Who was the longest living Civil War veteran?

Albert Henry Woolson (February 11, 1850 – August 2, 1956) was the last known surviving member of the Union Army who served in the American Civil War; he was also the last surviving Civil War veteran on either side whose status is undisputed.
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Who was the oldest Confederate soldier?

The inscription reads, "Walter Washington Williams -- who was recognized by the government of the United States as the last surviving Confederate veteran died 1959 at the age of 117 years."
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Are there any World war 1 veterans still alive?

The last combat veteran was Claude Choules, who served in the British Royal Navy (and later the Royal Australian Navy) and died 5 May 2011, aged 110. The last veteran who served in the trenches was Harry Patch (British Army), who died on 25 July 2009, aged 111.
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Who was the oldest living Civil War veteran?

However, the company never saw action, and Albert Woolson was discharged on September 7, 1865. Union Army veteran James Albert Hard (July 15, 1843 – March 12, 1953) was the last verified surviving American Civil War veteran who was in combat.
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What Civil War general lived the longest?

Aaron Simon Daggett (June 14, 1837 – May 14, 1938) was a career United States Army officer. He was the last surviving brevet Union general of the American Civil War, and the last surviving general of any grade from the war, when he died one month shy of his 101st birthday in 1938.
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The Last Veteran of the Civil War



Did any Civil War veterans fight in ww2?

By the time the United States entered World War II, however, the Civil War veterans time had passed, and with their memory went so many of their numbers. In 1942, just over 500 Civil War veterans were on the rolls of the Grand Army of the Republic.
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Is anyone still getting a Civil War pension?

Irene Triplett, the last person receiving a pension from the U.S. Civil War, has died at the age of 90. Ms. Triplett's father, Mose Triplett, started fighting in the war for the Confederacy, but defected to the North in 1863.
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Did any Civil War veterans fight in ww1?

It is a notable thing to survive a major war.
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Who was the last surviving Revolutionary War veteran?

Lemuel Cook (September 10, 1759 – May 20, 1866) was one of the last verifiable surviving veterans of the American Revolutionary War.
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How many ww2 veterans are still alive 2021?

About 70 million people fought in World War II and, as of 2021, there are still approximately 240,000 surviving veterans in the United States alone.
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How many Russian ww2 veterans are still alive?

The rapidly accelerating decline of Russia's World War II veteran population from 1.21 million last year to 896,800 this year, amounts to a 26% decrease.
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Is there anyone alive from the Lost Generation?

Nabi Tajima, the last surviving person known to have been born in the 19th century died in 2018. The final remaining veteran to have served in World War I in any capacity was Florence Green who died in 2012, while Claude Choules, the last veteran to have been involved in combat, had died the previous year.
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Who was the last Confederate widow?

Alberta Martin, a sharecropper's daughter who as the last widow of a Civil War veteran became a celebrated final link to the Confederacy, died Monday at a nursing home in Enterprise, Ala. She was 97. The cause was complications from a heart attack she suffered May 7, said her caretaker, Dr.
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Are there any Civil War widows still alive?

People Magazine recently reported the last known surviving Civil War widow veteran died December 16, 2020 at 101 in Marshfield, Missouri. Helen Viola Jackson, at age 17, married 93-year-old widower James Bolin.
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When did the last person who fought in the Civil War died?

Albert Henry Woolson had outlived over two million Civil War Union Army comrades when he died in Duluth on August 2, 1956, at the age of 106. At his death, he was recognized as the last surviving Union Army veteran.
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How many Vietnam veterans are still alive?

It took a toll on a generation of some nine million members of our armed forces who served during a 20 year period from 1955-1975. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, approximately 7.2 million are living today.
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How many German ww2 veterans are still alive?

After weeks of desperate fighting 100,000 surviving Germans went into Russian captivity. Six thousand survived, returning to Germany after the war. Of them, 35 are still alive today. We visited ten of these veterans, to trace the memories of the battle in their faces and voices.
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How old is the oldest ww2 veteran?

NEW ORLEANS — Family and friends gathered at the National WWII Museum on Saturday to remember Lawrence Brooks, who was the oldest surviving World War II veteran until his death on Jan. 5 at age 112.
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Did Confederate veterans get pensions?

The federal government did not grant pensions to Confederate veterans or their dependents, however, southern state governments granted pensions to Confederate veterans and widows. Veterans filed for pensions in the state where they were living at the time, not the state from which they served.
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Did Civil War soldiers have PTSD?

Abundant evidence suggests that Civil War soldiers, like their twentieth-century counterparts, exhibited symptoms that today we would associate with war trauma, notably post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a diagnosis that emerged out of the experiences of the Vietnam War.
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Which war had the most PTSD?

In a more recent study, researchers also found that PTSD was more prevalent among Vietnam veterans who had served in the theater of combat. Gulf War Veterans: In a study of over 11,000 Gulf War veterans conducted from 1995 to 1997, researcher Han K.
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Is there anyone alive whose father fought in the Civil War?

The Civil War ended 150 years ago in 1865, but there are still several people alive today whose fathers fought in the Confederate Army. There was one "real son" of a Confederate veteran living in the Birmingham area as recently as two years ago.
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Are there any grandchildren of Civil War veterans still alive?

Elsa Willoughby Aiken is unusual in that she is a living granddaughter of two Civil War veterans. Elsa's paternal grandfather, John Willoughby and his brother Preston Willoughby, like the Hicks brothers, were original members of Company B of the First Tennessee Infantry.
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