"Determined to fight for his country, nine-year-old John Lincoln Clem sneaks onto a train filled with men from the Third Ohio Union Regiment. Johnny becomes a drummer boy with the help of the older soldiers, and later, takes up his own musket. As the war rages on, Johnny experiences the brutalities of battle as well as rampant illness and gnawing hunger. But the most dangerous part of Johnny's journey is yet to come"-- Provided by publisher.
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