This memorial commemorates the last survivor of the Grand Army of the Republic. Albert Woolson was born on 11 February 1847 and went to the American Civil War as a drummer boy at the age of 17. He died on 2 August 1956 at the age of 109. He was the last official survivor of the over 2 million men who served the United States in the Civil War.
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