Albert Woolson was born on Feb. 11, 1847 on a small New York state farm. His father, Willard, was a carpenter and a musician in a traveling band. When President Abraham Lincoln called for 75,000 ...

It was a day of remembrance and honor at the Park Hill Cemetery in Duluth as the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) were joined by members of the community to honor Albert Woolson.

On Veterans Day 59 years after he died and 150 years after he served in the Union Army, Albert Woolson received military honors once again Wednesday at Duluth's Park Hill Cemetery, where he is buried.

From the column: "Minnesota played a major role in the Civil War, contributing the very first volunteers to heed President Abraham Lincoln’s call for a ... volunteer militia after the Confederate ...

Today (Aug. 2, 2016) is the 60th anniversary of the death of Albert Woolson, a Duluth resident who was the last surviving Union Civil War veteran. Woolson died in Duluth on Aug. 2, 1956, at the age of ...

Last Civil War vet called Duluth home Albert Woolson, a teenage drummer from Minnesota, wound up the last of more than 3 million Civil War veterans when he died at the reported age of 109 and was ...

Despite the march of time, Albert Woolson held on to the rhythm to carry the tune. At age 102, he was old and feeble, but his wrinkled hands moved sure and quick to accompany the beat played by the ...

Aug. 10—Local Civil War buffs will be in attendance during public events Saturday in Duluth to honor a man who, when he died in 1956, was the nation's last Union soldier. Albert Woolson lived to age ...