My Great Grandfather Porter Frierson was a Drummer boy 10 - 12 years old. I don't have a photo

Great story. I love how he was just a little kid but he "used to drink and swear."

@MichaelSmith-ct1xl

10 ай бұрын

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@kristiskinner8542

10 ай бұрын

Well kids havent always been over sheltered & over coddled in the extreme ways many are nowdays. Some so much so that they have a false sense of reality completely

@ConsiderationFarm

10 ай бұрын

@@kristiskinner8542 It's the computers. They lead to mush brain in us all. Tech has been designed to destroy reality.

I had never heard of Johnny Clem before this posting. Thank you once again Mr. Coddington for another fascinating story. That kid was more of a man at 10-12 than most of us will ever be!

I love his bravado in telling about himself. He was certainly a brave young person!

Thank you Ron for this very famous story!

Great story. Very interesting and may he Rip.

Good story. Thank you.

Great story no matter the time. Thank you.

As a kid I watched the Disney Johnny Shiloh movie and remember it fondly. Thanx

@yisroelkatz-xj6pq

10 ай бұрын

I also remember Disney's Johnny Shiloh, it was a great movie!

I have been interested in Johnny Clem's story since I was not much older than he was during the war. I had already read General Rosencran's account but the other two were new to me. Most accounts from during the war say that the rebel Johnny shot was killed, but Clem's own article decades later says he later learned the rebel survived. And I once found an account that when Clem was a lt. in the army he met the rebel he had shot, who was a lawyer at Brownsville, Texas. I note that General Wheeler's raid where Johnny was captured was a big raid, and the wagon trained he captured and burned had about 800 wagons. I also note at the Battle of Corinth in 1862 a rebel colonel actually entered battery Robinette before being killed. One account says he was shot many times, another that he was shot by a drummer boy. I also note there is a story about drummer boy Robert Henry Hendershot shooting a rebel colonel, although Hendershot was not the most truthful drummr boy. Geernal Rosencrans might have been wrong about Johnny being the youngest soldier in the army of the Cumberland at the time, although Johnny was probably the smallest. Although General Rosecrans said Johnny had corporal's stripes but all his photos from the war have sergeant's chevrons, and it is said he was promoted to lance sergeant. And my copy of his military service records say that Johnny was promoted to Lance Sergeant by order of General Thomas on September 20, 1863, a date when General Thomas was very busy. Johnny was offiically enlisted in the 23rd Michigan in about April or May 1863. He was described as 12 years old although that was a few months before his birthday, and 4 feet inches blank tall. His account says he was the 23rd Michigan on a probationary statues before being enlisted. It was formed on September 13, 1862, which is about the earliest possible date for his unofficial service with them. Your accounts quite him saying he moreor less served for about 2 years before Dec 1863.-Jan 1864, or since about Dec. 1861 to Jan. 1862. A number of accounts say he ran away from home in the spring of 1861 to Join the army. And if he did leavehome then it is unknown where he was for about two years.

Thanks for sharing some of my family history! Great info

Brilliant history account of young Johnny Clem....✌👍💥

Thanks!

@lifeonthecivilwarresearchtrail

10 ай бұрын

Many thanks! I appreciate your support of the Research Trail and stories of the Civil War generation.

I went to Johnny Clem elementary!

I’d say the last story was closer to accuracy. I didn’t say accurate just closer.

Were any movies made about lil Johnny?

I wonder why his parents let him do this.Where was his parents?

@fiddlemusik

9 ай бұрын

He was an orphan.