Trivia 3-22-18 Who Am I?

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I am Albert Woolson, the last Union survivor of the Civil War, who served as a drummer boy, 1st Minnesota Heavy Artillery, which never saw action. The Gettysburg monument featuring Woolson is a memorial to the GAR, of which Woolson was the last surviving member.
Source: for the name, https://books.google.com/books?id=e...died in Minnesota from Shiloh wounds.&f=false
For biographical details, wikipedia, "Albert Woolson"
 
Albert Henry Woolson, drummer boy in Company C, 1st Minnesota Heavy Artillery Regiment
(and Willard Woolson is his father)

"We dedicate today a statue of Albert Woolson. He was the last of the Grand Army of the Republic and he was also a son of a veteran. This statue is in many ways unique. Usually statues are dedicated to great and noble men, great military leaders, or men who have given their lives for their country. Here we have a statue of a man who was none of these things. We note that the front of the statue does not bear his name. It bears the wording 'In Memory of the Grand Army of the Republic'. Comrade Albert Woolson symbolizes all the great virtues of the common, ordinary citizen, the citizen who becomes a soldier and then returns to ordinary life."

http://gettysburgsculptures.com/albert_woolson_monument
 
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