torsun_bryan t1_j9tg17q wrote
Reply to comment by Gabagool1987 in TIL about the 1938 Gettysburg Reunion, where veterans of The American Civil War met, they were on average 94 years old. by VengefulMight
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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