Papers and photographs.

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Papers and photographs.

Papers and photographs of Albert Woolson of Duluth, Minnesota, the longest living Union Civil War veteran, who served with Company C of the 1st Minnesota Heavy Artillery.

Papers 0.1 linear ft. (1 folder) and.Photographs 0.1 linear ft. (1 folder and 1 oversized folder)

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Woolson, Albert, 1847-1956

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Last surviving Union Civil War veteran, Duluth, Minn. From the description of Autograph, 1956 Feb. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33113159 ...

Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.)

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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 ...

Woolson, Albert, 1847-1956

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Last surviving Union Civil War veteran, Duluth, Minn. From the description of Autograph, 1956 Feb. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33113159 ...

Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.)

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National organization formed in 1883 at the Denver Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, as an auxiliary to that organization and to continue to "care for the Veteran and his dependent ones and to perpetuate the memory of their heroic dead". As the number of Corps grew, each state elected its own governing body, subordinate to the national governing body. In addition to helping veterans, these women worked to get pension help for the nurses who served in the Civil War, founded a home for...