The first group of test subjects, later known as "the Black Watch", were volunteer soldiers.

General Washington had tried to outfit the volunteer soldiers in some semblance of a uniform.

In 1940, as a volunteer soldier, he was taken as a prisoner of war by the Germans.

He served as a volunteer soldier from 1907-08.

The volunteer soldiers leave behind jobs and families on a regular basis in order to serve in this special combat unit.

The use of only volunteer soldiers was hoped to remove the need to consider conscientious objectors.

"But we must not discourage those men we draft by setting up a special corps of volunteer soldiers."

But he stands virtually alone now as a volunteer soldier who chose to flee his country rather than serve in combat or go to jail.

Raised in 1899, the unit is today a reduced force of about twenty volunteer soldiers, primarily concerned with ceremonial duties.

On July 1, 1862, Lincoln put out a call for 300000 more volunteer soldiers to fight in the Union army.