. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . BOYS OF THE WAR DAYS By KingBrigadier-General, United States Volunteers T made this criticism of the organized militia, Theylook like mere boys. But it is a singular fact that, man forman, the militia of to-day are older than were the old boys when they entered service for the Civil War. In point of fact,the war was fought to a finish by a grand army of boys. Of2,778,30-i Union soldiers enlisted, over two million were nottwenty-two years of age—1,151,438 were not even nineteen.* So long as the recruit appeared to be eighte
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . BOYS OF THE WAR DAYS By KingBrigadier-General, United States Volunteers T made this criticism of the organized militia, Theylook like mere boys. But it is a singular fact that, man forman, the militia of to-day are older than were the old boys when they entered service for the Civil War. In point of fact,the war was fought to a finish by a grand army of boys. Of2,778,30-i Union soldiers enlisted, over two million were nottwenty-two years of age—1,151,438 were not even nineteen.* So long as the recruit appeared to be eighteen years oldand could pass a not very rigid physical examination, he wasaccepted without question; but it happened, in the early daysof the war, that young lads came eagerly forward, begging tobe taken—lads who looked less than eighteen and could beaccepted only on bringing proof, or swearing that they wereeighteen. It has since been shown that over eight hundredthousand lads of seventeen or less were found in the ranks ofthe Union army, that over two hu
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