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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 355 EAN: 9781571974532 ISBN: 1571974539 Label: Ivy House Publishing Group (NC) Manufacturer: Ivy House Publishing Group (NC) Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 96 Publication Date: February 01, 2006 Publisher: Ivy House Publishing Group (NC) Studio: Ivy House Publishing Group (NC) Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: At the tender age of fourteen, Edwin Hale Lincoln longed to experience the struggle and hardship of the Civil War firsthand. Too young to enlist, however, his father granted permission for Lincoln to join the Fifth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry as a drummer boy under the care of his cousin Jarius Lincoln. During his nine-month service, he traveled with his regiment along the coastal regions of North Carolina. Lincoln, a highly intelligent and well-written individual, recorded the daily affairs of army life such as drills, mail, and the arrival of the paymaster along with the excitement and causalities of war. After the Civil War, Lincoln continued his involvement in military interests by serving as a high-ranking officer in the Grand Army of the Republic, eventually to become National Vice Commander after 70 years of service. Lincoln, along with his active involvement in the G.A.R., also became a famous photographer with many of his works still exhibited. "Drummer Boy: The Civil War Diary of Edwin Hale Lincoln," filled with 15 full-page photographs and maps, provides glimpses of an ordinary individual caught up in the actions of war, who was destined for greatness well into the twentieth century. 
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