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Texas Civil War veterans received a pension ... Williams, and the last Confederate general officer, Felix Huston Robertson (who died in 1928). With the death of Williams, the book could finally ...
NEWTOWN BOROUGH, PA —Pennsylvania's last Civil War veteran who died in 1949 will be remembered during a ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 14 at the Newtown Cemetery where he is buried with his wife ...
Wiegel, as the last known Union veteran of the Civil War to be laid to rest in Westmoreland ... He moved in 1924 to Florida, where he later died at the Orlando home of a daughter, R.D. Mock.
The last Civil War veteran buried in Lyon County will be honored in a ceremony later this month at the Marshall Cemetery.
The first of its kind in Westmoreland County, *** Memorial Day ceremony for the last Union Civil War veteran to be buried ... most of his life in Irwin and died at 99 years old in 1946.
Nearly 80 years after his death, the last Union Civil War veteran buried in Adams County was honored Sunday during a ceremony hosted by the Sons of Union Veterans of ...
In a commentary, Jim Jones, former Idaho attorney general, notes that war takes a toll on veterans even after the guns are silenced, and he urges they also be honored on Memorial Day.