Irene Triplett was the last person to receive the United States government pension from the Civil War. She passed away on 31 May 2020 at the age of 90 in North Carolina. She received a monthly stipend of dollars 73.13 from the American government. Miss Triplett received the pension because she was suffering from cognitive impairments, and she qualified as the helpless adult child of a veteran. Her father, Mose Triplett, was in the American Civil War. The American Civil War started in 1861 and ended in 1865. He applied for the pension after 20 years of the war in 1930 when Irene was...…Irene Triplett was the last person to receive the United States government pension from the Civil War. She passed away on 31 May 2020 at the age of 90 in North Carolina. She received a monthly stipend of dollars 73.13 from the American government. Miss Triplett received the pension because she was suffering from cognitive impairments, and she qualified as the helpless adult child of a veteran. Her father, Mose Triplett, was in the American Civil War. The American Civil War started in 1861 and ended in 1865. He applied for the pension after 20 years of the war in 1930 when Irene was...WW…