Re: 25th Virginia Cavalry
In the winter of 1864, the recruiting pool was vastly depleted by three years of war and most of the new recruits were young boys or to lesser degree old men. Boys then as now will lie about age to become soldiers...My Greatgrandfather(Gibson Reese) entered the 25 Va in !863 as a 15 y/o. I suspect a blind eye was turned many times to fill the ranks.