Bolin was also a civil war veteran who fought for the Union in the border state of Missouri. Jackson was almost certainly the last remaining widow of a civil war soldier when she died on 16 December at a nursing home in Marshfield, Missouri. Bolin, a widower who had served as a private in the 14th Missouri Cavalry during the civil war seven decades earlier, lived nearby. She mentioned in passing that he fought in the civil war. What do you mean he was in the civil war?”’ Inman said.

Source: The Guardian January 08, 2021 14:15 UTC