Civil War collection, 1861-1976.

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Civil War collection, 1861-1976.

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Military records, diaries, letters, Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) records, and ephemera. Military records include muster rolls, enlistment certificates, discharge and pension papers, rosters, and reports of Luther Goodno, Dan S. Giffin, and others. Personal papers include transcript of 1877 memoirs of Joseph M. Knap about his Civil War experiences; original diary of Stephen Thayer, 1864; clippings from published version of Orlando P. Benson's diary and transcripts of his letters, 1861-1863; original letters from Allen Burser to Lucy Sheppard, 1862; and letters by Robert Wade Barrows, 1862-1865. Other items include minutes of Battery D, 1st New York Light Artillery Veterans (Gouverneur, N.Y.), 1887-1915; scrapbook of clippings on the activities of Battery H, 1st New York Light Artillery, 1864-1865, and list of members, 1889; memorial booklet on John Hanson Thompson, 1863; and GAR memorabilia.

1.3 cubic ft.

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6874904

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Grand Army of the Republic

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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 ...

Thompson, John Hanson.

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Giffin, Dan S. (Dan Spafford), d. 1838

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United States. Army. 1st New York Light Artillery.

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Benson, Orlando P.

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Barrows, Robert Wade.

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Burser, Allen.

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Sheppard, L. J. (Lucy J.)

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United States. Army. 1st New York Light Artillery (Veterans, Gouverneur, N.Y.)

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Goodno, Luther.

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Thayer, Stephen

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Knap, Joseph M.

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Saint Lawrence County Historical Association

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Collecting area: History of St. Lawrence County. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155473605 J. Henry Rushton (1845-1906) was a canoe manufacturer in Canton, N.Y. From the description of Rushton canoe collection, [ca. 1860]-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155471970 ...