Grand Army Of The Republic

Circular, William Logan Rodman GAR Post No. 1

4 pages, 5 3/4 x 9, imprint, with vignette of G.A.R. badge at top.

Circular No. 2

"Liberty and Union, one and inseparable."- Webster

Headquarters of
William Logan Rodman Post No. 1
of New Bedford, Department of Massachusetts,
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC

Thomas W. Cook, Commander

Commander And Comrades:

The details contained in our former circular have evoked such general commendation that the committee of arrangements are encouraged to believe that no patriotic suggestion since the close of the...  

Charter Is Granted To G.A.R. Post 191, Dept. Of Mass.

Signed by a Union Drummer Boy, and a soldier wounded at Gettysburg!

8 1/4 x 11 3/4, imprinted form, filled out in ink.

Headquarters Dep't Mass., G.A.R.
Assistant Adjutant General's Office,
Boston, May 8th, 1888

Special Orders,
No. 12

I. A Charter having been granted upon application of Thos. Langlan and others, for the formation of a Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, in the town of Boston. Department Inspector A.C. Wellington is hereby instructed to organize said Post Friday, May 17th, to be known as Post...  

Letter to General Samuel B. Sherer

3 pages, 5 x 8, in ink.

Aurora, Ills., Aug. 10/1879

Gen. S.B. Sherer,

Friend Sherer I understand that there will be a party or parties to visit you tomorrow asking for positions on your staff or that the whole committee be placed on it. I presume that you will agree with me that none but soldiers should be placed thereon for this occasion for you understand, better than I, that you want those of experience and soldierly qualities and as we talked the other day it would be best to select from different parts of the State. As soon as...  

Report of Committee On Memorial Day

5 3/4 x 9 1/4, 4 1/3 pages, imprint.

Vignette of the Boston city seal at the top of page 1. Report of Committee On Memorial Day. Allowances To Posts Of The Grand Army Of The Republic And Other Organizations For Memorial Purposes. In Board Of Aldermen, May 6, 1895. Signed in print by John H. Lee, Chairman for the Committee. There is an endorsement by the Assistant Boston City Clerk on the last page in ink as follows: City of Boston. The foregoing report was accepted and the order and resolve passed by the City Council. Attest. John T. Priest, Asst....  

Department of Mass. G.A.R. Imprint

4 pages, 4 3/8 x 6 1/2, imprint.

Headquarters Department Of Mass. G.A.R.
Boston, April 27, 1887

At the Department Encampment, held in Boston, January 27 and 28, 1887, the following report was adopted. Detailed report of the Form of Inspection. Tiny piece of the top edge of pages 3/4 has chipped off. Surface lift off to the top of page 4 from an old mounting. These flaws do not affect any of the content.  

CDV Pair of Identified Union Veteran Amputees

Both soldiers were corporals who were severely wounded at Petersburg, Va. on the same day, each one having their left arm amputated!

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 1/2 x 4 card. Top of the mount is very slightly trimmed. Veteran at left is standing and holding an American flag, his G.A.R. medal pinned to his 4 button coat with brass buttons. The veteran at right is seated and holding a musket at his front, the butt resting on the floor. Backmark: Levi Longcor, Washington, N.J. There is an old period pencil...  

1913 IMPRINT, 124TH N.Y. INFANTRY AT GETTYSBURG

Veteran Henry M. Howell on Gettysburg. 6 x 9 3/4 imprint. Middletown, N.Y., July 12, 1913. Editor Daily Argus. Discusses the action on July 2, 1863, near Devil's Den, making his point that it was the pivotal point in the battle of Gettysburg. Signed in print by H.M. Howell. Excellent condition. From the personal estate of Henry M. Howell. He enlisted in Co. E, 124th New York Infantry, "The Orange Blossoms," on Aug. 9, 1862. He fought in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg; was wounded in the battle of Spotsylvania, Va., on May 12,...  

G.A.R. RIBBON, FRESNO

7 1/8 x 1 1/2. White silk ribbon with black imprint. No pin. This ribbon came with a group of G.A.R. badges from the 1886 National Encampment held at San Francisco, Ca., and was no doubt from the Fresno contingency. Very nice condition.

POSTCARD FROM VETERAN 136TH OHIO INFANTRY

Postally used postcard. Addressed to Hon. Wm. C. Cooper, Washington, D.C., with 1 cent Thomas Jefferson imprinted postage stamp, C.D.S., Washington, Jan. 23. There are also 2 dockets: Amos Hart, bus. & cld. up Jany. 24/87. Andrews, 1/22/87, Ohio.

The handwritten note by Amos Hart reads as follows:

Jan. 20/87

Hon. Wm. C. Cooper,

Washington, D.C.

Received your card asking for No. Company & Regiment. My com. was Company C, 136 Regiment. No. of claim, 481.390. Please call it up at your earliest opportunity & let me know if...