James Albert Hard (July 15, 1843 – March 12, 1953) was the last verified combat veteran of the Civil War (Albert Woolson being a boy-drummer) and the second-to-last verified veteran overall. Though he claimed to have been born in 1841, research in 2006 found that the 1850 Census indicated a birthdate of 1843. His war service record from 1861 was also located. Hard is reported to have fought as an infantryman at the battles of First Bull Run, Antietam, and Chancellorsville, and to have met Abraham Lincoln at a White House reception.