"Last of the Civil War veterans" Topic
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| Tango01 | 03 Jan 2020 9:31 p.m. PST |
"For 90 years after the last shot of the American Civil War was fired, the men who had fought for the Union and the Confederacy, respectively, continued to meet, and in doing so wielded considerable political power in the nation that had divided them. For one, the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) brought together Union soldiers, referred to as "veterans of the late unpleasantness." Starting in 1866, only one year after the war's close, and ending with the death of 109-year-old Albert Woolson in 1956, the G.A.R. boasted 490,000 members at its peak in 1890. link
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| COL Scott ret | 06 Jan 2020 11:24 p.m. PST |
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| Historydude18 | 08 Jan 2020 10:12 a.m. PST |
Imagine living to see the 50s after fighting in the ACW. Hard for me to imagine. |
 20thmaine  | 10 Jan 2020 6:45 p.m. PST |
Yeah, that would have been something! From Antietam to the A-Bomb. Reminds me of the career summary I read in an Aviation magazine of a long serving RAF groundcrew who'd started in WWI as a young apprentice working on biplanes – wood and canvas! – and retired having worked on supersonic jets. |
| EJNashIII | 11 Jan 2020 9:02 a.m. PST |
I was a reenactor at the 150th-anniversary events in Gettysburg, camped near the PA monument and the scene of pickets charge. I was assigned to lead a camp guard detail. Anyway, an old man visited wearing a medallion from the 75th anniversary. I showed him my medallion for the 150th. He then showed me a picture of himself as a child standing next to veterans. He said his scout unit rode a wagon to the battlefield. They camped at spangler spring, then the next morning came to the camp of old veterans. Each assigned duty to help the old men throughout the day. |
| EJNashIII | 11 Jan 2020 9:02 a.m. PST |
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completes his initial Union force in 1:72nd scale.