Last Soldier – York Co. Dedication

The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Department of Nebraska, Shiloh Camp No. 2 will conduct a ceremony honoring William H. Coleman, the Last Union Civil War Soldier buried in York County, Nebraska. The ceremony will be held at Greenwood Cemetery in York.

William H. Coleman was a Private in Co. E, 209th Pennsylvania Infantry and died July 22, 1941 at the age of 97.

Directions: Greenwood Cemetery is located at 1000 W 8th St, York, NE.

The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Dept. of Nebraska have started the final phase in our Last Soldier Project. The purpose of the project is to locate and appropriately mark the final resting place of the last Union Civil War Soldier buried in each county in the state of Nebraska. We are marking the graves of these veterans with a bronze star marker and QR code medallion. The full list of veterans can be viewed here.