[sheana]

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!?!?

[svcw]

It’s a good point.
My Dad was a WWII wounded vet and when he died so did the payments.
So I am not getting this.

[Verginius Rufus]

I had a great-great-grandfather who served in the Civil War and received a pension. He died in 1904 and his widow received a pension until her death about a year later.

A few years ago I heard a talk by a 97-year-old man whose father had ridden with Nathan Bedford Forrest. I don't know if the man is still alive. Just recently I saw a report that the last person in Georgia who was the actual son of a Confederate veteran had died (as opposed to a member of the "Sons of Confederate Veterans"). I forget how old he was but I think late 70s or early 80s.