He fought in WW1, not the Civil War..Enlisted at age 29.
If you are asking about the US Civil War, that would not be possible. The US Civil War took place from 1861-1865. If a person was born in 1865, he or she would be 144 years old as of 2010.
Most of the soldiers in the Civil War were 18 to 35 years. Some soldiers as young as 12 and 13 participated in the war. Men as old as about 45 were welcomed into the Army. Many of the generals and colonels were much older. Robert E Lee was 58 at the end of the war. General Winfield Scott was 75 years old when he resigned early in the Civil War.
The Youngest surviving soldier at the end of the US Civil War was Andrew 'Jackson' Botts. He was the 13 years old. Known as the 'Little Drummer Boy,' he joined the Civil war when he was 12 1/2 years old. There were other soldiers who were as young as or younger when they joined, but Andrew Jackson Botts was the only 13 year old soldier at the end of the war.
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Alvin York was born on December 13, 1887 and died on September 2, 1964. Alvin York would have been 76 years old at the time of death or 127 years old today.
Alvin York died on September 2, 1964 at the age of 76.
Teddy was 4 years old when the Civil War began.
Harriet Tubman was about 50 years old when the civil war started.
Cleopatra was 22 when she was exiled in the civil war with her brother.
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"First president from the old south since before the civil war?"
Beah was 8 years old when the Sierra Leone civil war began.
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Alvin Lucier is 80 years old (birthdate: May 14, 1931).
Alvin Ceccoli is 43 years old (birthdate: August 5, 1974).
Alvin Williams is 43 years old (birthdate: August 6, 1974).