The Boys' War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War Audiobook

" An excellent assembly of primary sources, both candid pictures of the army encampments and letters, diaries and interviews with the boys who went to war. "

" I learned a lot about the civil war. My favorite are the drummer boys. "

" An easy, light read if you have any interest in the Civil War. "

" Interesting side of how it was for the boys in the Civil War to join, fight, and be in the battlegrounds. "

" this is the first book I ever remember reading about the Civil War. The book is mostly pictures of young boys who fought in the Civil War. Some of the pictures are very graphic and I identified with the boys in those pictures. I have been fascinated with the Civil War ever since. "

" Interesting read about boys involved with the Civil war. Shocking at times, though I'd like to have a little more depth to the characters. It was a good refresher in the horrors of war. "

" Not as interesting as I thought it was going to be. As a book about soldier's lives, I thought it was moderately interesting, but I didn't feel like the book captured the lives of boy soldiers. Jim Murphy is a great author, and this was really well written - but the subject matter just went astray. "

" Although this is a children's book I enjoyed it. A simple read. It was full of a lot of information about the boys that served in the Civil War. Often history books leave them out. I recommend this to any History and/or Civil War buff. "

" Interesting account of the Civil War. "

" A good introduction for children to a soldier's life in the American Civil War. I like the inclusion of quotes from both sides to show the similarities between these young men and boys who fought each other and could have been friends in another life - a sad truth of many wars. "

" Excellent nonfiction narrative of boy soldiers in the Civil War. "

" Informational Grades 4-7 Themes: Civil War; soldier' life; Ways to use with children: "

" If you were to join the Union or Confederate Soldiers in the Cilvil War you had to be 18. This book tells about the lives of Union and Confederate soldiers under the age of 18. "

" An easy, light read if you have any interest in the Civil War. "

" Interesting side of how it was for the boys in the Civil War to join, fight, and be in the battlegrounds. "

" I learned a lot about the civil war. My favorite are the drummer boys. "

" Interesting read about boys involved with the Civil war. Shocking at times, though I'd like to have a little more depth to the characters. It was a good refresher in the horrors of war. "