. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . II . EWS ■: i ■ WILLIAM BLACK, THE YOUNGEST WOUNDED SOLDIER REPORTED Lest the instance of Little Giffen seem an uncommon one. there is presented herethe winning face of little William Black. He was the youngest hoy, it is be reported wounded. Yet General Charles Kings researches on Boys ofthe War Days in Volume VIII brings oul the facl thai over 800,000 lads ofseventeen or less were found in the ranks of the Union army, thai over 200,000were no more than sixte
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . II . EWS ■: i ■ WILLIAM BLACK, THE YOUNGEST WOUNDED SOLDIER REPORTED Lest the instance of Little Giffen seem an uncommon one. there is presented herethe winning face of little William Black. He was the youngest hoy, it is be reported wounded. Yet General Charles Kings researches on Boys ofthe War Days in Volume VIII brings oul the facl thai over 800,000 lads ofseventeen or less were found in the ranks of the Union army, thai over 200,000were no more than sixteen, thai there were even 100,000 on the Union rolls whowere no more than fifteen. [i -r,} Drrta of Ualor THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT ( Fifth Rikidi: Island) The young lady here celebrated had attracted attention in New-York as the t roops passed through t he city on the \\ a v to the front. TheNew York Herald of April 25, 1861, said: The volunteers bring along with them two very prepossessingyoung women, named .Martha Francis and Katey Brownell, lioth ofProvidence, who propose to act as daughters of the regiment, aft
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