimed the old man, halting, and gazing with earnestness into\u003cbr\u003ethe face of the boy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It's a fact, gran'ther.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well, I'm too old to go,\" muttered gran'ther Greene; \"but I wa'n't\u003cbr\u003eolder'n you are when I shouldered my firelock in 1812. I'm too old and\u003cbr\u003estiff to go now.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"How old were you, gran'ther, when you went to the war?\" asked Thomas,\u003cbr\u003ewith more moderation than he had exhibited before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Only sixteen, Thomas; but I was as tall as I am now,\" replied the\u003cbr\u003epatriarch, dropping slowly and cautiously into the old-fashioned high-back\u003cbr\u003echair, by the side of the cooking stove.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well, I'm sixteen, and I mean to go.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You, Thomas! You are crazy! You shan't do any thing of the kind,\"\u003cbr\u003einterposed Mrs. Somers. \"There's men enough to go to the war, without such\u003cbr\u003eboys as you are.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You ain't quite stout enough to make a soldier, Thomas. You ain't so big\u003cbr\u003eas I was, when I went off to York state,\" added gran'ther Greene.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47146192994544,"sku":"2940013863088","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013863088_p0.jpg?v=1763596318","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013863088","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}