Thursday, August 2, 2012

On This Date in Minnesota History: August 2

August 2, 1956 – “Albert Henry Woolson died as the last survivor of the Grand Army of the Republic. He served one year in the Civil War, discharged September 27, 1865, at Nashville, Tennessee as a private. He died in Duluth's St. Luke's hospital at age 109. His 'modified complete military funeral' was in the Duluth Armory August 16, with burial at Duluth's Park Hill Cemetery.”
http://www.thehistorypeople.com/data/docs/timeline-part2.pdf



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