On This Date in Minnesota History: September 12

*September 12, 1956 – “A statue of Albert Woolson, the last survivor of the Union Army, was dedicated on this date by the Auxiliary to Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.”¹

“Woolson enrolled to serve one year in the Civil War. He was discharged September 27, 1865, at Nashville, Tennessee, as a private of captain Calvin Reaves’ 1st Regiment of Minnesota Heavy Artillery Volunteers. [He] 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.”²  

“The Grand Army of the Republic/Albert Woolson Memorial is located on the east side of Hancock Avenue in Ziegler’s Grove in Gettysburg National Military Park, north of the Angle.”<sup>1

1</sup>http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMCPT0_Albert_Woolson_Statue_Gettysburg_PA
²http://www.thehistorypeople.com/data/docs/timeline-part1.pdf

Statue of Albert Woolson, the last survivor of the Union Army
http://www.waymarking.com/gallery/image.aspx?f=1&guid=1e6d94a0-3a30-48ae-a436-1b54e4f610fa

http://civilwarsaga.com/albert-woolson-the-last-civil-war-veteran/