The film was fictionalized, but was based on a real boy who ran away from home to join the Union Army in 1861 when he was only nine years old. He was a drummer boy, but he also learned to shoot, and for his heroic deeds in the Battle of Chickamauga, he was promoted to sergeant. After the war, in which Clem was wounded twice and captured once, he left the army to go to high school.
Author: Miss Cellania
Published at: 2025-12-29 22:04:11
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