Joe Hooker Post 32 Grand Army of the Republic Records.

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Joe Hooker Post 32 Grand Army of the Republic Records.

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This collection contains one bound ledger. This ledger documents the name, Post, Company/Regiment and residence of members of the Joe Hooker Post 32 of the Grand Army of the Republic. The cover is imprinted "Presented by the Women's Relief Corp," and a number of women's signatures are written on the front endsheets. In addition to the Joe Hooker Post 32, this ledger also documents the membership of other military posts and organizations, including the Colonel John Jacob Astor Camp 28 which served in the Spanish-American War. While it is known that this ledger was used to record organizational membership and attendance at functions held at the All Wars Memorial building, the full provenance of the ledger is unknown. The Joe Hooker Post 32 ledger was discovered within the Heston Collection during a collection inventory in January 2007.

1.0 cu. ft.

Atlantic City Free Public Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8146423

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Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879

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Hooker was born in Hadley, Massachusetts, the grandson of a captain in the American Revolutionary War. He was of entirely English ancestry, all of which had been in New England since the early 1600s. His initial schooling was at the local Hopkins Academy. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1837, ranked 29th out of a class of 50, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 1st U.S. Artillery. His initial assignment was in Florida fighting in the second of the Seminole War...

Joe Hooker Post 32, Grand Army of the Republic.

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The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was organized in 1866 by General John A. Logan and Dr. Benjamin Stephenson, both Union veterans of the Civil War. The GAR operated as a veterans support organization, providing pensions for disabled veterans, their widows and orphans. It was the largest Union veterans' organization.The GAR was comprised of posts in individual cities. Posts within a state made up Departments, and - as a whole - these Departments made up the National organization. Most, though ...

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 ...

Joe Hooker Post #32.

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