"Stephen B. Bartow"

Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Many young boys found their way into the Civil War by enlisting as drummer boys. Stephen Benjamin Bartow and Clarence D. McKenzie are just two examples. Bartow went on to fight with Brooklyn's "Fighting 14th" Regiment, survived many battles, worked on the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, and lived to be 65 years old.

Read more about the Brooklyn 14th (officially, the 84th Infantry) at the New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center: "84th Infantry Regiment, Civil War: Fourteenth Militia; Brooklyn Phalanx; Brooklyn Chasseurs; Chasseurs a Pied"
(http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/ civil/infantry/84thInf/84thInfMain.htm)

For more about the 14th Regiment, see Documents 42, 55, 103, and 108. For more about drummer boys, see Documents 26, 27, 28, and 60.

Citation - Document 104
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
October 11, 1911
Brooklyn Public Library – Brooklyn Collection
www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/civilwar