Show about johnny clem tho the boy hero of civil war johnny To linny clem the drummer boy was born at jeward Je ewar wark lc 0 august 13 1851 wag wa left nn an orphan when very young ind and enlists as a drumma drum mc nir r boy in n michigan regiment when eleven years of BRA during tha war amr lie ile became noted tor for hla his br braving avinT and had many narrow escapes in tw battle ot of we IMs drum was smashed by a keecle alece of phell and ho be wan wo knocked ff I 1 tl 1 I 1 down by the force of the explosion front from this incident he was called johnny shiloh and later tile the little drum iner hoy boy of chickamauga in an another lother battle battlo three balls passed through his cap and lie was tr twice ice wounded will e carrying n R dispatch from general thomas to general logan at atlanta a hall ball struck his pony near the top oc 0 the ant animals mals head killing it and wounding the rf der later he was appointed orderly sergeant by general thomas and attached to his staff la in 1804 ho he was mustered out then went to school a while anil and in 1871 m ans ng appointed by general grant second lieutenant in tho the twenty fourth united states infantry ho was Prot promoted noted first lieutenant la in 1874 appoint laap fain and in 1882 1682 promoted niad i and quart quartermaster emins in 1805 1895 lieutenant colonel in 1001 1901 and colonel la in 1003 and was retired august 13 1015 in the intervening he saw active service on the border among the indians and in forto rico find and was chief quartermaster in inthe the rhilip several moral yeara |