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When the battle begun everybody was ready for it. Lando got shot and had two holes in his chest. Lieutenant Buck said to watch for him. The Union Army got close to the Rebels. There was a deep stream so they had to swim to get back on shore. Will Scot got hurt in the chest but not brutally. Willie and Julian wrapped his chest up with bandages. Captain Pingree told Willie to beat retreat. Willie began beating his drum as hard as he could. The only thing that saved them was that the rebs stayed put. The soldiers swam for safety. Twenty-six were dead and over sixty were wounded. This battle was called the Battle of Lee's Mills. There were two more battles after this one.

This book gives a lot of good looks behind the scenes of the Civil War. This book would probably be appropriate for middle school students for several reasons. First, the story is seen through the eyes of a boy that is in the seventh grade and is eleven years old. Second, the book i

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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)