Johnny was only 10 years old when join to fight for the Union during the Civil War. He is the youngest soldier ever to become a noncommissioned officer in the U.S. Army, and became known as the “Drummer Boy of Chickamauga.”
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Song: The Drummer Boy of Shiloh; Artist Douglas Jimerson
MARCHING TO THE DRUMS: A HISTORY OF MILITARY DRUMS AND DRUMMERS
Author(s) : NORRIS John
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