I still remember the jubilation in the papers when the last Confederate soldier outlived the last Union soldier.
Great grandfather was one of the special judge advocates at the Lincoln Assassination Trial. He was brought to DC by Sec Stanton and stayed around to organize the Library of Congress records. Through his life he used to give talks defending Judge Holt and General Hancock for their roles in the trial.
General Burnett’s Memories of the Trial of Lincoln’s Assassins
https://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/burnett/lincoln.htm
https://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/burnett/generalburnett.htm
The last widow of a confederate soldier died just two years ago.
Helen Viola Jackson (August 3, 1919 – December 16, 2020) was the last surviving widow of a Union soldier and the last surviving widow of a Civil War veteran overall; she died on December 16, 2020, at the age of 101.