Albert Woolson, 107, lone Union Army survivor sits for his bust. Kalervo Kallio, noted Finnish sculptor, puts finishing touches on the clay model, 1954. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress.

Ribbon worn by Albert Woolson at the national Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) encampment in Indianapolis held between September 13 and 18, 1942. Attached to the maroon ribbon is a matching Minnesota pin with a gopher that reads, "Minnesota in the Land of 10,000 lakes" and "The Gopher State." The ribbon was donated by his daughter, Frances Campbell, to the St. Louis County Historical Society in Duluth.

Forty-two Civil War Union Army veterans, probably in Duluth, May 31, 1915. Albert Woolson is number forty-one in the picture. He is in the last row, second from the far right. Used with permission from the St. Louis County Historical Society, University of Minnesota of Duluth Archives, Duluth.

Photograph of Albert Woolson, 1896. In that year, Woolson was the superintendent of the Water Works and Electric Light Plant in Windom. The image appears in the 1896 Cottonwood County Plat Book, available at the Minnesota Historical Society under call number 175R.1.

Photograph of Albert Woolson, ca. 1870. Used with the permission of the St. Louis County Historical Society.

The papers (819132) of Private Albert Woolson, discharged from the United States Army in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 27, 1865. Used with the permission of St. Louis County Historical Society, University of Minnesota Duluth Archives, Duluth. For a closer view, click the link below.

Albert Woolson in his army uniform. The photo was probably taken at Fort Snelling following his army enlistment and was later enlarged and painted, ca. 1864. Woolson family archives, Duluth, Minnesota. Used with the permission of the Woolson family.

For six days beginning November 7, 1862, about 1,700 Dakota people—mostly women and children—who had surrendered but had not been sentenced to death or prison, were removed from the Lower Sioux Agency to a concentration camp along the river below Fort Snelling. Posted to YouTube by the Minnesota Historical Society, May 6, 2013.

Hindi class at the School of India for Languages and Culture (SILC), 2002.