On this episode of Our American Stories, John Lincoln Clem was just 12 years old when he picked up a drum and marched into battle becoming the youngest non-commissioned officer in Army history. Kristin O’Donnell Tubb, author of John Lincoln Clem: Civil War Drummer Boy, tells the remarkable story. 

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On this episode of Our American Stories, John Lincoln Clem was just 12 years old when he picked up a drum and marched into battle becoming the youngest non-commissioned officer in Army history. Kristin O&rsquo;Donnell Tubb, author of&nbsp;John Lincoln Clem: Civil War Drummer Boy,&nbsp;tells the remarkable story.&nbsp;
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The Story of the Youngest Soldier To Serve In The Civil War—John Clem

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