Here is a trivia question to stump your friends. Ask them when the last Civil War Widow died. The answer is 2020.
According to Wiki, four widows, all entitled to Civil War Army Pensions, survived til the 21st century.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/last-surviving-widow-civil-war-veteran-dies-101-180976702/
Wiki entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War_widows_who_survived_into_the_21st_century
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