Union Drummer Boy Killed By Bullet
'Young Billy Harris, a 14 year old drummer boy, was shot by a stray bullet at New Lisbon this afternoon. Billy was riding with a
troop of Northern soldiers when a skirmish broke out with a group of Confederate soldiers. The young boy always liked to stay as
close to the battle-front as he could, although he had been warned by the soldiers to take cover when there was a battle. Billy
watched his comrades fighting and he cheered as they took the upper hand in the battle. Picking up his drumsticks, Billy started
beating out a rhythm in the midst of the gun-fire. Before he could be ordered away by a soldier, a bullet struck the land and
killed him almost instantly. The drummer boy died in the arms of his uncle, one of the Northern combatants.'
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