Last Soldier – Otoe Co. Dedication

The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Department of Nebraska, Vifquain Camp No. 1 will conduct a ceremony honoring Jesse J. Beason, the Last Union Civil War Soldier buried in Otoe County, Nebraska. The ceremony will be held at Wyuka Cemetery, in Nebraska City.

Jesse J. Beason was a Private in Co. E, 3rd Colorado Cavalry and died January 16, 1939 at the age of 94.

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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.