Article: Hite, Sid. The journal of Rufus Rowe; a witness to the Battle of Fredericksburg, Bowling Green, Virginia, 1862.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)

Scholastic. (My Name is America), 130p. illus, c2003.0-439-35364-5. $10.95. J

Rufus is 16, but small for his age because of rickets, so he is not enlisted in the Confederate Army--but he is old enough to run away from home to escape a violent stepfather and to seek adventure as the war swirls around them all. Sid Hite knows this part of Virginia well, and is good at recreating the place and the time. ...

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