Local man was the last person shot as a result of the civil war

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Civil War Re-enactment participant shot in Isle of Wight County

WINDSOR, Va. (WAVY.com)-- A man participating in a Civl War reenactment was shot Saturday afternoon according to the Isle of Wight County Sheriff's Department.

The incident happened around 12:30p at the fairgrounds about 3 miles outside of Windsor on Route 258.

The 70 to 72 yr old man was shot in the arm and was transported to Sentara Norfolk General by Nightingale. His condition is not known but he was walking around after he was shot.

The Sheriff's Department does not believe the man was shot by another reenactor since the weapon used was a small calibur gun. Most reenactors use large caliber weapons.

Authorities are investigating whether the shots originated from hunters or a nearby shooting range.

The Civl War Reenactment is continuing as scheduled at the fairgrounds.
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the near by shooting range was this one. http://www.airfieldshootingclub.org/ I hope they wernt involves as I am looking to join them come spring. They share the range with 4H. either way no good will come from this.
 
wow there was an article i read a few years ago on the last man alive that served in the civil war. i guess that would be an interesting read
 
Just a few years ago? Heck, if he was born the year the war ended (1865) he would be 143 years old now. That's not counting if he actually served.

Say you read the article 10 years ago. That guy still would have had to been 133 years old. Are you sure it wasn't WWI?

ETA: Of course, it could have been a reaaally old article, like an old Saturday Evening Post or something.
 
A search found this:

Q3.4: Who was the last surviving veteran of the Civil War?

Albert Woolson of Minnesota was a Union drummer boy who died in 1956, and the Civil War's last authenticated survivor. On the Confederate side the answer is somewhat more difficult to confirm.

An article by historian William Marvel, published in Blue and Gray magazine in February 1991, and titled "The Great Impostors," names Pleasant Crump of the 10th Alabama, who died in 1951, the last Confederate vet. Prior claimants to the distinction included Walter Washington Williams (who died December 19, 1959) of Texas and John Salling (who died March 19, 1959) of Virginia. A thorough check of official census records by Marvel suggests that both Williams and Salling were too young to have served.
 
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Can those Reenactors act or what?:what:

Well, was he a "union" actor?

[Get it? Union? Actor? huh? huh? ((blink, blink))]

And what if this was the last remaining reenactor? Yeah, didn't think of that, didja?

No honorable reenactor would be shot in the back, I can tell you that.

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The last remaining widow of the War of Northern Aggression died just last year, if I recall correctly. She was a young lass who married an old vet.
 
I read recently about some guy being killed in his driveway while using an electric grinder to clean up an old Civil War era artillary shell that he had dug up. Also, Paul Harvey once told a "rest of the story" about several soldiers who were killed in training for WWII when they used an old Confederate cannon ball as an andiron to keep the logs from rolling out of a fire. They were being housed in some old fort and it turned out that the cannon ball was hollow and filled with black powder.
 
It seems that the man was not shot as a result of the Civil war. It sounds like he just happened to have been hit by a stray bullet that had nothing to do with the reinactment. He probably was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. My neighbor had a bullet hole appear in his boat that was sitting in his driveway in the middle of town. No one heard a shot. It happens sometimes.
 
It sounds like he just happened to have been hit by a stray bullet that had nothing to do with the reinactment
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Well my point is if the civil war had never happened then they would not be acting in the feild. Therefore he would not have been there to be shot.
He probably was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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thats the case any thime someone gets shot.
 
Actually, caliber is irrelevant.

I've done some Civil War reenactment and I can confidently state that bringing actual ammunition to a reenactment will absolutely get you kicked out of the event and blacklisted. They take great care to have nothing whatsoever, not even cartridge paper, in the gun except for a light load of powder.
 
Just a few years ago? Heck, if he was born the year the war ended (1865) he would be 143 years old now. That's not counting if he actually served.
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wow there was an article i read a few years ago on the last man alive that served in the civil war. i guess that would be an interesting read

The 'last man alive' (Albert Woolsen)will remain the last man alive forever, but ceased to be the 'last living civil war veteran' the minute he died.

to put it another way, 1000 years from now the history books can still list Mr Woolsen as the last man alive
 
I've re-enacted as well and that is one heck of a coincidence to get shot by someone not re-enacting! The most common (still very rare) accidents with projectiles is usually a ram rod getting left in the barrel and fired out.

Most units train to fire above the heads or won't even allow rods to be used. My unit used rods and never had an accident. There are live competitive shoots during the course of large 3 day events and it could be possible for someone to leave a Minnie ball loaded cartridge in their pouch. However, I've never seen it happen and you would definitely notice it as you went to pour your powder.
 
Didn't a reenactor get killed a few years ago because some bozo forgot he had preciously loaded his musket?

Watching news now, they are saying he was hit with a ball from a period revolver.
 
I just saw 2 diffrent reports from 2 diffrent stations. One .44 ball from period revolver, 1 said .22 cal News here is weak and unreliable.
 
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