Civil War Union Army Soldier. He was the last surviving veteran of the Union Army from the Civil War. The son of a Union soldier who died of wounds received at the Battle of Shiloh, he enlisted as a Drummer Boy in Company C, 1st Minnesota Volunteer Heavy Artillery in October 1864. The unit performed garrison frontier duty and never saw action during the war. He was honorably discharged on September 7, 1865. When he died at age 109 in 1956, he was the last surviving Union Army veteran, outliving James Albert Hard of the 37th New York Volunteer Infantry (who was the last surviving Union Army combat veteran) by three years. A statue of him stands in Gettysburg.
Civil War Union Army Soldier. He was the last surviving veteran of the Union Army from the Civil War. The son of a Union soldier who died of wounds received at the Battle of Shiloh, he enlisted as a Drummer Boy in Company C, 1st Minnesota Volunteer Heavy Artillery in October 1864. The unit performed garrison frontier duty and never saw action during the war. He was honorably discharged on September 7, 1865. When he died at age 109 in 1956, he was the last surviving Union Army veteran, outliving James Albert Hard of the 37th New York Volunteer Infantry (who was the last surviving Union Army combat veteran) by three years. A statue of him stands in Gettysburg.
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