http://www.businessinsider.com/the-costs-of-us-wars-have-lingered-for-more-than-100-years-2013-3 http://www.businessinsider.com/the-costs-of-us-wars-have-lin...

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-costs-of-us-wars-have-lingered-for-more-than-100-years-2013-3 http://www.businessinsider.com/the-costs-of-us-wars-have-lin... The US is (or was as of 2013) still making payments to children of Civil War veterans. Granted it's only 2 of them and less than a grand a year apiece but still.