Papers, 1849-1913.

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Papers, 1849-1913.

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The majority of the collection consists of Sutton's quartermaster records while serving with the 17th Indiana while stationed in Alabama, April 1864 to July 1865. The records include orders, ordnance records, shipping receipts, foraging records and supply records including receipts and return of clothing, receipts for Spencer Repeating Rifles, and requisitions for horses. The papers also contain G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) material including dues receipts, member's cards, publications and general correspondence primarily but not exclusively for Post Number 115 of New Carlisle, Indiana. There also are several reunion announcements for Wilder's Brigade in 1913 (after Sutton's death).

1 manuscript box, 1 oversized box, 3 photographs, 1 tintype.

Indiana Historical Society Library

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Indiana Historical Society Library

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United States. Army. Wilder's Brigade

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Sutton, Joseph, 1838-1903.

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Joseph Sutton (1838-1903) was born in Portage County, Ohio, and came to Hudson Township, LaPorte County Indiana in 1855. In May 1861 he enlisted in Company C of the 17th Indiana Infantry Volunteers which formed part of Wilder's Brigade serving in Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia and taking part in the battles of Shiloh, Perrysville, Chickamauga and the sieges of Knoxville and Atlanta. In September 1861 Sutton was promoted to sergeant and was subsequently promoted to 2nd lieute...

Sutton family.

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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 ...

United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 17th (1861-1865)

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