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Aren’t Civil War soldiers ‘American Veterans’?

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Aren’t Civil War soldiers ‘American Veterans’?

Yes they are !

U.S. Code Title 38 – Veterans’ Benefits, Part II – General Benefits, Chapter 15 – Pension for Non-Service-Connected Disability or Death or for Service, Subchapter I – General, § 1501. Definitions: (3) The term “Civil War veteran” includes a person who served in the military or naval forces of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, and the term “active military or naval service” includes active service in those forces

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Yes, by act of congress in 1901.