John Lincoln Clem letter : to General F.T. Dent : ALS, 1871 Dec. 23.

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John Lincoln Clem letter : to General F.T. Dent : ALS, 1871 Dec. 23.

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Handwritten letter from Clem, asking the general to convey Clem's thanks to the President [Grant] for having nominated him a 2nd lieutenant in the 24th Infantry. Clem signs his name, followed by the nickname "drummmer boy of Shiloh."

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Clem, John Lincoln, 1851-1937

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Born with the surname "Klem" in Newark, Ohio on August 13, 1851, he is said to have run away from home at age 9 in May 1861, after the death of his mother in a train accident, to become a Union Army drummer boy. First he attempted to enlist in the 3rd Ohio Infantry but was rejected because of his age and small size. He then tried to join the 22nd Michigan, which also refused him. He tagged along anyway and the 22nd eventually adopted him as mascot and drummer boy. Officers chipped in to pay him ...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Dent, F. T.

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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 24th.

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