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William Horsfall  was just 14 when he left home with three friends, without money, or a warning to his parents, and stealthily boarded the steamer, Annie Laurie, moored at the Cincinnati Wharf at Newport on the 20th of December 1861.  At the last minute, his friends had a change of heart and ran ashore as the steamer prepared to leave port.  William stayed hidden until the boat was well under way.  When discovered, he said he was an orphan, and was allowed to remain on board.  On January 1, 1862, Horsfall enlisted as a drummer boy in Company G, First Regiment Kentucky Volunteers, at Camp Cox [Charleston], West Virginia. http://bit.ly/1Ns5rxk

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