ALBERT WOOLSON G.A.R. WAR MEMORIAL
THE STATUE DEPICTS SENIOR VICE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC ALBERT WOOLSON OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA THE LAST SURVIVOR OF THE CIVIL WAR. WOOLSON ENLISTED IN THE ARMY OCTOBER 1864, SERVING AS A BUGLER AND DRUMMER FOR MOST OF HIS TIME. WHEN HE DIED IN 1956 HE WAS THE LAST SURVIVING UNION VETERAN OF THE CIVIL WAR.
Location
Address:
GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK-HANCOCK AVENUE
City:
GETTYSBURG
State:
Pennsylvania
Zip Code:
17325
Details
Memorial Type:
Statues War or Military Related
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
CIVIL WAR
Year Dedicated:
1956
Photograph By:
CRAIG SWAIN
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