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Boy Soldiers

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Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
July
Year
1898
Copyright
Public Domain
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The beet material of which to make flghting soldiers is found in boys from 16 to 21. This is the expression of old commanders. There were many captains , in the civil war who were under 20 years of age. There were brigadier generĂ¡is only 21 years old. General Grant was under 40 when he entered the war. Stonewall Jackson had won immortal fame at 38 and died at 39. General Sheridan was a general at 30. FitzHugh Lee was a major general at 29. Alexander had conquered the world before he was 83. Napoleon became niaster of Egypt, crossed the Alps and fought the battle of Marengo at 30. Young men make the best soldiers. The civil war was fought by young men and boya,

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Subjects
Ann Arbor Argus
Old News