How many boys joined the Civil War?

Anonymous

∙ 15y ago

Updated: 8/18/2019

There is no good answer to this question. There is no solid definition for "boy" for that time. Many thousands of northerners below age 16 joined. Tens of thousands of southerners below age 16 joined the fight. Soldiers as young as 12, 13 and 14 were not uncommon.

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∙ 15y ago

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The Civil War was started because Abraham Lincoln wanted to stop slavery and no Oklahoma was not involved in The Civil War because it joined the Union in 1907

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