Charlie King, a 13 year old drummer boy in the Union Army, was killed by a Confederate artillery shell at the Battle of Antietam.
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Ginny Wade, a seamstress, was the first civilian casualty of the Civil War. She was the only Gettysburg civilian killed directly during the Battle of Gettysburg.
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Look at the casualty figures for each battle. Try Wikipedia's list of Civil War battles.
he became the youngest general in the civil war.
Weapons outstripped tactics until near the end of the war, leading to atrocious casualty counts.
Franklin Pierce, age 48
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.