<Tr> <Th> Memorials </Th> <Td> Monument at Gettysburg </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Other work </Th> <Td> carpenter and member of the Grand Army of the Republic </Td> </Tr> <P> Albert Henry Woolson (February 11, 1850--August 2, 1956) was the last surviving member of the Union Army who served in the American Civil War . He was also the last surviving Civil War veteran on either side whose status is undisputed . At least three men who followed him in death claimed to be Confederate veterans, but one has been debunked and the other two are unverified . The last surviving Union soldier to see combat was James Hard (1843--1953). </P> <P> Woolson was born in Antwerp, New York, to Willard P. Woolson (1811--1862) and Caroline Baldwin (ca . 1822--unknown). He claimed to be born on February 11, 1847, but his entry in the 1850 United States Census lists him as born in 1850 . Entries in the later census records and in the 1905 Minnesota State Census support the conclusion that he was born in 1850 . </P>

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