It might have been called the boys war:More then 2,000,000 federal soldiers were 21 or under (of a total of 2.7 million)More then 1 million were 18 or underabout 800,000 were 17 or underabout 200,000 were 16 or underabout 100,000 were fifteen or under300 were 13 or under25 were ten or underConfederate numbers are skimpy, but the ranks were no doubt filled with youth as well.