Walter Washington Williams was the last living Civil War Veteran. He died at the purported age of 117 in 1959 in Houston, TX. He was said to have been born in 1842.
The last Union Civil War veteran to pass away was Albert Woolson. He died on August 2, 1956 at the age of 109.
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This has been the subject of many false claims. The last reunion of Civil War veterans was in 1951 when there were only three left.
Albert Woolson was the last veteran of the civil war. And no he was not the last African American he was indeed white. He died in 1847. Decades after the civil war.I hope this helped :)
It's hard to say with any degree of certainty. However, the last definitively proven Civil War veteran was Albert Woolson, who died in 1956.
William McKinley was the last US President who was also a Civil War veteran. Except for Benjamin Harrison, all of the Presidents after Johnson and up to McKinley were veterans of that war. Harrison was able to hire someone else to take his place.
none. the civil war ended in 1865. i believe the last veteran died in 1933
John Thomas Graves was the last Civil War veteran in the state of Missouri passing away in 1950 at the age of 108.
The last veteran of World War 1 died on February 27, 2011.
Williams last name came from Prince Williams