Letters from Readers- America’s Civil War March 2011

Young guns aim high Boy generals The January 2011 edition of Count Off ! notes that George Armstrong Custer was 23 years old when he became the Union Army’s youngest brigadier general on June 28, 1863. While that is true, people often regard him as the youngest Union general ever. In fact, Galusha Pennypacker, born …

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