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John Lincoln Clem (nicknamed Johnny Shiloh; August 13, 1851 – May 13, 1937) was an American general officer who served as a drummer boy in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He gained fame for his bravery on the battlefield, becoming the youngest noncommissioned officer in the history of the United States Army at the age of 12.
Charles Edwin King (April 3, 1849 – September 20, 1862), was a Union drummer boy during the American Civil War. Being mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam , he is the youngest confirmed soldier from either side to die during the war.
Root was the youngest soldier in the Union Army on record. He was born in Ohio in 1854 and enlisted as a drummer boy at the age of 11, serving in the 36th Wisconsin Infantry. He died in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1929. Joseph Francis Goss, the youngest combat soldier, serving in the 31st Wisconsin Infantry from December 16, 1862, to July 8, 1865. He ...
Twelve-year-old drummer boy William Black was the youngest recorded person wounded in battle during the American Civil War. John Clem , who had unofficially joined a Union Army regiment at the age of 9 as a drummer and mascot, became famous as "The Drummer Boy of Chickamauga " where he played a " long roll " and shot a Confederate officer who ...
Orion Perseus Howe (December 29, 1848 – January 27, 1930) was among the youngest recipients of the Medal of Honor for his service in the American Civil War as a Union drummer boy. He was awarded the medal on April 23, 1896.
William J. Johnston [1] [a] (July 12, 1850 – September 16, 1941) was a drummer boy in Company D of the 3rd Vermont Infantry during the American Civil War.When his division was routed during the Seven Days Battles during the Peninsula Campaign of June to July 1862, he was the only drummer to come away with his instrument.
Edward Black (May 30, 1853 – June 30, 1872) was a drummer boy for the Union during the American Civil War. At twelve years old, his left hand and arm were shattered by an exploding shell. He is considered to be the youngest wounded soldier of the war. [1] [2]
Robert Henry Hendershot (died December 26 1925), known as the Drummer Boy of the Rappahannock, was an American Civil War drummer boy known for his reputed heroics at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, in December 1862.