text: No easy way out of this one, buddy, you need to do research, and then determine if your soldier is a Rebel Southerner, or a Yankee blue coat from the north.\nRemember most of these soldiers, were young, around 18 years old, and some even younger.They often used young boys as drummers.\nIt's a fascinating time in American History, read up about, who knows you may even learn something about your Nation.