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| Keywords: John Clem - Brady-Handy.jpg Sgt John Clem U S A Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Brady-Handy Photograph Collection http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cwpbh 01074 CALL NUMBER LC-BH82- 4088 <P P>P P 1867 Creator Mathew Brady PD John Lincoln Clem August 13 1851 May 13 1937 was a United States Army general who had served as a boy in the Union Army in the American Civil War He originally joined the army as a drummer boy by running away from home at age 9 John had the nickname Johnny Shiloh after a cannon shell crushed his drum during battle at Shiloh He gained fame for his bravery on the battlefield becoming the youngest noncommissioned officer in Army history He retired from the Army in 1916 having attained the rank of major general as the last veteran of the Civil War still on duty in the Armed Forces This summary was created using Commons SumItUp PD-old-100 LOC-image cwpbh 01074 Photographs by Mathew Brady Clem John John Clem 1867 portrait photographs Male 19th-century portrait photographs of standing men at three-quarter length in military uniforms 1867 Crossed arms left over right Generals of the United States Clem John | ||||
