Howe of Streator, Ill., the youngest volunteer of the civil war. He enlisted first in 1861, when only 10 years and 9 months old, and served for four months, when he was discharged on account of ...

Like Jimmy Jr., many young white men in the Civil War South equated military service with adult masculinity. Indeed, the Confederate draft literally defined manhood by limiting enlistment to males ...

As many as 20% of Civil War soldiers were younger than 18 ... Many young soldiers enlisted as musicians -- drummers, fifers, or buglers. In theory, musicians didn't fight. But once a battle ...

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 160 years ago. There had been four years of terrible conflagration and the loss of thousands of lives. I have chosen to honor Black History Month by featuring two of ...

Civil war veteran Col Nasiru Salami (retd ... Salami recounted his military journey, starting from his enlistment into the Nigerian Army in October 1967. Just six weeks after his training ...

Young Rohingya men are being forcibly conscripted by both Myanmar’s military and rebel groups, as the ongoing civil war ...

As Eli Evans writes in the introductory essay, “Jewish families with sons from cities and towns all across the country were involved in the Civil War.” Jews from every walk of life enlisted ...

On Jan. 21, the Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War, Henry Casey Camp 92 Commander Kelly Hopkins donated on behalf of ...