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To: j.havenfarm

The last surviving civil war vet died on August 2 1956 at the age of 109.


44 posted on 03/04/2024 6:06:13 PM PST by tenthirteen
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To: tenthirteen

That was the last Union veteran. Interestingly the last confederate widow didn’t die until 2008 (when young married a very old vet)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War_widows_who_survived_into_the_21st_century#:~:text=Alberta%20Martin%20(née%20Stewart%3B%20December,Civil%20War%20soldier%20produced%20offspring.


45 posted on 03/04/2024 6:21:02 PM PST by j.havenfarm (23 years on Free Republic, 12/22/23! More than 8,000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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