Trivia 4-22-15 Young and Old

[Trivia Master]

Q: What was the age of the average Union soldier?

credit: @chellers

 

[blwhite]

25

Edit - I am going to accept any answer between 24 and 26 as correct for this question.

The official correct answer is 25.8 years, but the question didn't specify that players' answer would have to be expressed to tenths of a year. So I will accept 25 (which would be age last birthday) or 26 (which would be age nearest birthday). And since War Horse came up with a source that supports an average age of 24, I will also give credit for that answer.

Hoosier

 

[Brenal]

Average age of the Union soldier was 25.8 years .

 

[TinCan]

25.8 years

 

[ErnieMac]

25.8 years old.

 

[FarawayFriend]

"The average Union soldier was 25.8 years old"

http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/faq/

 

[MajGenl.Meade]

The average age of Union soldiers: 25.8083 years - that is my final answer

P.S. I'm not sure what the age of an average soldier was but I bet it was about the same as the good ones

 

[Seduzal]

25.8 years old

 

[GELongstreet]

About 25/26 years old.

 

[Eagle eye]

25.8 years old

 

[Mr. King]

I'm going to say 20.

Edit - Sorry, pfcjking, they were a little older than that.

Welcome to the trivia game, anyway. Hope you'll come back and play again.

Hoosier

 

[C.S.M 1861]

"All but 1.5 per cent of the enlisted men in the Federal Army were between 18 and 46 at the time of their enlistment; and all but 3.3 per cent of the officers fell into that age bracket. The average age was slightly under 26 years (25.8083) at time of enlistment."

http://civilwarhome.com/themen.htm

 

[Northern Light]

The average Union soldier was 25.8 years old; there is no definite information on the average age of Confederate soldiers, but by the end of the war old men and young boys, who otherwise would have stayed home, were being pressed into service.

 

[rhettbutler1865]

Q: What was the age of the average Union soldier?

credit: @chellers

25.8 years old (Union soldier average age).

 

[Copperhead-mi]

25.8 years old according to Civil War Trust.

 

[msimmons]

25.8 years.

Edit - Correct, msimmons.

I see you've been a member of CivilWarTalk for quite a while, but I'm not sure if you've ever played the trivia game before. If you have not, welcome; if you have, welcome back.

Either way, hope you'll stick around and play again.

Hoosier

 

[Stony]

25.8 years old.

 

[Paul Denbow]

Just a guess, but maybe 27.

Edit - Close, Paul, but you're just a little high.

Hoosier

 

[ole]

23

Edit - Close, but they were a little older than that.

Hoosier

 

[hoosier]

About 26 years old
http://www.civilwarhome.com/themen.html