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The last Civil War veteran died in 1956; the last to have seen combat died in 1953. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Woolson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al
by cbd1984 12y ago
The last Civil War veteran died in 1956; the last to have seen combat died in 1953.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Woolson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Woolson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hard
And the last Revolutionary War veteran died in 1866. (The year after our Civil War ended, in case you don't know much American history.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemuel_Cook http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemuel_Cook
- Figs 12y agoThey're talking about unexploded ordnance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unexploded_ordinance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unexploded_ordinance I don't know if there's a more recent example of Civil War UXO causing injuries, but here's a news article about a man killed in February 2008: http://www.foxnews.com/story/2008/05/02/virginia-man-killed-in-civil-war-cannonball-blast/ http://www.foxnews.com/story/2008/05/02/virginia-man-killed-...