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Albert Henry Woolson (February 11, 1850 – August 2, 1956) was the last known surviving [1] member of the Union Army who served in the American Civil War; he was also the last surviving Civil War veteran on either side whose status is undisputed. At least three men who outlived Woolson claimed to be Confederate veterans, but one has been ...
Last surviving Confederate Marine veteran. Served with the Marine Guard attached to the CSS Fredericksburg. [45] William Sickles (1844–1938) – Union Army. Last Medal of Honor recipient. Aaron Daggett (1837–1938) – Union Army. Last surviving General of the Civil War. Billy Rufus Stanford (1850–1937) – Confederate Navy. Last surviving ...
In the same piece, Marvel confirmed Woolson's claim to be the last surviving Union Army veteran and asserted that Woolson was the last genuine Civil War veteran on either side. However, Marvel did not present research establishing who, among the several other Confederate claims from the 1950s, some of which appear to be genuine, was the real ...
Walter Washington Williams (November 14, 1842 or 1854 – December 19, 1959) was an American man who claimed to have been a forager for Hood's Brigade, which if true made him the last surviving veteran of the American Civil War. [1] [2] However, serious doubts have been raised about the veracity of these claims.
[4] [5] An extensively researched book [6] by Frank L. Gryzb, The Last Civil War Veterans: The Lives of the Final Survivors State by State, published March 29, 2016, supports the conclusion by Hoar, Marvel, Serrano and others that Pleasant Crump was the last confirmed and verified surviving veteran of the Confederate States Army. [7] [8]
In 1946 there were still 16 survivors of the Civil War living in Texas, all of whom were more than 100 years old. They lived in 16 different communities, none in Fort Worth. ... Williams outlived ...
Irene Triplett – the 86-year-old daughter of a Civil War veteran – collects $73.13 each month from her father's military pension. Civil War vet's pension still remains on government's payroll ...
Local Civil War veteran John Kapsa died on Saturday, Nov. 29, 1919. He lay in an unmarked grave in Oakland Cemetery for 105 years until a smattering of volunteers recently decided to make a change.