But we should remember that it took brutal civil war, fought by men here like Oliver ... the most violent and destructive episodes in British history. This was a struggle between King Charles ...

A pious and strong-willed king, Charles exhibited from childhood the characteristics that would lead to his downfall. By Dr Richard Cust.

But Johnny Clem wasn't the only young person to be affected by the Civil War. In fact, it would be hard to find a kid that wasn't. When war broke out in 1861, kids across the North and the South ...