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Ep07: The Young Guns

Ep07: The Young Guns

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They were teenagers when they enlisted, young soldiers whose ambition and courage propelled them into the leadership ranks of Company D as the American Civil War consumed older men around them. Jeremiah Wakefield and David Ring rose together, shared similar family histories, and committed to three more years of service. But in May 1864, during the savage fighting at the Wilderness and Spotsylvania, their paths diverged: one was badly wounded, and the other was killed in battle.

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