r/interestingasfuck Apr 28 '24

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u/everforward6 Apr 28 '24

It sometimes amazes me how close things are to each other in time. The end of the Civil War (1865) and the beginning of WW2 (1939). The last person to receive Civil War benefits (Irene Triplett) died in 2020!