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Name/Title

G.A.R. Post news

Entry/Object ID

2024.01.04

Scope and Content

Scans of Commercial Record newspaper clippings about the various local G.A.R. posts Including but not limited to: Geo. N. Dutcher Post No. 148 J.G. Frye Post No. 46 James M. Pond post, launched 1903 John Kirby post, disbanded c1896

Context

The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization of Union Civil War veterans. It was founded in 1866 in Decatur, Illinois, grew to include hundreds of "posts" across the North and West. Its peak membership, at 410,000, was in 1890. The organization dissolved in 1956 at the death of its last member. According to Stuart McConnell, "The Grand Army of the Republic, the largest of all Union Army veterans' organizations, was the most powerful single-issue political lobby of the late nineteenth century, securing massive pensions for veterans and helping to elect five postwar presidents from its own membership. To its members, it was also a secret fraternal order, a source of local charity, a provider of entertainment in small municipalities, and a patriotic organization." Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Army_of_the_Republic

Collection

Newspapers, Military, wars and veterans, Family History

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2024.01

Source or Donor

Yoder, Chris

Acquisition Method

Donation, unconditional

Notes

These Commercial Record newspaper clippings — scanned by Chris Yoder in the 2000s — had been available on the pre-2023 SDHC website. The content has been moved to this online catalog for safekeeping. Publication dates are indicated in the year/month/day/page file name. For example "cr1938102801Description.jpg" = Commercial Record, 1938, October, 28th, page 01

Location

* Untyped Location

Digital data in CatalogIt

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

G.A.R. Geo. N. Dutcher Post, No. 148., Walker, Ancil W. 1844-1932, Slack, Anthony 1836-1915, Boyles, James 1825-1891, G.A.R. J. G. Frye Post, No. 46, Kleeman, Theodore F. 1829-1906, Newnham, Richard B. 1819-1908/9, Bird, Henry Jr. 1843-1932, Chambers, Culver Aaron 1846-1924, Ewald, Ludwig Henry 1836-1891, Buchanan, Robert 1836-1908, Stillson, Alvin Henry 1829-1917, G.A.R. James M. Pond post 1903, White, William Lieut. 1835-1922, Mather, Dr. Willis Willard 1856-1907, Tuttle, Levi 1829-1921

Related Events

Event

American Civil War 1861-1865

Create Date

January 15, 2024

Update Date

April 26, 2024