Download
1 / 6
60 likes | 179 Vues
Robert Henry Hendershot, born in 1849, was a Union Army drummer boy who joined at just twelve years old. He served under Captain Deland and participated in the Battle of Fredericksburg, where a bullet struck his drum instead of him. Hendershot captured his first Confederate soldier and later met President Lincoln, even dining with the Lincoln family in his army coat. Originally from Michigan, he fought with the Eighth and Ninth Michigan Infantry. He passed away in 1912, having suffered from pneumonia and Parkinson's disease, leaving behind a legacy of courage and resilience.
E N D
Robert Henry Hendershot By JP Culbertson Robert Henry Hendershot Born:1849 Death:1912
Facts of Robert Henry • He went practiced with a Union army commanded by Captain Deland and he had practiced the “left right left”. • He was twelve years old when he joined the Union army. • He had seen a lot of blood from solider’ s building a barge. • He was in the battle of Fredericksburg. He had gotten shot and had figured out his drum was shot instead of him. He had found a dead solider and picked up his rifle. Then hid under a broken tree. • Then he went inside a broken house and captured his first solider on the Confederates side.
Facts continued…… • After the battle of Fredericksburg he went to meet Abe Lincoln ,the President at the time. • He was invited to dinner with the Lincoln family he wore brand new pants, his army coat, and his busted boots.
Facts for the whole story • He was from Michigan. • He was in the Michigan Eighth and Ninth infantry. • He was assigned as the drummer boy of Rappahannock. • He was under the command of Captain Deland.
Death • He was killed by pneumonia. • Before that he had created Fort Jackson. • He had also was in the Pension Bureau. • He had been suffering because Parkinson’s disease.
