Grand Army of the Republic, Dept. of Illinois records, 1873-1944.

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Grand Army of the Republic, Dept. of Illinois records, 1873-1944.

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Minute books, cash books, rosters, and correspondence of various Illinois posts of the General Army of the Republic (mainly in northeastern Illinois), a patriotic society of former soldiers and sailors who served honorably in the Union forces during the Civil War or who were members of state militia on active duty and subject to national call at that time. Principal objects of the G.A.R. were to maintain comradeship among its members, to perpetuate the memory of their deeds, and to aid needy veterans, their widows and orphans. Includes a memorial volume (leather-bound with the silver badge of the G.A.R. on the front cover) that contains inscribed sterling silver plates, which was presented to Mary S. (Mrs. John A.) Logan on October 24, 1889, by the General John A. Logan Post #540, Department of Illinois, G.A.R., at the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Evanston. Also includes minute books (3 v.) of the GAR Ambrose E. Burnside Post #109, South Chicago, Ill., Nov. 11, 1886-Feb. 12, 1903.

12 linear ft. (25 boxes, 3 v.)

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Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886

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John A. Logan was born near what is now Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois, the son of Dr. John Logan and Dr. Logan's second wife, Elizabeth (Jenkins) Logan. He studied with his father and with a private tutor, then studied for three years at Shiloh College. He enlisted in the 1st Illinois Infantry for the Mexican–American War, and received a commission as a second lieutenant and assignment as the regimental quartermaster. After the war Logan studied law in the office of his uncle, Alexand...

Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of Illinois.

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