many young white men in the Civil War South equated military service with adult masculinity. Indeed, the Confederate draft literally defined manhood by limiting enlistment to males at least ...

Nasiru Salami, a 76-year-old civil war veteran, shares his concerns about the poor treatment of retired Nigerian Army ...

As many as 20% of Civil War soldiers were younger than 18 ... Many young soldiers enlisted as musicians -- drummers, fifers, or buglers. In theory, musicians didn't fight. But once a battle ...

Howe of Streator, Ill., the youngest volunteer of the civil war. He enlisted first in 1861, when only 10 years and 9 months old, and served for four months, when he was discharged on account of ...

The extensive enlistment and volunteering of Israeli ... and presents a comprehensive picture of patterns of civil volunteering during the war. The surveys found that most volunteers acted out ...

A civil war veteran, Col Nasiru Salami (rtd), says he cannot allow his children to join the Nigerian Army, decrying what he ...

Col Nasiru Salami, who is now the  Secretary of the Nigerian Legion, Lagos Chapter, said he was on the battlefield for 11 months.