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Gabagool1987 t1_j9syj9i wrote

Were still some Gettysburg veterans alive in the 1950s, albeit the drummer boys and such. Imagine fighting in that battle then living to see jets and space travel. Technology has really stagnated since the early 2000s

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Skipaspace t1_j9tw3ve wrote

The device you typed that reply on would disagree.

Satellites improved, GPS improved, cell phones improved, we now walk around with, essentially mini computers in our pockets, not to mention the technology that improved surgeries (not so invasive), the technology that allows us the edit genes, we also have drones, and a lot of jobs can now be performed remotely...due to technology.

Technoloy has not stagnated since 2000.

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torsun_bryan t1_j9tg17q wrote

I don’t know about veterans of Gettysburg, but the last remaining Civil War veteran, Albert Woolson, died in 1956. He was a drummer boy in a Union regiment that never saw action.

The last surviving civil war combat veteran was James Hard, who died in 1953.

He fought for the Union from First Bull Run to Chancellorsville, but was mustered out before Gettysburg

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