George Armstrong Custer--23 years old.
The youngest soldier was 13, while the oldest soldier was 98 years old
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 Youngest surviving soldier at the end of the US Civil War was Andrew 'Jackson' Botts. He was the 13 years old. Known as the 'Little Drummer Boy,' he joined the Civil war when he was 12 1/2 years old. There were other soldiers who were as young as or younger when they joined, but Andrew Jackson Botts was the only 13 year old soldier at the end of the war.
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If you are asking about the US Civil War, that would not be possible. The US Civil War took place from 1861-1865. If a person was born in 1865, he or she would be 144 years old as of 2010.
John Paul White (from The Civil Wars) is 41 years old (born 1973).
Youngest GirlThe youngest girl is 10 years old.!!!!!!!!
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There isn't a positive answer because soldiers ages ranged from 11 and up. So, the youngest solder was most likely an 11 year old boy. It's quite sad.
The youngest recorded soldier to be wounded in the US Civil War was a Union drummer boy named William Black. He was 12 when he was wounded by an explosing shell.
Charlie King, a 13 year old drummer boy in the Union Army, was killed by a Confederate artillery shell at the Battle of Antietam. deathaday.blogspot.com/2007/09/youngest-casualty-charlie-king.html
I don't know about the male side, but for female age distinctions, it is as follows, Youngest Mother - 5 years old Youngest Grandmother - 23 years old Youngest Great Grandmother - 42 years old Youngest Great Great Grandmother - 72 years old Youngest Great Great Great Grandmother (or the only one that was alive at the time) - 112 years old