Charley: The True Story of the Youngest Soldier to Die in the American Civil War

A short biography of Charley King, who enlisted aged just 12, and became the youngest soldier to die in the American Civil. In early April 1861, the streets of West Chester, PA, echoed with the sound of a rattling snare drum. The orders it marked out could be heard for blocks around – about face, advance, retreat, company rest – but there were no troops in the city to hear it. The Civil War, though it loomed heavy on the minds of everyone in the nation, had not yet begun. Fort Sumter would ...