The Iron Brigades Newsboy Falls Into Enemy Hands After Antietam
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If you search military service records for Cullen Bullard Aubrey, you will not find his name and deeds mentioned. Nonetheless, the teenaged runaway saw as much of the war as most enlisted men when he attached himself to the Iron Brigade and became known as the "Newsboy of the Army of the Potomac." Here's his story.
Image: Wisconsin Historical Society
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