VETERANS STORY: The boy soldier
Most historians claim that 9-year-old John “Johnny Shiloh” Clem was the youngest boy to serve in America’s Civil War as a drummer boy for the Union Army.
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Most historians claim that 9-year-old John “Johnny Shiloh” Clem was the youngest boy to serve in America’s Civil War as a drummer boy for the Union Army.
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