During the American Civil War the youngest known soldier, Avery Brown, was enlisted in the Union infantry just shy of his ninth birthday, after claiming to be age 12 on his enlistment papers.
在美国内战期间，著名的童兵艾弗里·布朗在入伍登记表上声称年龄为12岁，从而还不到九岁生日便加入了联邦步兵。