How does the math work here?
My greatgreatgrandad was in the CW, in 1863 he was twelve, which means he was born in 1851.
Even if he fathered a child at 100, that would be 1951.
His child would no longer be a child in 1969, at age 18.
Is there some special stipulation that CW vet’s children receive benefits forever?
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Department of Veteran Affairs spokesman Phil Budahn says the VA last checked in on the benefits recipients in the fall. Both were alive, but in poor health.
Budahn says it's likely that the children of the Civil War veterans, who have wished to remain anonymous, both had illnesses that prevented them from ever becoming self-sufficient..
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As of 2007 there were also 50 Spanish-American War veterans widows and 62 children receiving benefits, and over 2,000 widows and over 2000 children of WWI veterans on the rolls. Source
Since 1958, Confederate veterans have been considered US veterans (even though there were only at most one or two left by that date and they may not have been authentic). I don't know how exactly that would affect the children of rebel veterans.
My great grandfather was in the Civil War. While he was alive he received a pension but the minute he died noone got a dime. So!?!?