The last US Civil War Widow died in 2020. The practice of a young woman marrying an older man for his Civil War pension as a dependent was common practice in the early 20th century
American Civil War widows who survived into the 21st century William Cantrell and his wife Maudie (later Hopkins) in 1936. Their ages, about 88 and 21. At least four widows of veterans of the American Civil War are known to have survived into the 21st century. All were born in the 20th century and married […]