Last Surviving US Civil War Veterans--interesting

by IronGland 18 Replies latest jw friends

  • RichieRich
    RichieRich

    interesting thread.

    I had a great great uncle who fought for the south.

    Pvt. Elijah Ivey, 2?th NC infantry...

    My dad is a member of the SCV... He loves civil war stuff...

  • IronGland
    IronGland

    run dont walk,

    here's someintersting info from the VA. It shows info from every american war including when the last vet died and forcasts for how long WW1 and 2 vets will be around.

    American Revolution (1775-1783)
    Total Servicemembers 217,000
    Battle Deaths 4,435
    Non-mortal Woundings 6,188
    Last Veteran, Daniel F. Bakeman,
    died 4/5/1869, age 109

    Last Widow, Catherine S. Damon,
    died 11/11/06, age 92

    Last Dependent, Phoebe M. Palmeter,
    died 4/25/11, age 90

    War of 1812 (1812-1815)
    Total Servicemembers286,730
    Battle Deaths 2,260
    Non-mortal Woundings 4,505
    Last Veteran, Hiram Cronk, died 5/13/05, age 105

    Last Widow, Carolina King,
    died 6/28/36, age unknown

    Last Dependent, Esther A.H. Morgan,
    died 3/12/46, age 89


    Indian Wars (approx. 1817-1898)
    Total Servicemembers 106,000*
    Battle Deaths1,000*

    Last Veteran, Fredrak Fraske,
    died 6/18/73, age 101


    Mexican War (1846-1848)
    Total Servicemembers 78,718
    Battle Deaths 1,733
    Other Deaths in Service 11,550
    Non-mortal Woundings4,152

    Last Veteran, Owen Thomas Edgar,
    died 9/3/29, age 98

    Last Widow, Lena James Theobald, died 6/20/63, age 89

    Last Dependent, Jesse G. Bivens,
    died 11/1/62, age 94

    Civil War (1861-1865)
    Total Servicemembers (Union) 2,213,363
    Battle Deaths (Union)140,414
    Other Deaths in Service (Union)224,097
    Non-mortal Woundings (Union)281,881
    Total S ervicemembers (Conf.) 1,050,000

    Battle Deaths (Confederate)

    		74,524
    Other Deaths in Service (Confederate)59,297**
    Non-mortal Woundings (Confederate)Unknown

    Last Union Veteran, Albert Woolson died 8/2/56, age 109

    Last Confederate Veteran, John Salling died 3/16/58, age 112

    Spanish-American War (1898-1902)
    Total Servicemembers (Worldwide)306,760
    Battle Deaths 385
    Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)2,061
    Non-mortal Woundings 1,662

    Last veteran, Nathan E. Cook,
    died 9/10/92, age 106


    World War I (1917-1918)
    Total Servicemembers (Worldwide)4,734,991
    Battle Deaths 53,402
    Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)63,114
    Non-mortal Woundings204,002
    Living Veterans2,503*

    World War II (1940 –1945)
    Total Servicemembers (Worldwide) 16,112,566
    Battle Deaths 291,557
    Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) 113,842
    Non-mortal Woundings 671,846
    Living Veterans 5,451,378*

    Korean War (1950-1953)
    Total Servicemenbers (Worldwide)5,720,000
    Battle Deaths33,686
    Other Deaths (In Theater)2,830
    Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)17,730
    Non-mortal Woundings 103,284
    Living Veterans 3,913,749*

    Vietnam War (1964-1975)
    Total Servicemembers (Worldwide) 9,200,000
    Deployed to Southeast Asia 3,100,000
    Battle Deaths47,410
    Other Deaths (In Theater)10,788
    Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) est. 32,000
    Non-mortal Woundings 153,303
    Living Veterans 8,300,106*

    Gulf War (1990-1991 )
    Total Servicemembers (Worldwide) 2,322,332
    Deployed to Gulf 1,136,658
    Battle Deaths 148
    Other Deaths (In Theater) 235
    Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)914
    Non-mortal Woundings 467
    Living Veteran 1,753,530

    America's Wars Total
    Military Service During War 42,348,460
    Battle Deaths 650,954
    Other Deaths in Service (In Theater) 13,853

    Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)

    		229,661
    Non-mortal Woundings 1,431,290
    Living War Veterans 19,421,266*
    Living Veterans 25,497,691*

    Veterans and Dependents on the Compensation and Pension Rolls as of

    May, 2001

    VETERANSCHILDREN PARENTS

    SURVIVING
    SPOUSES

    Civil War -12-1
    Indian Wars-1--
    Spanish-American War -245-386
    Mexican Border 925-181
    World War I 1445,8101 25,573
    World War II 647,20518,7071,388 272,793
    Korean Conflict 249,5154,1101,49663,579
    Vietnam Era851,14313,4656,118114,514
    Gulf War*** 344,1748,5083386,261
    TOTAL WARTIME 2,092,19050,883 9,341483,288
    Nonservice-connected352,761 27,221 - 230,194
    Service-connected 2,306,73130,75711,650288,661
    TOTAL 2,659,49257,978 11,650 518,855
  • fleaman uk
    fleaman uk

    What fsacinating stuff!

    changing the subject slightly,i can remember as a Kid the last surviving British vet of the Boer War passing away.

    Also,in line with another poster,im always shocked when i see WW1 vets still going..the last surviving British Cavalry man died recently..i think he fought at Mons in 1914.

  • FairMind
    FairMind

    This is also changing the subject a bit. The United States never had a Civil War. We did however have the War of Northern Agression and there wasn't anything civil about it.

  • fleaman uk
    fleaman uk

    fairmind

    I bet your glad your in Dixie

  • cruzanheart
    cruzanheart

    I'll bet you're glad you weren't in Dixie during Sherman's March Through Georgia! By the way, just as a wierd aside: I read to my kids every night before bed, and right now I'm reading "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" to Jackson, age 9, and "Gone With The Wind" to Jennie, age 11. I can't tell you how mind-boggling it is to change gears like that every night.

    Nina (of the Mind-Boggled Class)

  • Mary
    Mary

    Cruzenheart, I was 12 years old when I first started reading GWTW.......while I found parts of it difficult to follow, I (naturally) developed a huge crush on Rhett Butler right from the start and I'll never forget the first time I saw the movie, with him standing at the bottom of the stairs at Twelve Oaks, staring up at Scarlett (sigh!). When I was 15 my parents bought me the book in two volumes that were leatherbound. I've still got them to this day.

    On another note, I remember seeing a movie several years ago called The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pitman. It was supposed to be the story of a black woman who had been a former slave in the Old South and who lived until Civil Rights started in the 1960s. The end of the movie said that she died "at the age of 110". I had always assumed that this was a true story, but I've heard other reports that no it wasn't---it was just a Hollywood movie......anyone know for sure?

  • roybatty
    roybatty
    This is also changing the subject a bit. The United States never had a Civil War. We did however have the War of Northern Agression and there wasn't anything civil about it.

    Which side fired the first shot? You're not going to get me to defend either side as right or wrong. There was plenty of both on each side.

  • dropoffyourkeylee
    dropoffyourkeylee

    I don't know why I was looking through this old thread, but my mom was a nurse in the 40's and she knew a couple of Civil War Veterans.

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