Here's an interesting thing:
Last Living Veterans of America's Wars
American Revolution (17751783)
Last veteran, Daniel F. Bakeman, died 4/5/1869, age 109
Last widow, Catherine S. Damon, died 11/11/1906, age 92
Last dependent, Phoebe M. Palmeter, died 4/25/1911, age 90
War of 1812 (18121815)
Last veteran, Hiram Cronk, died 5/13/1905, age 105
Last widow, Carolina King, died 6/28/1936, age unknown
Last dependent, Esther A. H. Morgan, died 3/12/1946, age 89
Indian Wars (c. 18611898)
Last veteran, Fredrak Fraske, died 6/18/1973, age 101
Mexican War (18461848)
Last veteran, Owen Thomas Edgar, died 9/3/1929, age 98
Last widow, Lena James Theobald, died 6/20/1963, age 89
Last dependent, Jesse G. Bivens, died 11/1/1962, age 94
Civil War (18611865)
Last Union veteran, Albert Woolson, died 8/2/1956, age 109
Last Confederate veteran, John Salling*, died 3/16/1958, age 112
Spanish-American War (1898)
Last veteran, Nathan E. Cook, died 9/10/1992, age 106
It's amazing to think that our entire history as a nation can spanned in three lifetimes.
I suggested to both the Discovery Channel and the History Channel that they interview the surviving World War 2 fighter pilots and ask them about their breatest air combats, then recreate them in CGI. They ignored me.
The last veteran of the American Revolution died on April 5, 1869. When I was a kid, I knew an old lady who was born on February 8, 1869, so 8 weeks old when the last veteran of the Revolution died.
Last survivor of 'Christmas truce' tells of his sorrow (1914 - 1942 - 2004)
observer | Sunday December 19, 2004 | Lorna Martin, Scotland editor
Posted on 12/24/2004 3:03:46 AM PST by Truth666
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