28.-Governor Lewis to-day issued the following proclamation : Lewis has changed the day for thanksgiving from November 30th to December 7, the day appointed by the President.įrom The Prescott Journal of November 11, 1865: Proclamation for Thanksgiving. Lewis had issued a proclamation declaring November 30th, but then changed the date when President Johnson issued his proclamation.Īs has been our custom, we include the Thanksgiving artwork-1865’s by famed illustrator Thomas Nast-from Harper’s Weekly.įrom The Polk County Press of November 29, 1865: Thanksgiving Day was supposedly set as the last Thursday in November by President Abraham Lincoln in his 1863 proclamation, but in 1865 President Andrew Johnson declared December 7 as the National Day of Thanksgiving. Research Tips Fold3, Researching Civil War Soldiers Our Blog in 2015 Or get started searching or browsing the Civil War collection here. Visit Fold3’s Civil War page for more detailed overview of the collection. Then commemorate your ancestors by creating or expanding Memorial Pages for them on Fold3’s Honor Wall. Join Fold3 during the month of April in paying tribute to those who fought in the bloody war-both North and South-and discover information about famous participants as well as your own Civil War ancestors through documents, photos, and images that capture the experiences of those involved in America’s deadliest conflict. Board of Commissioners Emancipation of Slaves in DC.The collection includes dozens of titles pertaining to the Union and Confederacy, such as: Explore Civil War soldier records, photographs, original war maps, widows’ pension files, court investigations, slave records, Lincoln records, and more. With more than 85 million records, Fold3’s Civil War collection provides a wealth of information for both ancestral and historical research. In honor of Confederate History Month access the Civil War Collection Freeįrom April 1–15, 2016, Fold3 will be allowing free access to their Civil War collection to remember the commencement of the Civil War and commemorate Confederate History Month. Obituaries Albert Woolson, Grand Army of the Republic, Life Magazine, Wisconsin Veterans Museum 2016 April 1-15: Free Access to Fold3’s Civil War Collection The Chalmer Davee Library at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls has a full run of Life on microfilm. They have a collection of papers and photographs of Woolson.Ģ. Photograph from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, Madison, Wisconsin. The article also included photographs of the last three living Confederate soldiers: William Lundy, Walter Williams, and John Salling.ġ. Life magazine² ran a seven-page article about Woolson on August 20, 1956. was dissolved because Woolson was its last surviving member. He belonged to the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), becoming Vice Commander in Chief in 1953. He never saw action.Īfter the War, Woolson returned to Minnesota, where he lived the rest of his life, working as a carpenter. He enlisted on October 10, 1864, and was discharged on September 7, 1865. His father, Willard, was wounded at the Battle of Shiloh, and died in Minnesota of his wounds.Īlbert then joined Company C of the 1st Minnesota Heavy Artillery as the company drummer. He accompanied his mother to Windom, Minnesota, where his father was recuperating in an Army hospital. Born in Antwerp, New York, on February 11, 1850, Albert moved to Minnesota when he was a teenager. Albert Henry Woolson, the last Union Civil War soldier, died on August 2, 1956, in Duluth, Minnesota.
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