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As stated below Alfred Woolson was the last fully verified Civil War veteran to die. However others without sufficient verification who claimed some part in the Civil War outlived him. Red Cloud, a Sioux Indian located in South Carolina when the war began, worked as a messenger and a peacekeeper for the Union. He never enlisted and denied any fighting role. He died in October 1962. Sylvester Magee had proof he was alive in 1859. He claimed to have been born in May 1841, to have served as a valet for his Confederate master during the Vicksburg campaign and to have escaped and joined the Union forces, being wounded twice during the Vicksburg campaign. While he had no proof, he had substantial knowledge of that campaign and of officers there that was unlikely to be known by anybody who was not there. He died in October 1971. Three Confederates who claimed some supporting role who also outlived Woolson were William Allen Lundy (1848?-1957) John Sallings (1846?-1959) and Walter Williams (1854-1959) All three had problems with their census documentation being different to their claimed ages. Only Williams had a possible enlistment reference. He may have been a boy forager late in the war and had his accounts exaggerated by others. The last four combatants with verified enlistment documents died in 1953. Garry Victor Hill
Last Union veteran, Albert Woolson, died 8/2/1956, age 109
Last Confederate veteran, John Salling, died 3/16/1958, age 112 Sorry to you prove you wrong guys, but the last civil war vetearn to die was my great great grandpa Francis Healey, a Confederate soldier. He died in 1977?
Keep in mine alot people lied about ages which meant a lotta people were way younger, then we picture at the time of the civil war.
Answer I am writing on the Last Civil War veterans. Any further information about Francis Healey would be good. garryhill7@bigpond.com
Unlikely. Let's say Healy was only 10 yrs old when he joined in the last year of the war, 1865. Therefore.. born in 1855, died in 1977. Was your Great Great grandfather 122 years old? And that is the best possible scenario.
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FranThe last Revolutionwary War veteran to die was Richard A. Kacher Jr of Alexandria, Virginia on April 15, 1875 at 115 years old. Lt. Major Richard Kacher, was born April 10th 1760 in the small village of Crookston 1 hour's buggy ride to the northwest of Alexandria. Today the town does not exist, the last records of the town were that its population was 25 villagers as of 1770 and no records of the town exist past 1778. The last name survives and is of the same last name but of no direct ancestoral connection.
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What year did last veteran of civil war die?
The last verified veteran of the American Civil War, Frank Woodruff Buckles, died on February 27, 2011. He was 110 years old at the time of his death. Buckles served in the U.S. Army during World War I and was recognized for being the last living Civil War veteran until his passing.
Was Albert woolson the last African American soldier to die in the civil war?
Albert Woolson was the last veteran of the civil war. And no he was not the last African American he was indeed white. He died in 1847. Decades after the civil war.I hope this helped :)
Who was the last Pennsylvania civil war veteran?
John Magee
When did last person who remember civil war die?
It's hard to say with any degree of certainty. However, the last definitively proven Civil War veteran was Albert Woolson, who died in 1956.
Are there any civil war widows still living?
The last one died last year.
