Albert Woolson's grandfather served in the War of 1812. His father also served in the Union Army where he lost his leg and died. Albert was 5 and 1/2 foot tall and took his father's place. With just one year left in the war, he enlisted as a drummer boy in the First Minnesota Heavy Artillery and served in Tennessee.
One Saturday in late July 1956, Albert Woolson slipped into a coma and lingered for a week. He woke up just before he died and asked a nurse's aide for a dish of lemon sherbert.
--Old Secesh
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