the boys of '61 were not fresh off any boat from europe...they were, for the most part, young men and boys born on the farms and and in the small towns that was the united states, at the time...most of them had never been more than 20 miles from home...

why then, were they so eager to volunteer, by the 100's of thousands to go off to war to kill their fellow countrymen?


keep it simple and keep it safe...