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Last Civil War Veterans Near End of Final Taps
Washington's memory of Union and Confederate veterans marks the fading of the last living links to the Civil War. Twelve Union and Confederate survivors remain, facing retirement and pension details as Memorial Day looms, with GAR and United Confederate Veterans entries waning and records prepared for the Library of Congress and Smithsonian.
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Raymond Wilcove
Washington
Tir
Tees
Abraham
Art E
Actuarlées
Ehey
Republic
Albert Wool
Dulith
Milin
Trib'&veterany
Pubif
Inman
Rochester
Samvanveny
Magee
Nuys
Cal
Ohis Cavalry
Walter C. Williams
Franklin
Tex
Thamas Evans Riddle
Wiehits Falls
John Sailing
Slant
Arnold Murray
Otis
William J. Busch
Fitzgerald
William A. Lundy
Laurel Au Fla
William
Laudermille
Jonesharp
Ark
Veterans Administration
William E Magee
GAR
United Confederate Veterans
Los Angeles
Douglas T. Story
West Los Angeles
Congress
Arlington National Cemetery
Cora E B. Gills
The
Daughters of the Gar
Jamestown N.Y
Library of Congress
Smithsonian Institutions