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'Drums And Bullets' By Jim Murphys Summary

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In Drums and Bullets by Jim Murphy, the author explains that young boys often join the civil war. Power explains that young boys showed bravery in many ways.One way they showed bravery was that Drummer boys were brave for example “this boy puts you in shame get up move forward ”said the commander. The civil war was hard because there was a lot of dead and wounded people,the drummer boys were brave, they would be trained to not flinch when they shoot.John Clem was brave he was not scared when he heard gunshots so and was shot multiple times so he received the medal of honor this shows that he was brave.so many people died it was sad and scary because the boy went to the war the parents would be sad if they died and they trained a lot.
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