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2024-10-29 10:51:58 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 1421DC817D5636F1993F3587F23C12420FF17DDEFBEA4BE81CE2021854AAAB44
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Despite his old age and appearance, the man in the image, Walter Washington Williams, was never verified. He claimed to be a foragemaster in Hoods Brigade. A journalist, Lowell K. Bridwell said he ''Couldn't find one single scrap" of evidence confirming this. Its Unlikely https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Williams_%28centenarian%29 https://civilwartalk.com/threads/the-last-civil-war-veteran-%E2%80%93-was-he-or-wasn%E2%80%99t-he.184789/
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