The US paid a Civil War pension until 2020.

1865

Irene Triplett, daughter of a veteran who fought first for the Confederacy and then for the Union, received $73.13 a month.

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• American Civil War1861–1865 · Fort Sumter. The war between the Union and the seceded slaveholding states of the Confederacy began with the bombardment of Fort Sumter in April 1861. The Union victory preserved the United States, and the 13th Amendment of 1865 abolished slavery nationwide.

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