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Guide to the Grand Army of the Republic, Dept. of Pennsylvania, Miscellaneous Posts Records, 1861-1940 AIS.1986.07
Metadata Details
- Title
- Records of the Grand Army of the Republic, Dept. of Pennsylvania, miscellaneous posts, 1861-1940, Grand Army of the Republic, Dept. of Pennsylvania records of miscellaneous posts 1861-1940
- Subject
- Patriotic societies--Pennsylvania, Veterans--Pennsylvania, Veterans--Societies, etc, Pennsylvania--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Societies, etc, Pennsylvania--Societies, etc--Veterans, Allegheny (Pittsburgh, Pa.)--Societies, etc, Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Societies, etc--Veterans
- Description
- This collection includes minutes, rosters, personal war sketches, descriptive books, ledgers, and receipt books, of: J. B. McPherson Post No. 117 (East Liberty, Pittsburgh, Pa.); Col. John W. Patterson Post No. 151 (South Side, Pittsburgh, Pa.); Col. John B. Clark Post No. 162 (North Side, Pittsburgh, Pa.); Col. Robert G. Shaw Post No. 206 (Lower Hill District, Pittsburgh, Pa.); Col. James C. Hull Post No. 157 (Pittsburgh, Pa.); Col. James H. Childs Post No. 230 (Lower Hill District, Pittsburgh, Pa.); Gen. Alexander Hays Post No. 3 (Pittsburgh, Pa.); Duquesne Post No. 259 (Pittsburgh, Pa.); Gen. George A. Custer Post No. 38 (Etna, Pa.); Lt. James M. Lysle Post No. 128 (Allegheny, Pa.), Allegheny County Soldiers and Sailors Memorial, Pittsburgh, Pa., United States., Microfilmed by the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society in cooperation with AIS from originals in the possession of the Allegheny County Soldiers and Sailors Memorial, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1986., The Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) was a fraternal organization comprised of men who fought for the Union during the Civil War. The G.A.R. was founded by Benjamin F. Stephenson on April 6, 1866. Membership was open to honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, or marines of the Union armed forces who served between April 12, 1861, and April 9, 1865. The last member died in 1955, and the organization was dissolved in 1956. For a time it was a powerful political influence, aligning itself closely with Republican policy. The society founded soldiers' homes, and was active in relief work and pension legislation. The G.A.R. started the celebration of Memorial Day in the North by a general order issued by John A. Logan., AIS Micro 1986:07a collection contains records of Grand Army of the Republic Gen. Charles Griffin Post No. 207, Homestead, Pa. and Grand Army of the Republic, Thomas M. Carnegie Post No. 625, Homestead, Pa., Finding aid Available in repository and on Internet; http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?type=simple;c=ascead;view=text;subview=outline;didno=US-PPiU-ais198607
- Contributor
- Grand Army of the Republic Department of Pennsylvania., Grand Army of the Republic J.B. McPherson Post No. 117 (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Grand Army of the Republic Col. John W. Patterson Post No. 151 (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Grand Army of the Republic Col. John B. Clark Post No. 162 (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Grand Army of the Republic Col. Robert G. Shaw Post No. 206 (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Grand Army of the Republic Col. James C. Hull Post No. 157 (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Grand Army of the Republic Col. James H. Childs Post No. 230 (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Grand Army of the Republic Gen. Alexander Hays Post No. 3 (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Grand Army of the Republic Duquesne Post No. 259 (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Grand Army of the Republic Gen. George A. Custer Post No. 38 (Etna, Pa.), Grand Army of the Republic Lt. James M. Lysle Post No. 128 (Pittsburgh, Pa.), University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
- Date
- 1861-1940
- Type
- Collection
- Format
- microfilm, microform, microform, microform, microfilm reel, 11 microfilm reels : negative and positive.
- Identifier
- lccn:89798944, oclc:ocm28416889, oclc:28416889, pitt:US-PPiU-ais198607
- Language
- eng
- Relation
- http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?type=simple;c=ascead;view=text;subview=outline;didno=US-PPiU-ais198607
- Coverage
- Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Allegheny (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Pittsburgh (Pa.)
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