Civil War drummer boy Willie Johnston received the Medal of Honor on Sept. 16, ... the 40,000 drummer boys serving the Union or Confederate armies were never far from danger.

Drummer boy John Clem (left) and Robert Henry Hendershot, who claimed to be the celebrated "drummer boy of Rappahannock" (right) Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division / Public domain ...

‘The Little Drummer Boy’ shares lessons about marginalization and overcoming setbacks This Christmas, may we approach Jesus with a spirit of youth and with our little drum to sing to him among ...

Drummer boys played important roles in the Civil War. ... who ran away from his home in Ohio when he was 9 to follow the Union troops, was the youngest boy to fight in the Civil War. Of course, ...

Courtesy photo Jackson's Robert Henry Hendershot earned the title "Drummer Boy of the Rappahannock" after feats of bravery at the Dec. 11, 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. Hendershot, who was ...

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.

A 14-year-old Waukegan boy’s act of bravery during the Civil War earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1896. The boy, Orion P. Howe, was a musician with the 55th Illinois Infantry at… ...

A boy's passion for drumming literally saves lives in this uplifting tale, completed in 1983 and published posthumously&#821 ...

Grave stone of Civil War Private Bernard Ross, "Albany's Little Drummer Boy," left, and his father Simon Ross at St. Agnes Cemetery Friday, March. 10, 2017 in Menands, N.Y. Cemetery historian ...