The History of the Boys of the American Civil War

Introduction

During the years of the American Civil War, from 1861 to 1865, the historians of the time were the participants – soldier or civilian. Today we call them primary resources. Back then they were the letters and journals kept by soldiers and civilians alike, the orders and reports written by the officers, literature by the writers of the day, photographs by the many photographers who followed the events of the war, newspaper articles, battlefield and camp sketches, and more. In a war in which more than 250,000 participants were underage children and youth, the following is an evolution of that history as it pertains to the boys and youth who were a significant part of that history.

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