Drummer Boy Of Shiloh Analysis

“The Drummer Boy of Shiloh” by Ray Bradbury and an article by Carolyn Reeder gives similar details about the role the drummer boy played in The Civil War. Another name for The Civil War is The Boys War because of the amount of young men. In the passage, the General says that the boys are fresh out of the milk shed, and in the article give information on the boys being in their teens while they fought. The passages main character Joby is a young boy and many of the boys who fought had joined the army illegally. As a drummer boy, Carolyn Reeder’s article states, he had specific beats he had to play to gives the army their commands. The Drummer Boy says that Joby, the drummer boy in the passage, is the heart of the army because he is the one