Records, 1861-1986.

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Records, 1861-1986.

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Administrative, organizational, financial and program materials pertaining to the Wisconsin state and local units of the Grand Army of the Republic, a voluntary fraternal association of Civil War Union veterans.

29.6 linear ft. (54 archival boxes, 5 flat boxes, and 1 oversized folder)

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7604675

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of Wisconsin.

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G.A.R. Memorial Hall (Wis.)

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Rood, Hosea W. (Hosea Whitford), 1845-1933

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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 ...