aaron_s_daggett | award | purple_heart <tsp> aaron_s_daggett | birthplace | maine <tsp> aaron_s_daggett | battles | battle_of_fredericksburg <sep> aaron simon daggett (june 14, 1837 – may 14, 1938) was a career united states army officer he was the last surviving brevet union general of the american civil war, and the last surviving general of any grade from the war, when he died one month shy of his 101st birthday in 1938 daggett was nominated for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general, to rank from march 13, 1865, by president andrew johnson on february 21, 1866 and was confirmed by the united states senate on april 10, 1866 during the war, daggett fought at west point, gaines' mill, golding's farm, white oak swamp, second bull run, south mountain, antietam, rappahannock station, fredericksburg, battle of gettysburg, battle of mine run, battle of the wilderness and battle of cold harbor daggett was a brigadier general of volunteers in the spanish–american war 
purple heart recipient aaron s. daggat was born in maine and. most notably. fought in the battle of fredericksburg.daggett fought at west point, gaines'mill, golding's farm and battle of gettysburg