Emma Chamberlain’s dad.

If anyone wants to be amazed, look it up to find out what wounds he lived with for 50 years....

The last claimed Civil War participant to die was Alfred Henry Woolson. Interestingly, the year of death appears to be in dispute: either 1953 or 1956 or 1959. DOB is agreed upon, 1843, as is his role during the Civil War: drummer boy. He was either 106 or 109 upon death.

In close second was Col. Walter Williams. He is said to have congratulated Woolson on reaching 109. But the dates of their last appearances and deaths clash. Cannot be in grand marshall in a parade once dead.

Bruce Caton stated years ago that 1950 saw 65 Civil War vets still alive. But none in 1960. 1950, however, was long after 1914. Which adds a bit of a question to the claim re Col. Chamberlain.

He had an extra nut ball?

Chamberlain died as a result of his wounds. That’s what casualty means.

Henry Woolson definitely died in 1956

He is thought to be the last Civil War veteran to die from wounds received during combat, not so much the last Civil War veteran to die. His wounds were not pleasant.

Oh dang, I didn’t know that’s how he died! Wow. Makes it all the more wild that sometimes when I’m visiting home, I see some dude with a bunch of confederate flags flying from his truck driving around like two minutes from Joshua Chamberlain’s house…

I hope his ghost follows that dude home and haunts him :///

It's a fine slice for a man who dies when he is 85.

Here is one bit on Woolson: https://npsgnmp.wordpress.com/2012/10/19/the-last-veteran/ Note the paragraphs dedicated to another drummer boy, James Marion Lurvey, born in Palmyra, ME.

Battle of Little Round Top at Gettysburg

>The left flank consisted of the 386 officers and men of the 20th Maine regiment and the 83rd Pennsylvania. Seeing the Confederates shifting around his flank, Chamberlain first stretched his line to the point where his men were in a single-file line, then ordered the southernmost half of his line to swing back during a lull following another Confederate charge. It was there that they "refused the line"—formed an angle to the main line in an attempt to prevent the Confederate flanking maneuver. Despite heavy losses, the 20th Maine held through two subsequent charges by the 15th Alabama and other Confederate regiments for a total of ninety minutes.[16]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Round_Top

There’s a reason I got “Steadfast as Katahdin, hard as winters rain” tattooed on myself last week. He was an OG hard ass

Not even kidding either, fit the theme well, great song, and I can relate to it a lot

That sounds like an awesome tattoo.

Legend

Might have to go home and watch Gettysburg tonight

Came out great, soon as it’s done peeling I’m going to post it. I have a fresh picture but a couple of the darker spots swelled like hell unfortunately

I read that as tattooed on my ass

Nah I’ve got that earmarked for part of the Constitution

I do need to make good on a bet I lost and get “Dilly Dilly!” On the other side though

A true renaissance man, an educated Mainer who never strayed from his principles. Yeah, I'm kind of a fan.

You're honestly a much braver man than me. I'm scared of the peeling thing and stuff.