LAST CIVIL WAR SOLDIER BURIED IN COOK COUNTY, MN TO BE HONORED JULY 29TH, 2023

***Time changed to 11 AM***

Private Andrew Jackson Scott, AKA Edwin G. Secor, the last Civil War veteran buried in Cook County, MN, will be honored in a ceremony at 11:00 AM on Saturday, July 29th, 2023, at Saint John's Catholic Cemetery at Grand Marais, Minnesota.

The ceremony is open to veterans, those with an interest in Civil War history, and the general public. Wearing Civil War-era attire is encouraged. Private Scott's descendants are most cordially invited to attend as special guests.

Andrew Jackson Scott was born with the name Edwin G. Secor in Newark, Wayne County, New York on 6 July 1844. He enlisted into the 23rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment on 20 August 1862. He was mustered into Company J as a Private when he was 18 years old, served with his Company until the end of the War, was discharged on June 25, 1865.

He married Catherine Boyer and they had thirteen children. Andrew lived in the Cook County vicinity for many years and worked as a fisherman. He was well known by all as a pioneer of the area. His wife, Catherine, passed away on July 25, 1925. Andrew passed away in Cook County, Minnesota on March 4, 1931 at the age of 86 years.

SUVCW William Colvill Camp #56, Department of Wisconsin, will be presiding over the ceremony. The ceremony will feature the Last Soldier dedication ritual of the SUVCW and includes the placing of a Last Soldier Marker on the veteran's grave.

Camp #56 of the Department of Wisconsin, whose territory is the entire states of Wisconsin and Minnesota, supports the national goal of identifying and placing a marker on the grave of the last Union veteran buried in each of Minnesota's 87 counties. The members of Camp #56 consider the Last Soldier ceremony an honor and a fitting tribute to a Union soldier whose service helped preserve the liberties Americans enjoy as a nation today.

The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War is a national veterans’ organization made up of the descendants of Union soldiers who fought in the Civil War. The SUVCW has more than 6,000 members across the country and is the successor to the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R), the veterans organization formed after the Civil War by soldiers who served in the Union Army. The last member of the G.A.R., Albert Woolson from Duluth, Minnesota died in 1956.