), a powerful political organization made up of Civil War veterans where he became senior vice commander in chief in 1953.

Woolson died at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth on August 2, 1956, at what was then thought to be the age of 109, of a "recurring lung congestion condition".

Woolson was buried with full military honors by the National Guard at Park Hill Cemetery.

[6] Following his death, President Dwight D. Eisenhower said: The American people have lost the last personal link with the Union Army ... His passing brings sorrow to the hearts of all of us who cherished the memory of the brave men on both sides of the War Between the States.

[7] Woolson and fellow drummer boy Frank Mayer marched together, both aged 99, in the Memorial Day Parade in May 1949, to lay a wreath at the tomb of General Grant in New York City.

Life magazine ran a seven-page article upon the death of Albert Woolson, in the August 20, 1956, issue.