When the American Civil War had started, John Clem wasn't even 10 years old and his service was refused by the newly formed ...

The United States was deeply divided in 1861, as political tensions had been escalating for years. By the end of 1860, issues of slavery, states’ rights and congressional representation hit ...

Ulysses S Grant was the biggest hero of the Civil War ... Clem might well have been the smallest. Ten years old when he ran away from home and joined the second Michigan Regiment, the drummer boy ...