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Boys of the war days Charles King, Brigadier-General, United States Volunteers
Jimmy Dugan.
Jimmy Dugan was a bugler-boy in the band at Carlisle barracks, the cavalry depot in Pennsylvania, as the Civil War opened.
One who knew him writes: He was about three feet six high, could ride anything on four legs, sound all the calls, and marched behind the band at guard-mounting at the regulation twenty-eight-inch step at the risk of splitting himself in two.
Jimmy was heard of later wheDugan was a bugler-boy in the band at Carlisle barracks, the cavalry depot in Pennsylvania, as the Civil War opened.
One who knew him writes: He was about three feet six high, could ride anything on four legs, sound all the calls, and marched behind the band at guard-mounting at the regulation twenty-eight-inch step at the risk of splitting himself in two.
Jimmy was heard of later when the serious work began, and, like many another daring youngster in the field-music contingent, did his duty under fire.
Time and again of late years Grand Army men have made this criticism of the organized militia, They look like mere boys.
But it is a singular fact that, man for man, the militia of to-day are older than were the old boys when they entered service for the Civil War. In point of fact, the war was fought to a finish by a grand army of boys.
Of 2,778,304 Union soldiers enl