The article “ Children on the battlefield” by Marcie Schwartz explains the life of boys in the army during the Civil war. Boys have served in the military for generations, including the Civil War, the boys did many different things to get around the age limitation such as lying about their age or running away and enlisting in other towns so parents couldn’t track them down. Lots of people helped kids get into the military like teachers and ministers, even the boys fathers. There were many different functions in military, some were soldiers, mounted couriers, hospital attendants, guards, orderlies and powder monkeys. Most musicians were younger boys and and their jobs were calling out orders and entertaining. In the military they dealt