They could enlist in the war without even needing to tell their age. Some kids even under the age of ten had a very important and dangerous job. This job was a drummer boy. They would beat the drum to a pattern that communicated to the soldiers. They were the first on the battle...
DRUMMER BOYS AND FIFERS.(American civil war)Currie, Stephen
Drummer boys as young as 9 signed on. 在联邦军队中,有10万名以上的 There were more than 100,000 soldiers in the Union army 士兵还不到15岁。 who were not yet 15 years old. 照片上的男孩威廉.布莱克被征召时还不到12岁。 William Black was not yet 12 when he enlisted. 在战斗中左臂中弹...
Soldiers wrote many letters during the war and we are lucky that so many of them have been preserved. When a historian reads those letters, he can get an idea of what the soldiers were like and what they thought of while they were away from home. Letter writing was the main form of ...
Campfires of Freedom: The Camp Life of Black Soldiers During the Civil War African-Americans - both freemen and ex-slaves - enlisted for a variety of reasons, from patriotism to sheer poverty. Like many of their white counterparts, they attributed theological significance to the warKitchen of ...