Last American Soldier of the Revolution

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Last American Soldier of the Revolution

LAST AMERICAN SOLDIER OF THE REVOLUTION. The Annual Report of the commissioner of pensions for 1874 noted that "With the death of Daniel T. Bakeman, of Freedom, Cattaraugas County, N.Y., April 5, 1869, the last of the pensioned soldiers of the Revolution passed away."

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Heitman, Francis B. Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army. Rev. ed. Washington, D.C.: Rare Book Shop Pub. Co., 1914.

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