The Civil War Memoir of a Boy from Baltimore: The Remembrance of George C. Maguire, Written in 1893

by Holly I. Powers

Fourteen-year-old George Maguire was eager to serve the Union when his home state, Maryland, began raising regiments for the coming conflict. Too young to join, he became a "mascot" for the Fifth Maryland Infantry Regiment, organized in September 1861. Although he never formally enlisted or carried a weapon, Maguire recounts several pivotal events in the war, including the sea battle of the Monitor vs. Merrimac, Peninsula Campaign action,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1621903354
• ISBN13: 9781621903352
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.6"