Last Union Soldier – Cass County Dedication

The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Department of Nebraska, will conduct a ceremony honoring Benton Kinkead, the Last Union Civil War Soldier buried in Cass County, Nebraska. The ceremony will be held at Oak Hill Cemetery in Plattsmouth.

Benton Kinkead was a Private in Co. D, 77th Ohio Infantry and died November 8, 1916 at the age of 71. His ashes were found in Oregon and he was buried in the cemetery November 2021.

Directions: View Google coordinates.

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.