Griswold family papers 1837-1915

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Griswold family papers 1837-1915

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Vermontville, Michigan, family. Civil War correspondence and diaries of Joseph B. Griswold, musician in the Second Michigan Cavalry, and later Assistant Surgeon in the Fourth Michigan Infantry; also material concerning the land transactions of Roger W. Griswold; and miscellaneous clippings, photograph, correspondence, and printed material.

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The Griswold family were early settlers to Vermontville, Michigan. One family member, Roger W. Griswold, was proprietor of a farm and general store in Vermontville in the mid-nineteenth century. Another, Joseph B. Griswold (born 1842) attended Vermontville Academy and entered Michigan Agricultural College in 1858. He enlisted in the Second Michigan Cavalry in August 1861. He was discharged one year later because of a disability. After recovering, he attended the University of Michig...

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United States. Army. Michigan Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865)

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United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 4th (1864-1866)

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Griswold, Joseph Bascom, 1842-1915.

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Founded in 1866, in Decatur, Ill. From the description of Grand Army of the Republic scrapbooks, 1913. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276172404 The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of Civil War Union military veterans, formed in Decatur, Illinois in 1866. The GAR became one of the first advocacy groups in American politics, lobbying for black veterans, pensions, and supporting Republican candidates. The GAR waned during the 1870s as the ...