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Last Person to Receive a Civil War Pension Dies at 90
https://www.military.com/off-duty/last-person-receive-civil-war-pension-dies-90.html
Irene Triplett... died Tuesday from surgical complications following a fall at a North Carolina nursing home, according to The Wall Street Journal. She was the last person to receive a pension from a veteran's Civil War service.
While the pension may have helped them financially, the lives of mother and daughter were anything but easy. The two suffered from mental disabilities and were in and out of poor houses and nursing homes.
Irene may also have been the last surviving child of a Civil War veteran. In 2017, 97-year-old Fred Upham died. Upham, whose father fought in the First Battle of Bull Run, was featured in a 2014 National Geographic story about his father's service.
https://www.military.com/off-duty/last-person-receive-civil-war-pension-dies-90.html
Irene Triplett... died Tuesday from surgical complications following a fall at a North Carolina nursing home, according to The Wall Street Journal. She was the last person to receive a pension from a veteran's Civil War service.
While the pension may have helped them financially, the lives of mother and daughter were anything but easy. The two suffered from mental disabilities and were in and out of poor houses and nursing homes.
Irene may also have been the last surviving child of a Civil War veteran. In 2017, 97-year-old Fred Upham died. Upham, whose father fought in the First Battle of Bull Run, was featured in a 2014 National Geographic story about his father's service.
