A Dangerous Promise (Orphan Train Adventures)

In 1861, while living with his foster parents at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, twelve-year-old Mike Kelly and his best friend Todd Blakely join the Union army as drummer boys but their dreams of glory end when they experience the full horrors of war at the Battle of Wilson's Creek in Missouri.After being taken in by Captain Taylor and his wife in Kansas, twelve-year-old Mike Kelly and a friend join the Union army as musicians and see the horrors of war firsthand in Missouri