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The Journal of James Edmond Pease, A Civil War Union Soldier: Virginia, 1863

My Name Is America series

ISBN 10: 059043814X

ISBN13: 9780590438148

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Newbery Honor author Jim Murphy portrays the brave and rigorous army life of a 16-year-old Union soldier who has been ordered by his commanding officer to keep a written record of G Company during the most brutal years of the Civil War.

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James Edmond, a sixteen-year-old orphan, keeps a journal of his experiences and those of "G" Company which he joined as a volunteer in the Union Army during the Civil War.

— Library of Congress

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Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
short · 173 pages

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