Collection 1846-1934.

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Collection 1846-1934.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60610635

The collection is arranged into five series. Series 1 contains personal papers, Series 2 involves veterans organizations, Series 3 and 4 are Civil War and general printed materials, Series 5 are Mead's Civil War artifacts.

2 document cases, 1 daguerreotype, 2 oversize graphics, 143 artifacts.

Indiana Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7781069

Indiana Historical Society Library

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United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 6th (1861-1865)

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Mead family.

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Andersonville Prison

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Mead, William S. (William Stanley), 1846-1934.

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William Stanley Mead was born on 16 April 1846 in Washington, Daviess County, Indiana. He was fifteen when he enlisted in the 6th Indiana Infantry Regiment in 1861 along with two other family members; Levis S. and Alfred D. Mead. He participated in numerous battles and was wounded and captured in 1864. He was imprisoned at Andersonville Prison until his release from there in November 1864, and discharged from military service in February 1865. He married twice, was the father of six children and...

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 ...