Charley goddard civil war

1. Charley Goddard

2. Born: May 14, 1845 Died: Dec. 9, 1868

3. Charlie Goddard was born in Pennsylvania May 14, 1845 to Catherine and Abner Goddard. He was the only child of nine that survived childhood. Charlie’s father died at age 43 in September of 1852, shortly after moving to Winona, Minnesota.

4. Just fifteen when the call for troops went out, Charlie wanted to go to war so badly that he lied about his age and claimed to be 18, the minimum age for enlistment without parental permission; 17, if you did. Despite his mother’s pleas for him to desert, he stayed with the First Minnesota and went off to war.

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