At the tender age of 14, Thomas Duncan (1846-1931) was swept up in the fierce winds of civil war as the United States was ripped apart by sectional strife.
Serving under the military genius Nathan Bedford Forrest, Duncan would find himself far from home and under fire at.
Indeed, his service in the Confederate Army would carry him into some of the most important battles of the American Civil War.
He had no idea what lay ahead of him as he rushed to defend his home soil of Mississippi.
At the tender age of 14, Thomas Duncan (1846-1931) was swept up in the fierce winds of civil war as the United States was ripped apart by sectional strife