Project Gutenberg 2020-05-29 Public domain in the USA. 137 Hughes, Thomas 1850 A Boy's Experience in the Civil War, 1860-1865 Produced by Richard Tonsing, WebRover, MFR, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "A Boy's Experience in the Civil War, 1860-1865" by Thomas Hughes is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book recounts the author's childhood experiences during the Civil War, providing insight into the complexities of life in the Confederate South from a child's perspective. The narrative focuses primarily on the author's family, particularly his father, who was a physician and an active participant in the conflict. At the start of the narrative, the author introduces his family background, detailing his father's medical practice and his political involvement in the secessionist movement. The father becomes a political prisoner for refusing to take an oath of allegiance to the Union, leading the family to travel through various locations to reunite with him in Richmond. Along this journey, the author shares vivid observations of the bustling cities, the wounded soldiers they encounter, and interesting characters from both the Confederate and Union sides. The opening establishes a backdrop of familial loyalty, societal upheaval, and the stark realities of war as seen through the eyes of a young boy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 49.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. en United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate E456 Text Category: Biographies Category: History - American Category: History - Warfare 146573 2025-07-24T14:34:58.859714 text/html 122109 2024-10-18T03:41:55 text/html 252797 2025-07-24T14:35:01.505683 application/epub+zip 253051 2025-07-24T14:34:59.496681 application/epub+zip 112876 2025-07-24T14:34:59.176671 application/epub+zip 302581 2025-07-24T14:35:03.321658 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 291078 2025-07-24T14:35:01.196673 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 151561 2022-09-28T04:54:30.103413 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 133684 2025-07-24T14:34:58.661708 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 113762 2024-10-18T03:41:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16069 2025-07-24T14:35:03.456664 application/rdf+xml 17562 2025-07-24T14:34:59.251668 image/jpeg 2259 2025-07-24T14:34:59.211674 image/jpeg 243676 2025-07-24T14:34:58.879689 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog