83-year-old with autism last to get Civil War benefits

Pictured: America's last living link to the Civil War is an 83-year-old woman with autism whose father fought with both the Unionists and Confederates | Mail Online

Irene Triplett, who suffers from autism, was born into rural poverty in North Carolina

She receives $876 a year from the government as thanks for her father taking part in the war which ended 148 years ago

Father Moses Triplett was 83 when she was born and fought first for the Confederates and then the Unionists during the war

Unable to look after herself, Irene has spent the past 60 years living in a facility and is no longer visited by relatives

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