Burnet Landruth collection, 1812-1915

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Burnet Landruth collection, 1812-1915

Copy of Grand Army of the Republic post record books (1812-1880) and manuscript of The Story of Bloomdale by Landruth (1915).

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SNAC Resource ID: 8054706

Bucks County Historical Society

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Landreth, Burnet, 1842-1928

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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 ...