Red Cap

by G. Clifton Wisler

Paperback, 1994

Status

Available

Call number

PB Wis

Call number

PB Wis

Local notes

PB Wis

Barcode

1795

Genres

Publication

Puffin Books (1994), Edition: Reprint, 176 pages

Description

A young Yankee drummer boy displays great courage when he's captured and sent to Andersonville Prison.

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

176 p.; 5.13 inches

User reviews

LibraryThing member anyanwubutler
Ransom J. Powell was a 12 year old boy when he joined The Union Army as a drummer boy. Small even for a 12 year old, relatively well-educated and sweet, the men of his unit adopt him as a mascot. When he is captured and sent to Andersonville he is adopted by an additional unit: the Rebel Alabama
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unit guarding the POW camp. They share their food with him, get him a decent uniform and get him out of the camp from time to time. When they are transferred back to the front they arrange that Ransom should work in Captain Wirz’s office. When Ransom’s maps out of the camp are discovered by Wirz he is returned to the camp. Of the 20 men of his unit, he is the only one to live through Andersonville. This had a slow beginning, but was surprisingly effective. After all the things that happened to Ranny, when Union guards pull off his Red Cap so it can be burned, I cried, just like he did.
Bought at the Andersonville Gift Shop
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Lexile

820L

Pages

176

Rating

½ (7 ratings; 3.9)
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