Last Union Soldier – Saunders Co. Dedication

The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Department of Nebraska, will conduct a ceremony honoring James Stootsberry, the Last Union Civil War Soldier buried in Saunders County, Nebraska. The ceremony will be held at Ashland Cemetery, in Ashland.

James Stootsberry was a Private in Co. D, 185th Ohio Infantry and died March 29, 1945 at the age of 97. He was the last living member of GAR Post 31.

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The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Dept. of Nebraska have started the dedication 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.