The last person to receive a pension from the Civil War has died. Irene Triplett, whose father Mose Triplett served in the Confederate Army before defecting and joining the Union, died Sunday at ...

Mose Triplett’s first wife had died a few years before his marriage to Hall, according to the Wilkes-Journal Patriot, which notes that he began receiving a pension for his service in the Union ...

Irene Triplett, whose father fought on both sides of the American Civil War, has passed away at age 90.

Charlie Triplett's grandfather, Moses Triplett, served on both sides of the Civil War. While visiting his grave, Charlie says his grandfather was feared and misunderstood by many in the community.

Irene Triplett, the last person receiving a pension from the U.S. Civil War, has died at the age of 90. Ms. Triplett’s father, Mose Triplett, started fighting in the war for the Confederacy, but ...

Irene Triplett, an 87-year-old woman, is the last person still collecting a monthly pension from Civil War service.

Triplett, 84, is the last living person collecting a pension payment for service in the Civil War. Pvt. Mose Triplett was born in 1846 and lived to the age of 92.

Triplett's father Moses (or Mose, documents vary as to his name) Triplett, was born in North Carolina in 1846, started the war as a Confederate soldier who deserted just before Gettysburg ...

Irene Triplett, whose father fought on both sides of the American Civil War, has passed away at age 90.

Irene Triplett, whose father fought on both sides of the American Civil War, has passed away at age 90.

Triplett died Tuesday after surgical complications following a fall at a North Carolina nursing home, according to an obituary in The Wall Street Journal. She was the daughter of Mose Triplett ...