Records, 1895-1930.

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Records, 1895-1930.

Handwritten constitution, bylaws and minutes of meetings throughout the years. Yearly lists of members, of veterans who have moved out of Illinois with their addresses and names of those who have died that year. Some printed pamphlets for the yearly reunions. A few news clippings regarding the association. George L. Richardson, the last president, wrote the final note in 1930 when he was 88 years old.

2 v. ; 27 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7607929

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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United States. Army. Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 34th (1861-1865)

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Richardson, George L. (George Lynde)

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Thirty-fourth Illinois Volunteers Veterans Association.

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Organization formed in 1895 in Dixon, Ill. for the remaining veterans who had served in the 34th Illinois Infantry Regiment, during the Civil War, for the purpose of perpetuating friendships then formed, "cherishing the memory of comrades who fell", "to aid those who participated" and "to cherish a love of country and the imperishable union of states." From the description of Records, 1895-1930. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 49393867 ...