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 ...

This video covers the historic last Civil War funeral of Confederate Lt. Andrew Jackson Buttram, whose remains were recovered ...

The last known widow of a Civil War soldier ... Jackson's death, and her story, was confirmed by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. The story began with Bolin's signing up for his ...

Two children of Civil War veterans received pensions from V.A. of $876 annually One of the children, a man, died last August at the age of 93 Last verified Civil War veteran died in 1951 ...

Frances Ann Kobus, granddaughter of the nation's most famous veteran, Albert Woolson, blows out a match after Woolson lights his pipe, fulfilling a daily routine. Woolson would turn 108 on Feb. 11 ...

Irvine served in that same navy, on board the CSS Alabama and the CSS Shenandoah — the last Confederate ship ... "It was said during the American Civil War that there were more Confederate ...

Pickel’s memo also banned a biography on Albert Cashier, a Civil War veteran, from elementary school reading. Cashier was born a girl in Ireland but joined the Union Army as a man, fighting at ...