Broken Drum veterans to doomed Confederate leaders of

to doomed Confederate leaders of incomparable valor

explores the battle from every perspective

and Booth remained a fully rational person whose original plan to capture Lincoln was both reasonable and capable of success

By: Harold Holzer

Broken Drum veterans to doomed Confederate leaders ofBroken Drum by Edith Morris Hemingway, Jacqueline Cosgrove Shields Based on an actual person, Broken Drum is the story of Charley King, a 12 year old drummer boy from West Chester, Pennsylvania, who is caught up in the excitement and patriotism during the early stages of the Civil War. Mustered into Company F of the Pennsylvania 49th Volunteers in September 1861, his journey begins with the defense of Washington as part of Major General George