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The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marines and U.S. Revenue Cutter Service who served in the American Civil War. Founded on April 6, 1866 in Springfield , Illinois on the principles of "Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty" by Benjamin F. Stephenson, it was ...
John Peter Shindel Gobin (January 21, 1837 – May 1, 1910) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as an officer in the Union Army during the Civil War, as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 17th district from 1885 to 1898 and as the seventh lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania.
Forever Free: Blair County's Civil War; Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Museum and Library, 4278 Griscom Street Philadelphia, PA 19124-3954; Pennsylvania Civil War 150; Pennsylvania Civil War Trails "Pennsylvania in the Civil War" (video), American Battlefield Trust, September 20, 2016. Francis Rupert Letters.
Wagner was a charter member and first commander of G.A.R. Post #6 in Germantown, November 13, 1866. The following year he was elected commander of the Pennsylvania Department and both junior vice-commander and commander-in-chief in 1870. He served as senior vice-commander-in-chief, 1871–1872.
30th Pennsylvania Infantry. The Pennsylvania Reserves were an infantry division in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Noted for its famous commanders and high casualties, it served in the Eastern Theater, and fought in many important battles, including Antietam and Gettysburg.
The birthplace of John F. Hartranft, Civil War hero and Pennsylvania Governor, 1873–79, is to the right on the side road. ... Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army ...
James Addams Beaver (October 21, 1837 – January 31, 1914) was an American attorney, recruiter and field commander of Pennsylvania Infantry who was wounded four times during the American Civil War, and politician who served as the 20th governor of Pennsylvania from 1887 to 1891. [1]
The Department of Pennsylvania (or General Patterson's Army) was a large military unit in the Union army at the outset of the American Civil War.Established on April 27, 1861, its territory consisted of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and all of Maryland not embraced in the Department of Annapolis (later renamed Department of Maryland) and the Department of Washington.