Twelve-year-old Sergeant John Lincoln Clem, The Drummer Boy of Chickamauga ca. 1864. By Morse & Peaslee, Gallery of the Cumberland.

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Twelve-year-old drummer boy Sergeant John Lincoln Clem. He earned his sobriquet and his collectible status by shooting with a small musket a Confederate colonel who demanded he surrender at the Battle of Chickamauga (September 19–20, 1863).

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Size: 1962px × 3214px
Location: America
Photo credit: © History in Colour / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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