The last of the Civil War veterans | The Vintage NewsThe greatest parade in American history has finally come to an end. The Grand Army of the Republic has marched off to join the shadows and no matter how long the nation exists there will never be anything quite like it again. LIFE MAGAZINE, AUG. 20, 1956
1913. At the 50th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg, Union (left) and Confederate (right) veterans shake hands at a reunion, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.For 90 years after the last shot of the American Civil War was fired, the men who had fought for the Union and the Confederacy, respectively, continued to meet, and in doing so wielded considerable political power in the nation that had divided them.
For one, the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) brought together Union soldiers, referred to as “veterans of the late unpleasantness.” Starting in 1866, only one year after the war’s close, and ending with the death of 109-year-old Albert Woolson in 1956, the G.A.R. boasted 490,000 members at its peak in 1890.A hugely influential body, the G.A.R. was instrumental in electing a number of U.S. presidents in the late 1800s, from the 18th (Ulysses S. Grant) to the 25th (William McKinley). Orators for the G.A.R. were caricatured as “waving the bloody shirt.”
I wonder if you know how much influence I really have? I can throw the Grand Army at any candidate like a sock. I can get senators defeated and I can pick appointments like apples. I can make men and I can destroy men. Do you know that? CYRUS TRASK, IN JOHN STEINBECK’S “EAST OF EDEN”, 1952With one single exception, the G.A.R. was a male body. That exception was Sarah Emma Edmonds, who was admitted to the G.A.R. in 1897. Sarah had fought in the 2nd Michigan Infantry disguised as a man named “Franklin Thompson,” from 1861 to 1863. She died in 1898
c. 1898. Marion, Indiana -Veterans eat their meals in the dining hall of the National Soldiers’ Home, a facility for the care of disabled American veterans, many from the Civil War. via
The third man from the left is Albert Woolson who was the last living Union veteran. He died at age 109. Sitting next to him on the right is Joseph Clovese, who was a slave. The man on the far left is Theodore Penland. James Hard is on the far right. Hard told Dick he remembered seeing a Revolutionary War veteran riding in a carriage in a 4th of July parade when he was a boy.Via
Albert Woolson – The Undisputed Last Surviving Civil War Veteran died in 1956 aged 109
In a video clip from the 1930’s, old confederate soldiers step up the microphone & give a howling yelp that was once known as the ‘Rebel yell’ Battle of Gettsburg veterans. The picture was taken in 1913, at a reunion held on the battlefield. The man sitting on the rocks is a Confederate soldier, and the man standing is a Union soldier.
Portrait of Captain Edward Camden: Volusia County, Florida, April 1917. “He put on his Civil War veteran’s uniform and tried to register for the draft on the first day of World War I.”
This photo, from the collection of the Union Veterans of the Civil War, shows Alice Carey Risley, the last surviving Civil War battlefield nurse, receiving a kiss from a veteran.
Reunion of veterans of battle of Gettysburg in 1913…
Brother against brother
The picture was taken at the Stone Wall at Gettysburg. Picture shows the old soldier writing his memories of the Battle of Gettysburg, at the Gettysburg Reunion. It was created in 1913 by Harris & Ewing.
Veterans from the last veterans reunion at Gettysburg.
c. 1898. Marion, Indiana -Veterans eat their meals in the dining hall of the National Soldiers’ Home, a facility for the care of disabled American veterans, many from the Civil War. via
The third man from the left is Albert Woolson who was the last living Union veteran. He died at age 109. Sitting next to him on the right is Joseph Clovese, who was a slave. The man on the far left is Theodore Penland. James Hard is on the far right. Hard told Dick he remembered seeing a Revolutionary War veteran riding in a carriage in a 4th of July parade when he was a boy.Via
Albert Woolson – The Undisputed Last Surviving Civil War Veteran died in 1956 aged 109
In a video clip from the 1930’s, old confederate soldiers step up the microphone & give a howling yelp that was once known as the ‘Rebel yell’ Battle of Gettsburg veterans. The picture was taken in 1913, at a reunion held on the battlefield. The man sitting on the rocks is a Confederate soldier, and the man standing is a Union soldier.
Portrait of Captain Edward Camden: Volusia County, Florida, April 1917. “He put on his Civil War veteran’s uniform and tried to register for the draft on the first day of World War I.”
This photo, from the collection of the Union Veterans of the Civil War, shows Alice Carey Risley, the last surviving Civil War battlefield nurse, receiving a kiss from a veteran.
Reunion of veterans of battle of Gettysburg in 1913…
Brother against brother
The picture was taken at the Stone Wall at Gettysburg. Picture shows the old soldier writing his memories of the Battle of Gettysburg, at the Gettysburg Reunion. It was created in 1913 by Harris & Ewing.
Veterans from the last veterans reunion at Gettysburg.
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