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Young Civil War Child Heroes Recaptured in Medal Tales
A long excerpt recounts young Civil War soldiers awarded the Medal of Honor for valor. It highlights Brig. Gen. John L. Clem born 1851 who enlisted as a drummer at age ten, and others like Robinson Murphy Orson Howe George Sidman and Archibald Rowand Jr. The stories describe acts at battles including Chickamauga Atlanta Vicksburg Fredericksburg and Gaines Mills and note the roles of scouts and the securing of enemy intelligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Clem
Newark
Chickamauga
Geneen
Butte
Imbny
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Taois Volunteer Infantry
Geo. J. A. J. Lightburne
Enotax
Bob
House Murphy
Lightburn
Amy
Young Murphy
Logan
Orson P. Howe
Vicksburg
Dallas
Sherman
Wendquarters
Tifteenth Army Corps
Black Silver
Hon
B. Staunton
Str
Colon PB Howe
Waukegan
West Point
Gagne
Sheri
W. 1. Sherman
George H. Baker
Howe
John Cook
Ohio
United States Arisiery
Antietam
Campbell
Cook
J. O. Julius Langbein
Camden
North Carolina
Hays
George D. Sidman
Michigan
Gaines Mills
Irelynond
Fitz John Porter
Longstreet
Ils
Ils and ‘Stonewall’ Jackson
Daniel Butterfield
New York
Pennsylvania
Michigan Volunteer
Chickahominy Swamp
Sidinita
Welch
Rappahanock River
Fredericksburg
Stockton
Sixteenth
Sidman
Marye’s Heights
Burnside
War Department
Cailed ‘Hampton
Archibald Hamilton Rowand, Jr
Sheridan
Rowand
Philadelphia
First
West Virginia Cavalry
Bheridan
Averill
Comrate
Iles
Sharidan
Murry Gilmore
Gilmore
Daybreat
Lewand
Toglly
S@llinore
Sheridao