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FAME-WORTHY WAR VEHICLES
Today In History May 13, 1865
UNION SOLDIER JOHN J. WILLIAMS IS KILLED ON THE BANKS OF THE RIO GRANDE DURING THE BATTLE OF PALMITO RANCH. RECOGNIZED AS THE LAST MAN TO DIE IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, HE WAS ONE OF AN ESTIMATED700,000MEN—ROUGHLY 2% OF THE U.S. POPULATION AT THE TIM
