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Army of schoolboys helped win Civil War says historian
An article recounts Civil War enlistments of youths under twenty-one and describes brigades led by very young soldiers. It highlights Brig. Gen. John L. Clem and Medal of Honor recipients like Robinson B. Murphy, John Cook, George Sidman, and Archibald Rowand Jr., noting extreme youth among Union forces and brave acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
John L. Clem
Newark
Chickamauga
Newark High School
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Robinson B. Murphy
Congress
Atlanta
Illinois Volunteer Infantry
J. A. J. Lightburn
Bob
Young Murphy
Lightburn
General Lightburn
W. T. Sherman
George H. Baker
Howe
John Cook
Ohio
Fourth
United States Artillery
Antietam
Campbell
Cook
J. C. Julius Langbein
Camden
North Carolina
George D. Sidman
Michigan
Gaines
Mia
Welch
Fifth Corps
Stafford Heights
Rappahanock River
Fredericksburg
Stockton
Sidman
Marye’s Heights
Burnside
Rappahanock
War Department
Gaines Mills
Hampton
Cavalry
Archibald Hamilton Rowand, Jr
Sheridan
Rowand
Philadelphia
First
West Virginia Cavalry
Cap
Averill