Indeed, 12 military men in the American Revolution were drawing pensions in the Civil War, and the photos of six appeared in E.B. Hillard’s book “The Last Men of the Revolution” in 1864.

An African American Union soldier of the American Civil War, seated, in a studio portrait, circa 1863. Getty Images. By Jonathan Lande / Made by History. November 11, 2024 8:00 AM EST.