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- Aug 27, 2011
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The Boston Herald of May 30, 1897, published a very interesting 2-page spread for Memorial Day, entitled:
Those pages are attached below. A great many many civil war generals were still active just 32 years after the war's end. Here is the list of surviving Confederate generals:
The list of Union generals is quite a bit longer. The post-war activities of many, but not nearly all, are sketched in the second page of articles (p.33). Both pages include many entertaining war stories.
"Interesting War Stories told by Veterans, and Sketches of Generals who are Still Living"
Those pages are attached below. A great many many civil war generals were still active just 32 years after the war's end. Here is the list of surviving Confederate generals: