The novelist Compton Mackenzie, born in 1883, claimed in his memoirs that he had sat on the knee of a Waterloo veteran as a child.
Florence Green
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.
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.
John Magee
Veteran*
The last veteran of World War 1 died on February 27, 2011.
2016
Florence Green
Around 1988 he is on youtube.
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.
Erich Kästner - World War I veteran - died in 2008.
The last Union Civil War veteran to pass away was Albert Woolson. He died on August 2, 1956 at the age of 109.
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.
John Magee
Veteran*
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 :)
William McKinley