[ children fighting children. it was bad enough that the drummer boys were so damnably young. and how often had he downed french cavalry only to be alarmed by the dead, youthful face that stared back up at him?
and how many boys had been sold to recruiting officers straight out of the orphanage in which he'd been raised? ]
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and how many boys had been sold to recruiting officers straight out of the orphanage in which he'd been raised? ]
Bloodthirsty work.
[ all he wrote. ]