A Drummer Boy's Diary: Comprising Four Years of Service With the Second Regiment Minnesota Veteran Volunteers, 1861 to 1865: With History of William Bircher History of Drum

Minnesota-born William Bircher joined the Minnesota volunteers to fight in the Civil War. At his age, he could only be a drummer boy, but that proved to be almost as dangerous as the front lines. A lot of good Civil War history from a rather unique point of view.