Muster certificate, 1880.

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Muster certificate, 1880.

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This collection contains an 1880 certificate naming Mrs. Esther E. Allen as an honorary comrade of the Joe Hooker Post, no. 21, G.A.R. Department of Iowa.

.01 linear ft. (1 oversized folder)

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7766246

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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United States Christian Commission

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Grand Army of the Republic. Joe Hooker Post, no. 21 (Iowa)

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Allen, Esther E.

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The United States Christian Commission (U.S.C.C.) was founded in 1861 by the Y.M.C.A. to provide spiritual support and relief services for soldiers during the Civil War. Esther E. Allen was commissioned as a manager in the Special Diet-Kitchen Service of the U.S.C.C. and was discharged from service on 1 December 1864. In 1880, she was named an honorary comrade of the Joe Hooker Post, no. 21, G.A.R. Department of Iowa in recognition of her Civil War service with the U.S.C.C. No additional informa...