The Drummer Boy - Benjamin F. Doggett - War of 1812

Benjamin F. Doggett
The Drummer Boy
& Private
War of 1812

Benjamin served as private and drummer in the Virginia militia from Lancaster County, Virginia, during the War of 1812.  Born on the 4th day of August in 1790 and died on the 2nd of May in 1885 to Reuben Doggett of Culpepper County Virginia.  Reuben, Benjamins father, is an American Patriot.

Drummer boys for the Revolutionary War and War of 1812 usually were very young teens.  The drummer boys were loved and protected by the soldiers. Some of the boys were so young that the soldiers carried them on to the battlefield on their shoulders.