Mr. Loughney was a buglar in company L,,Seventh Michigan cavalry, Custer's brigade from May 14th,1863-March 10,1866. He was a prisoner at Andersonville prison. He was 14 years old at the time of his enlistment.
2007-01-14 13:59:17 · 3 answers · asked by Opa 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Not true here is a quote from the 1863 Harper's Weekly when one seven year Thomas Nast was still a Union drummer boy. It was a quite the practice as drums did all the commands and could be heard over a battle. After quite a few deaths and the public complaints the Union raised the enlistment age to 14. The South however always hurting for manpower continued them through out the war; in fact they were know to have looking the other ways when 10 and 12 yr olds enlisted to fight. God Bless You and Our Southern Boys.
2007-01-14 15:09:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am sure he was one of the most brave serving with Custer
but we have information on over 457 union soldiers under age 14 and Rebels as young as one who was 11. We have a 13 year old Medal of Honor recipient: Willie Johnston of the 3rd Vermont
at the Seven Day's" campaign.
Wikipedia has some stuff but it is nevr accurate or well cited to books.
Be glad to post more but it was common until years after the war to not talk about youth that were serving. Each local community knew but national magazines did not go overboard in the issue.
In WWII and Vietnam we actually had 12-14 year olds serve, no bs,
The Civil War Book of Lists - Page 54
by Donald Cartmell - 2001 - 264 pages
2007-01-14 15:20:14 · answer #2 · answered by cruisingyeti 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-14 14:06:51 · answer #3 · answered by johN p. aka-Hey you. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋