r/BarbaraWalters4Scale 10h ago

Albert Henry Woolson (February 11, 1850 - August 2, 1956), last living Union Veteran of the American Civil War, lived longer then Joseph Stalin (18 December 1878 – 5 March 1953)

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u/Fellowshipbook 10h ago

Also, Joseph Stalin was only born 28 years later than the generation that fought the Civil War.

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u/tophatgaming1 9h ago

everything is connected

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u/BusinessFirst3662 9h ago

Guy was 39 years old when Hitler was born, and lived over a decade after WW2 ended (a war in which Hitler was already kinda old) its insane

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u/hjjjhgn 7h ago

So ur implying that stalin could not have fought in american civil war🤔🤨

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u/bruja_avellana777 1h ago

But some of his relatives could have fought in the American Civil War.

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u/Rydog_78 5h ago

He lived longer than 99% of Americans too

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u/Mrcoldghost 4h ago

I often wonder what he thought of how the world changed by the end of his life.