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Katcher, Philip. Volstad, Ron. (1986) American Civil War armies: Volunteer militia Osprey ISBN 978-0-85045-679-0; Spencer, John D. (2006) The American Civil War in the Indian Territory Osprey ISBN 978-1-84603-000-0; Emerson, William K. (1996) Encyclopedia of United States Army insignia and uniforms University of Oklahoma Press ISBN 978-0-8061 ...
A plate showing the uniform of a U.S. Army first sergeant, circa 1858, influenced by the French army. The military uniforms of the Union Army in the American Civil War were widely varied and, due to limitations on supply of wool and other materials, based on availability and cost of materials. [1]
Men Wanted for the Invalid Corps notice, 1863 10th VRC band in Washington, 1865. The Veteran Reserve Corps (originally the Invalid Corps) was a military reserve organization created within the Union Army during the American Civil War to allow partially disabled or otherwise infirm soldiers (or former soldiers) to perform light duty, freeing non-disabled soldiers to serve on the front lines.
Texas Civil War veterans received a pension check from Austin for $100 every month if they were unmarried, $150 if they were married. (Union veterans were pensioned by the U.S. Congress.) The ...
Logue, Larry M. "Union Veterans and Their Government: The Effects of Public Policies on Private Lives" Journal of Interdisciplinary History (1992) 22#3 pp.411–434 online; Logue, Larry M., and Peter Blanck. "Benefit of the doubt: African-American Civil War veterans and pensions" Journal of Interdisciplinary History 38.3 (2008): 377-399. online
The home's Feb. 22, 1886, dedication ceremonies included a parade from State Street to the facility led by U.S.S. Michigan sailors and marines and also including Civil War veterans' post ...
An African American Union soldier of the American Civil War, seated, in a studio portrait, circa 1863. Credit - Getty Images. O ver a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day ...
The Dependent and Disability Pension Act was passed by the United States Congress (26 Stat. 182) and signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison on June 27, 1890. The act provided pensions for all veterans who had served at least ninety days in the Union military or naval forces, were honorably discharged from service and were unable to perform manual labor, regardless of their financial ...