The Little Bugler

By William B. Styple,

Book cover of The Little Bugler: The True Story of a Twelve-Year-Old Boy in the Civil War

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Details the career of one of the youngest Civil War soldiers

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J. Arthur Moore Author Of The Little Bugler: The True Story of a Twelve-Year-Old Boy in the Civil War
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One of the boys whose story I frequently share in my presentations is 12-year-old Gustave Shurmann. During the war, he had a fascinating experience, serving four different generals as a regimental bugler and spending time in the White House with Tad Lincoln. 

I thoroughly enjoyed how William Styple researched Gus’s life and then turned it into a novel through which young readers could live history with Gus through a great story. I appreciated sharing Gus’s life in both formats as I lived it with him while reading this book and researched it, including in Gus’s own words, through excerpts from…

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