Civil War and Grand Army of the Republic records, 1861-1954.

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Civil War and Grand Army of the Republic records, 1861-1954.

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Chiefly records concerning the Gen. John A. Logan Post No. 540, the Evanston, Ill., contingent of the G.A.R., including tributes, memorials, burial lists and maps, and documentation of a lecture sponsored by Post 540 concerning the "Libby Prison Escape" which occurred during wartime. Also includes personal war sketches, company bank books, and a company descriptive book, all dating to the early 1860s; together with papers of Union soldier Fredrick Fickel, photocopies of newspaper clippings from the period, and miscellaneous correspondence.

.5 cubic ft.

Evanston Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 8045623

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Fickel, Fredrick

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Grand Army of the Republic. Gen. John A. Logan Post No. 540 (Evanston, Ill.)

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Libby Prison

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