Calling cards, 1886.

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Calling cards, 1886.

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Grand Army of the Republic attendee calling cards belonging to General Lucius Fairchild, from the 21st Annual Encampment held in St. Louis, Missouri in 1887.

0.2 linear ft. (1 archives box)

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 8179467

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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Grand Army of the Republic

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Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.)

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National organization formed in 1883 at the Denver Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, as an auxiliary to that organization and to continue to "care for the Veteran and his dependent ones and to perpetuate the memory of their heroic dead". As the number of Corps grew, each state elected its own governing body, subordinate to the national governing body. In addition to helping veterans, these women worked to get pension help for the nurses who served in the Civil War, founded a home for...

Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wis.)

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Fairchild, Lucius, 1831-1896

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American soldier and diplomat; gov. of Wisconsin. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Madison, to W.W. Belknap, 1870 Feb. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270524371 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Madison, to the President, 1884 Feb. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270524356 Lucius Fairchild, soldier and politician, was born in Ohio in 1831. At the age of 18 he set out for California to mine for gold. He spent six years in Califor...