The Soldier Boy

Download or read book The Soldier Boy written by Oliver Optic and published by VM eBooks. This book was released on 2016-07-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was Sunday, and the exciting news had been circulated about the usually quiet village of Pinchbrook Harbor. Men's lips were compressed, and their teeth shut tight together. They were indignant, for traitors had fired upon the flag of the United States. Men, women, and children were roused by the indignity offered to the national emblem. The cannon balls that struck the walls of Sumter seemed at the same time to strike the souls of the whole population of the North, and never was there such a great awakening since the Pilgrim Fathers first planted their feet upon the rock of Plymouth.