This is part of a talk given by my great grandfather... here is a list of the ages of them men/boys in the civil war... My young friends, these terrible conflicts were not fought by old men, and middle aged men, but by boys. Listen to the figures taken officially from the Adjutant Generals Office: Those enlisted at: 10 years of age & under...................25 11 years of age. ...............................38 12 years of age................................225 13 years of age................................300 14 years of age.............................1,520 15 years of age........................104,987 16 years of age.........................231,051 17 years of age.........................844,891 18 years of age.....................2,151,438 21 years of age.....................2,159,891 22 years & over.......................618,511 25 years & over.........................46,326 45 years & over.........................16,071 Making a total of 2,778,309 and of this number 2,159,789 were under twenty-one years of age. So you see that this terrible fighting was done by boys. All honor to the heroic young fellows who carried the war through to a successful termination. Thought this may be of interest to some of you... Wilma Fleming Haynes gencon@harborside.com