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	Encyclopedia: Last Surviving Veteran
		The last surviving veteran of any particular war, upon his (or her) death, marks the end of a historic era.
		The last man standing was usually but a boy at the time of his enlistment, and oftentimes had to lie about his age to gain entry into the service, which confuses matters further.
		The status of the officially recognized "last Confederate veteran" is in dispute.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Last-Surviving-Veteran (370 words)

	John Gray (American Revolutionary War) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Gray (January 6, 1764–March 29, 1868) is one of the candidates for last surviving U.S. veteran of the American Revolutionary War.
		He was advertised as such by journalist James Dazell and as of 1876 was believed by the Pension Office of the U.S. Department of the Interior to be the last surviving veteran.
		His claim to the "last surviving veteran" of the War depends primarily on the failure of his competitors Daniel F. Bakeman and George Fruits, who died a year, and several years, after him.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Gray_(American_Revolutionary_War) (288 words)

	Famous Lasts, the end of everything, when was the last? Trivia Collections
		The last nonpublic use of the guillotine in France, at Baumetes Prison, in Marsailles, was the execution of convicted murderer Hamida Djandoubi, a Tunisian immigrant, on September 10, 1977.
		Henry Pu-yi, from 1908 to 1912, was the last emperor of China.
		The last chairman of Russia's KGB was Vadim Viktorovich Bakatin in 1991.
	www.corsinet.com /trivia/last.html (3232 words)

	U.S. Civil War FAQ, Part 2/2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Her last fight was against a whaling fleet in the Bering Sea on 28 Jun 1865.
		Previous claims to be the last veteran of the Confederate army (and of the whole War) were made for Walter Washington Williams (died 19 Dec 1959) of Texas and for John Salling (died 19 Mar 1959) of Virginia.
		The last surviving Confederate general was Brig.Gen. John McCausland, who died on 22 Jan 1927 at age 91.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/civil-war-usa/faq/part2 (4742 words)

	American Civil War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Battle of Palmito Ranch, fought on May 13, 1865, in the far south of Texas was the last land battle of the war and ended with a Confederate victory.
		According to data from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the last surviving Union veteran of the conflict, Albert Woolson, died on August 2, 1956 at the age of 109, and the last Confederate veteran, John Salling, died on March 16, 1958 at the age of 112.
		In fact, he concluded, "Every one of the last dozen recognized Confederates was bogus." He found Woolson to be the last true veteran of the Civil War on either side; he had served as a drummer boy late in the war.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/a/am/american_civil_war.html (2474 words)

	American Revolutionary War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		However the formal end of the war did not occur until the Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3, 1783 and the United States Congress ratified the treaty on January 14, 1784.
		According to data from the Daughters of the American Revolution, the last surviving U.S. veteran of the conflict, George Fruits, died in 1876 at the age of 114.
		The last surviving veteran may have been Daniel F. Bakeman (died 1869), who was placed on the pension rolls by an act of Congress and is listed as the last survivor of the conflict by the United States Department of Veterans' Affairs.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/a/am/american_revolutionary_war.html (4225 words)

	The American Civil War and The Battle of Gettysburg: Last Civil War Veterans
		The monument reads simply, "Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief of the G.A.R. Albert Woolson of Duluth Minnesota the last survivor." Woolson did not fight at Gettysburg, enlisting at the age of 17 in 1864, over a year after the battle was fought.
		The monument to the Soldiers and Sailors of the Confederacy, shown on your left, claims that Walter Williams was the last surviving Confederate veteran, passing on December 19, 1959 at the age of 117 years.
		Williams' claim, saying that John B. Salling of the 25th Virginia was actually the last surviving veteran, passing the same year at the age of 112.
	www.brotherswar.com /Perspective-10.htm (283 words)

	The Italian Almanac - Last veteran died (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Italy's last surviving veteran of the first world war, Carlo Orelli, has died aged 110.
		Mr Orelli, who was a well-known figure across the country, enrolled in the Italian infantry when he was 21 and was among the first Italian troops to fight on the Austro-Hungarian front in the 1914-18 war.
		In numerous interviews and in his wartime diaries, entitled The Last Infantryman, published last year, the veteran recalled his experience in the trenches around Trieste.
	www.italianalmanac.org /05gen/veterano.htm (140 words)

	The Hudson Reporter - WEST NEW YORK REPORTER - 11/16/2003 - Remembering to rememberGrowing older, veterans come out for ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Representatives from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, The American Legion and their ladies auxiliaries gathered in the council chambers Tuesday, with McClure noting the change in the role that women were playing in the new military.
		Judy Balderacchi is now the commander of the American Legion in Secaucus, and she spoke about the necessity of honoring the veterans and the sacrifice military people made for the defense of freedom historically as well as in contemporary times.
		Veterans Day was first celebrated on Nov. 11, 1921 when an Unknown Soldier's remains were interned at Arlington National Cemetery at a site overlooking the Potomac River.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=10514509&BRD=1291&PAG=461&dept_id=523591&rfi=6 (859 words)

	Last Veterans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The last surviving veteran was Jones Morgan, an African American.
		Jones had served as a member of the U.S. Cavalry (either 9th or 10th) as a cook and horse wrangler.
		The last member of the 71st New York to pass away was Ralph Waldo Taylor of Pompano Beach, Florida.
	www.spanamwar.com /lastsurvivor.htm (244 words)

	SAILORS & MARINERS LEAGUE: Last WW1 Australian Veteran Dies
		Mr Allan, also the sole surviving Australian veteran of both world wars, would be honoured with a state funeral, the Victorian government announced today.
		Australia's last surviving veteran of fighting on the Western Front, Peter Casserly, 107, died in Perth in June.
		Mr Allan was born in Bega in NSW in July 1899 and enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy as a boy sailor at the outbreak of World War I, serving as a member of the crew of HMAS Encounter from 1915 until 1918.
	cruelkev2.blogspot.com /2005/10/last-ww1-australian-veteran-dies.html (714 words)

	The Last ANZAC
		Ted Matthews was the last surviving Australian of the approximately 16,000 men of the Australian and New Zealand Armed Corps who landed at what is now Anzac Cove on that fateful day more than 82 years ago.
		For Anzac is also about courage, and endurance, and duty, and mateship, and good humour, and the survival of a sense of self-worth: the sum of those human and national values which our pioneers found in the raw bush of a new world and tested in the old world for the first time at Gallipoli.
		Ted Matthews had been among the last of the Australians to go, leaving on the night of December 19, 1915.
	www.lib.byu.edu /~rdh/wwi/memoir/lastanzc.htm (1709 words)

	American Revolutionary War - Biocrawler definition:American Revolutionary War - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Later that year, in the last major encounter of the war, the Battle of Blue Licks, a party of Kentuckians was soundly defeated by a superior force of British regulars and Native Americans.
		On November 30, 1782 preliminary peace articles were signed in Paris; the formal end of the war did not occur until the Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3, 1783 and the United States Congress ratified the treaty on January 14, 1784.
		The last surviving veteran may have been Daniel F. Bakeman (died 1869), who was placed on the pension rolls by an act of U.S. Congress and is listed as the last survivor of the conflict by the United States Department of Veterans' Affairs.
	www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/American_Revolutionary_War (5516 words)

	The John Salling Page
		Turns out there were a number of people who, for a variety of reasons, spent their lives claiming they were veterans of active service in the civil war, when, in fact, they weren't.
		"This sound recording is an interview of John Salling, reportedly the last surviving Confederate veteran of the Civil War.
		Salling, who was born May 10, 1846, was 110 years old when the interview was conducted in 1957 at his home in Slant, Virginia, in the southwest corner of the state opposite Bristol, Tennessee.
	www.omalco.com /salling.htm (477 words)

	John Gray - Ohio's Last Revolutionary War Veteran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		John Gray was Ohio's last surviving veteran of the American Revolution.
		He was born on January 6, 1764 near Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia and died on March 29, 1868 near Hiramsburg, Noble County, Ohio at the age of 104 years, 2 months, 23 days.
		He was the 2nd to last Surviving American Revolution Veteran in the entire Country.
	www.netpluscom.com /~kkaufman/RufusPutnamChapter/JohnGray.htm (80 words)

	ipedia.com: Last surviving United States war veterans Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The last surviving veteran of any particular war, upon his death, marks the end of a historic era.
		Last surviving United States war veterans Article - ipedia.com
		In 1991, William Marvel examined the claims of Salling and several other "last Civil War veterans" for a piece in the Civil War history magazine Blue & Gray.
	www.ipedia.com /last_surviving_united_states_war_veterans.html (392 words)

	The last hero of the Battle of San Jacinto.
		The last hero of the Battle of San Jacinto.
		The last surviving veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836, lies in an almost forgotten cemetery in deep East Texas, his tombstone chipped and broken.
		The last hero of the Battle of San Jacinto was buried in an old suit.
	www.texasescapes.com /AllThingsHistorical/LastHeroBB603.htm (664 words)

	The Australian: WWI digger's funeral [October 24, 2005] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		THE state funeral for William Evan Allan, Australia's last World War I serviceman to see active service, was a time to reflect on the sacrifices made by Australian servicemen and women, the RSL said today.
		Mr Allan, a former sailor who died at the age of 106 in Melbourne last Monday, was the last surviving veteran to see active service in both World Wars.
		Mr Allan enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy at the age of 14 shortly before the outbreak of World War I. He is survived by his daughter Judith Blake and grandchildren Duncan and Philippa.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5744,17016636^1702,00.html (305 words)

	CTV.ca \| First World War veteran dies in Halifax at 106
		As Remembrance Day approaches, one of the country's last surviving veterans of the First World War has passed away in Halifax.
		Residents at the Camp Hill Veteran's Memorial Hospital are mourning the loss of their friend who served with the Nova Scotia Regiment in Vladivostok, Russia from 1918-19.
		Radford's death comes at time when many are looking back at the contribution of the country's war veterans.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1068346482177_18?hub=Canada (467 words)

	Archive-name: civil-war-usa/faq Last-modified: 1994/9/19 Version: 2.05 alt.war.civil.usa F
		At the time of his death, Dec. 19, 1959, at age 117, Walter Washington Williams was accorded the honors of the last surviving veteran of the Civil War.
		Albert Woolson of Minnesota was the last member of the Grand Army of the Republic to pass, and therefore is very likely the last survivor of the Union army.
		The last surviving Confederate general was Lt. Gen.
	www.skepticfiles.org /faq/civilwar.htm (6867 words)

	CBC News: Solve problems without war: veterans
		Last Updated Thu, 11 Nov 2004 20:14:09 EST
		TORONTO - As Canadians mark Remembrance Day, the country's eight remaining veterans from the First World War are remembering their sacrifices in their own way.
		Clare Laking, 105, is the last surviving Canadian veteran who saw combat in the war in which 600,000 Canadians served.
	www.cbc.ca /story/canada/national/2004/11/11/Warvets_041111.html (434 words)

	Sympatico / MSN : News : CTV.ca
		Last female First World War vet dies at 108
		Alice Strike, believed to be Canada's last surviving female veteran and oldest surviving veteran of the First World War, has died at the age of 108.
		Strike is survived by her daughter Buzza, her son, James Stobie, who lives in Victoria, B.C., four grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
	sympaticomsn.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1103910643266_11?hub=TopStories (262 words)

	The Boat Builder
		Nicholas Veeder was apparently a Schenectady boat builder of some reputation in the 1790s, although there is no evidence of this fact in the historical record of that city.
		Veeder, who died in 1862 at the age of 100, is immortalized in the history of Schenectady, or more correctly Glenville, as the last surviving veteran of the Revolutionary War.
		In the early 1800s, he converted his rustic Scotia home into a museum of war relics, known locally as the "Old Fort." He was noted for his ability, even at an advanced age, to point out the locations of historic sites of the Revolutionary era as no others could.
	www.nysm.nysed.gov /research_collections/research/history/three/bat7.html (486 words)

	Obituaries in the news - Boston.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		William Evan Allan, the last surviving Australian veteran to see action in World War I, died Monday, government officials said.
		He enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy when he was just 14 at the outbreak of the war, serving as seaman on HMAS Encounter from 1915 until 1918.
		Developers in 1999 sold the last large piece of the complex for about $240 million to Chicago-based Equity Residential Properties Trust.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2005/10/17/obituaries_in_the_news?mode=PF (1145 words)

	ABC News: Last Australian WWI Veteran Dies at 106 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		William Evan Allan, Who Had Been Last Surviving Australian WWI Veteran, Dies at Age 106
		Allan, born in the southeastern town of Bega in July 1899 and a resident of Melbourne, also was Australia's sole surviving veteran of both world wars.
		Allan was survived by his daughter and two grandchildren.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1225028&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (340 words)

	"Papa Was a Boy in Gray"
		No one knows for certain who the last surviving Confederate veteran was or even when he died.
		Often the product of second or even third marriages contracted late in their fathers' lives, these links between the past and the present are known to the United Daughters of the Confederacy as "Real Daughters" and occupy a special place of honor in the organization.
		From among the many women interviewed, Mary chose 20 whose fathers represented every level of Southern society (from the sons of wealthy planters and hardscrabble farmers to isolated mountain dwellers and fl freemen), all three branches of the Confederate military, and 11 Southern states.
	vaudc.org /papa.html (672 words)

	American Revolutionary War
		Because of the incompetence of Washington’s second in command, General Charles Lee, the battle was inconclusive, and Clinton’s army escaped.
		Later that year, the last major battle of the war, Blue Licks, saw a party of Kentuckians soundly defeated by a superior force of British regulars, Iroquois, Mingos, Shawnees and other First Nations.
		Despite the British defeats along the eastern seaboard, a decisive victory eluded the US on the western frontier; there was merely a lull in the fighting from 1782-1785, which would soon enough be renewed in the War of the Wabash Confederacy.
	www.askfactmaster.com /American_Revolutionary_War (4711 words)

	Alt. Civil War FAQ Re: Salling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Albert Woolson of Minnesota was the last authenticated survivor of
		Previous claims to be the last veteran of the Confederate
		The last surviving Confederate general was Brig.Gen. John
	www.omalco.com /salling-faq.htm (268 words)

	PM - Australia mourns passing of last surviving Gallipoli veteran
		PM - Australia mourns passing of last surviving Gallipoli veteran
		Australia mourns passing of last surviving Gallipoli veteran
		As Australia mourns the passing of our last Gallipoli veteran, for his loved ones his service to the country was only a part of the man. Today in Tasmania, Alec Campbell's family talked to reporters about the part of his life, more than 80 per cent, after the war to end all wars.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/stories/s558365.htm (148 words)

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