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  2. Aaron Daggett - Wikipedia

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    Aaron Simon Daggett (June 14, 1837 – May 14, 1938) was a career United States Army officer. He was the last surviving brevet Union general of the American Civil War, and the last surviving general of any grade from the war, when he died exactly one month shy of his 101st birthday in 1938.

  3. Adelbert Ames - Wikipedia

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    At the time of his death, Ames was the last surviving full-rank general who had served in the Civil War. (The last Union general officer, Aaron S. Daggett, lived five years longer than Ames, but he had been a brevet brigadier general of U.S. Volunteers in March 1865, while Ames had been promoted to the permanent rank of brigadier general in the ...

  4. Last surviving United States war veterans - Wikipedia

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    Last surviving General of the Civil War. Billy Rufus Stanford (1850–1937) – Confederate Navy. Last surviving Confederate sailor. Defended Columbus, Georgia during Sherman's March to the Sea with Company C of the Naval Battalion. [45] Adelbert Ames (1835–1933) – Union Army. Last surviving General of the Regular U.S. Army.

  5. Albert Woolson - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  6. List of American Civil War generals (Union) - Wikipedia

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    In addition to their names and grades, there is a small set of notes after every entry which may list Medal of Honor or Thanks of Congress citations, West Point graduation dates, important political or Army offices held, retirements or deaths during the war (whether in action or other means) and other unique facts pertaining to this article (i ...

  7. List of last surviving veterans of military insurgencies and ...

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    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 ...

  8. The Monday After: A look back at Stark County veterans from ...

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    "Edleman was Canton's last surviving Civil War veteran." Bedfast for a year after serving as honorary grand marshal for the Memorial Day parade for five years, Edleman would have been 99 on Nov ...

  9. Last surviving Confederate veterans - Wikipedia

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    [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]