Civil War drummer boy Willie Johnston received the Medal of Honor on Sept. 16, 1863, two months after his 13th birthday. ... the same month that a certain drummer boy joined the Army.

The Civil War is sometimes called "The Boys' War," because so many soldiers who fought in it were still in their teens. The rule in the Union Army was that soldiers had to be 18 to join, but many ...

Thousands of British soldiers were held in a camp to be secretly treated for venereal diseases which became widespread during the First World War. The "bad boys' camp", near Swindon in Wiltshire ...

As many as 250,000 boys under the age of 18 served in the British Army during World War One, ... How did Britain let 250,000 under-age soldiers fight in WW1?

Orion Perseus Howe was 12 years old and living in Waukegan when he enlisted in the Civil War. At age 14, he became one of the youngest people to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor after being… ...

A BOY of nine given a magnet fisher for Christmas nearly had an explosive start when he brought home an undetonated World War One bomb. William Hartley was testing out his gift with his grandad Nic… ...

Reedsburg Public Library will host Historian Bill Schuette and Sauk County Historical Society Executive Director Paul Wolter as they present a program on Sauk County’s own Civil War drummer boys ...

The military were determined to get everyone they could." Bernard Lawson was one of some 16,000 conscientious objectors who refused to fight as conscription laws enlisted two-and-a-half million ...

Far from the British army lasting between six and twelve months in the sort of combat we have seen in Ukraine, I’d be hugely impressed if they lasted as much as six weeks.

How the tank inspired the British war effort and terrified the enemy when it was introduced to the battlefields of World War One.

As many as 250,000 boys under the age of 18 served in the British Army during World War One, ... How did Britain let 250,000 under-age soldiers fight in WW1?