Tuesday, October 4, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: October 4

October 4, 1864 – “Albert Henry Woolson enrolled to serve one year in the Civil War [on this date]. He was discharged September 27, 1865, at Nashville, Tennessee, as a private of Captain Calvin Reaves’ 1st Regiment of Minnesota Heavy Artillery Volunteers. Woolson was the last survivor of the Grand Army of the Republic and died in Duluth at St. Luke's hospital on August 2, 1956, at age 109. He was buried at Duluth's Park Hill Cemetery with ‘modified complete military funeral’ on August 6, 1956.”

http://www.thehistorypeople.com/data/docs/timeline-part1.pdf




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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Woolson
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