Shooting a Confederate soldier was a significant event in the book and Charley has difficulties he has to endure and solve throughout. Charley learns from the old women through several events.Ĭommentary: Charley’s brother was killed at Gettysburg and he wants to avenge his death. The woman makes him her mute “Boy” and over time the two become good friends. He then runs in panic from derisive soldiers, running into a mountain woman. During the fighting and desire to avenge his brother’s death, Charley shoots a Confederate soldier. From there, he is taken on in Virginia as a drummer boy after his sister’s fiancé threatens to send him to an orphanage. He decides to run off with the Union Army Soldiers. Summary: A 12 year old boy, Charley Quinn, is a gang fighter in New York City’s Bowery. Over time, they come to trust each other-until the time comes that Charlie must leave to stay safe. He makes his way to the hills where an old herb woman takes him in. When he sees the man who befriended him go down, Charley ends up deserting his unit. Charley's idealistic thoughts about war and about avenging his brother soon sour when he gets his first taste of battle. He invites Charley to come along, but then promptly foists him off on another soldier.Ĭharley is too young to be a soldier, but they do take him on as a drummer.
By chance, he happens upon a parade of soldiers and one of them is a friend of his brother's who is going back to war. Charley overhears Demarest talk about sending him away so Charley decides to leave on his own. Charley is proud to be a Bowery Boy and as a Bowery Boy feels he must fight the rival groups.
Demarest, a man who isn't fond of Charley. Noreen uses Charley as an errand boy for her millinery and stitchery work and is seeing Mr. Their brother, Johnny, was killed in Gettysburg. At the start of the book, Charley lives in New York with his sister, Noreen.
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