Sponsored by CWRT Congress:

The smooth faces of boy soldiers stand out in Civil War photography. Yet until now, scholars have largely overlooked the masses of underaged youths who served as musicians, carried wounded from the field, ran messages, took up arms, and died in both the Union and Confederate armies.

Of Age is the first comprehensive study of how Americans responded to the unauthorized enlistment of minors in this conflict and the implications that followed. Frances Clarke and Rebecca Plant will discuss this study, which offers military, legal, medical, social, political, and cultural perspectives as well as demographic analysis of this important aspect of the war.

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