Perhaps that was meant to be, considering the Medal of Honor was first created in December 1861 -- the same month that a certain drummer boy joined the Army.

the Drummer Boy." James Hamilton, which was his real name, was a patriotic youth, who entered the army when little more than a child, ad served with honor in the war of the rebellion. View Full ...

Drummer boys played important roles in the Civil War. ... The rule in the Union Army was that soldiers had to be 18 to join, ... troops from Michigan adopted him as their mascot and drummer boy.

skewing our view of the Union Army up to the present day. As a political and cultural symbol, the boy soldier or drummer boy resonated in the U.S. in ways it simply could not in the Confederacy.

A Salvation Army volunteer did a lot than just ring her bell and ask for donations. She put on a concert. The volunteer sang a beautiful rendition of Little Drummer Boy, as well as other Christmas ...

The Salvation Army runs a food bank and education programs ... smile or even change his or her life. There’s a little drummer boy in all of us. Play your song and let someone hear it.

Mancil “Manny” Root was very young when he enlisted in the Union Army in 1864 ... captain and his mother that he could serve as a drummer boy in the 36th Wisconsin Infantry.

He served as head drummer boy, after “knocking the block” off ... and had his portrait painted in the uniform of the Grand Army of the Republic. Last week, at 106, he achieved a more moving ...

In the summer of 1861, Mankato resident Billings P. Sibley volunteered for the Union Army and served as a drummer boy through the entire Civil War. Many of the letters he wrote home, or excerpts ...