Grand Army of the Republic
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title:
Grand Army of the Republic
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The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army, Union Navy, and the Marines who served in the American Civil War. It was founded in 1866 in Decatur, Illinois, and grew to include thousands of "posts" across the North and West. It was dissolved in 1956 at the death of its last member, Albert Woolson.
According to Stuart McConnell:The Grand Army of the Republic, the largest of all Union Army veterans' organizations, was the most powerful si
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American fraternal organization of Civil War veterans (1866–1956)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Army_of_the_Republic
date created:
2003-01-23T03:25:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T20:08:33Z
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