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Well, they wanted to join the civil war because they might have felt a desire for adventure or to become a hero and everyone thought the war would be over in three months time. The boy(s) might have been drafted or might have felt peer presure since everyone else was joining up. Recruiting agents would visit churches and say it was God's will for them to fight. it makes them feel tough

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