While there were plenty of very young and very old people to be soldiers during the Civil War, only one has the distinction of being the oldest verified mustered soldier. That person is Curtis King...
Category - The Unsung Heroes of the Civil War
Andre Cailloux: Unsung Heroes of the Civil War
Andre Calloux is a true unsung hero of the Civil War. A mixed-race African-American who was born into slavery, he gained his freedom with support from his former masters, became a businessman and...
Robert Smalls: Unsung Heroes of the Civil War
Robert Smalls was an African-American Civil War soldier, politician, businessman, and humanitarian who rescued his family from slavery in one of the most daring escapes of the Civil War. A respected...
John Parke: Unsung Heroes of the Civil War
John Parke is an unsung hero of the Civil War because he was present for all of it, a leader in most of it, and commander of the whole Army of the Potomac for a brief part of it. Yet, his work and...
Harriet Tubman: Unsung Heroes of the Civil War
Harriet Tubman is well-known as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, but not as well-known for her exemplary Civil War service as a nurse, scout, and spy for the Union. Here is her remarkable and...
Mary Elizabeth Bowser: Unsung Heroes of the Civil War
Mary Jane Richards Bowser was an African-American woman, formerly enslaved by the Van Lew family in Virginia, who went on to be freed, and to work closely with the abolitionist daughter of that...
Sarah Emma Edmonds: The Unsung Heroes of the Civil War
A number of women disguised themselves as men to serve in the American Revolution and the Civil War. However, few of them were as well known to the public after the war as Sarah Emma Edmonds. While...
David McMurtrie Gregg: The Unsung Heroes of the Civil War
David M. Gregg was a renowned Civil War cavalry commander with the Union Army. He fought in numerous battles, and proved himself time and again to be an expert horseman. While he led no decisive...
John Clem: The Unsung Heroes of the Civil War
John Clem was the youngest soldier to serve in the Union during the Civil War, becoming a drummer boy at only ten years old. He was also the youngest noncommissioned officer in US military history...
William Harvey Carney: The Unsung Heroes of the Civil War
William Harvey Carney was an African American Civil War hero who kept the Union flag aloft during extreme circumstances, and was awarded the Medal of Honor for it. He is widely considered to be the...
Clara Barton: The Unsung Heroes of the Civil War
Clara Barton is best known today as the founder and first president of the American Red Cross. However, she was also a genuine Civil War heroine. Her accomplishments and heroism in the Civil War are...
The Unsung Heroes of the Civil War (eBook)
Whatever their contribution, these are people who deserve to be remembered. Here are the stories of the unsung heroes of the Civil War.