“Children in the Battlefield” by Marcy Schwartz, is about boys that served in the Civil War. Lots of boys had to lie about their age to get enlisted into the war. If they could not get past the recruitment officer by lieing, the boy’s parents would help them get enlisted. If boys still could not get enlisted, they would run away from home, enlist in another town, and change their names so they could not get tracked down. Once they did get enlisted, they would be assigned many different jobs. Musicians learned calls that could be used in battle as commands for the troops. During the war, soldiers would look through fields for a uniform from dead soldiers and attempt to find one that fit their size. War was not always the best for young children
