When President Abraham Lincoln issued a call for volunteers in late spring 1861, one of those trying to answer was a bit out of the ordinary, a young boy just shy of his 10th birthday named John Lincoln “Johnny” Clem. His service was refused by the newly formed 3rd Ohio, but completely undeterred Clem later tried to join the 22nd Michigan, where his per…
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