The ages varied greatly in the Civil War. There wasn't a law saying how old you had to be to fight. But most soldiers were just teenagers! Often there jobs were to be drummers, the job of the drummers were important, because they told when to retreat or change a battle plan. They did this because there wasn't any technology for soldiers to communicate easily.
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Then oldest serving solder during WW2 was 52 in 1945
The average age of enlisted Gulf War soldiers was around 24 years old.
No, he survived the war and died in New Orleans at the age of 74.
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20. can you believe it, Canadians even younger, 18-20
i think it was over 2 million people
The average age of a Civil War soldier was around 25-26 years old. The youngest soldier was estimated to be around 13 years old and the oldest soldier was in his 80s.
The average age of southern soldiers is not known but ir would have changes as the war progressed as both very young boys and old men were pressed into service. For union troops it was 25.8 years old.
The ages varied greatly in the Civil War. There wasn't a law saying how old you had to be to fight. But most soldiers were just teenagers! Often there jobs were to be drummers, the job of the drummers were important, because they told when to retreat or change a battle plan. They did this because there wasn't any technology for soldiers to communicate easily.
He fought in WW1, not the Civil War..Enlisted at age 29.
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