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The Civil War's final living legacy was from Minnesota
His long public role in memorial events made him a national figure as Civil War veterans dwindled to nine by 1930, officials said.
- On August 2, 1956, Albert Woolson, the last known surviving Union veteran of the American Civil War, died at age 109 in Duluth, Minnesota.
- Born in Watertown, New York, in 1847, Woolson enlisted as a drummer boy in the First Minnesota Volunteer Heavy Artillery Regiment around 1861, following his father into service.
- A local celebrity in Duluth, Woolson attributed his longevity to moderation, saying in 1953, "especially women and whiskey," while students collected 27,652 pennies for his portrait in the Grand Army of the Republic uniform.
- More than 1,600 people attended his funeral, including politicians and the grandson of Civil War Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, as the Duluth News Tribune reported the last of the "old soldiers" had passed.
- Throughout his later years, Woolson became a national symbol, receiving a celebratory telegram from President Harry Truman upon turning 100, as his death concluded the era of Civil War veterans in the United States.
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