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Frank Woodruff Buckles was a United States Army corporal and the last surviving American military veteran of World War I. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1917 aged 16 and served with a detachment from Fort Riley, driving ambulances and motorcycles near the front lines in Europe.
Frank Buckles upon his national service recruitment age 16 in 1917
A belt buckle similar to the one given to Buckles by a German prisoner in 1918
Buckles' future home, Gap View Farm, in the 1930s
The 7th Regiment of the New York Militia, aka the "Silk Stocking" regiment, was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Also known as the "Blue-Bloods" due to the disproportionate number of its members who were part of New York City's social elite, the 7th Militia was a pre-war New York Militia unit that was mustered into federal service for the Civil War.
The artist depicted a patriotic, flag–festooned scene as the regiment passed in review on Broadway before Major Robert Anderson.
The New York Seventh in Washington, D.C., 1861.
New York 7th Regiment soldier about 1861
The 7th Infantry in New York during the Civil War (photography by Mathew Brady).