Can anybody tell me if there was an age limit for a man to serve in the civil war? How old could they be and still serve? I know they had to be at least 16 years to enlist but did they get too old to be in the war? What was the cut off limit? I am doing some research on our veterans buried in our local cemetery and trying to identify those who could have been in the war. I could exclude those that were too old or too young if I knew the answer to my question Can anybody help me on this. Shirley