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Monthly pension collected by Irene Triplett of Wilkesboro, North Carolina, from her father's service in the U.S. Civil War. Triplett, 84, receives America’s last Civil War pension.

Monthly pension collected by Irene Triplett of Wilkesboro, N.C., from her father's service in the U.S. Civil War. Triplett, 84, receives America’s last Civil War pension.

Daniel Luzer is GOVERNING's news editor.
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