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Grand Army of the Republic (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

R. J. Edleman letter

 Collection — Folder: S0404
Identifier: S0404
Scope and Contents This collection includes a transcript of a speech from R. J. Edleman at a Grand Army of the Republic post in Indiana on March 29, 1895 regarding his recollections of the 1860 presidential election and the U.S. Civil War.
Dates: 1895

Stacy H. Cogswell collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0279
Scope and Contents The first folder of the collection contains materials related to Mr. Cogswells membership in the G.A.R., such as by-law booklets and notices of reunions. The second folder contains Mr. Cogswell's correspondence with the Department of the Interior, fellow war veterans and congressmen in his efforts to obtain and increase his Civil War pension.
Dates: 1864-1909

Thomas Jackson collection

 Collection — Folder: S0713
Identifier: S0713
Scope and Contents This collection contains original papers, letters, and booklets from Thomas Jackson ranging from 1855 to 1908. Folder two contains pension requests for Jackson and other veterans. There is a Grand Army of the Republic ribbon and a badge. The collection also includes an 8-page document narrates Lovell Harrison Rousseau’s raid into Alabama and Georgia.
Dates: 1855-1908

Worth Reed collection

 Collection — Folder: S3379
Identifier: S3479
Scope and Contents This collection includes a program for Patriotic Day, observed on November 5, 1897 in Indiana public schools and held in connection with the 86th anniversary of the Battle of Tippecanoe. Also included is a typewritten historical sketch regarding the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), with information taken from Records of Members of the Grand Army of the Republic by W.H. Ward and "The Grand Army of the Republic," an article by G.S. Merrill that was...
Dates: 1897, undated