Collection consists of records of the Grand Army of the Republic and allied organizations. Most papers are from G.A.R. Post 478 (Mount Joy) and Post 84 (Lancaster). Included are minute books, burial records, membership applications, correspondence, national and state G.A.R. orders, encampment information, and Post correspondence. Many records are in book form.
Soldiers and sailors honorably discharged from the Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the U.S. who fought in the cause of the Union from Apr. 12, 1861 to Apr. 9, 1865 were eligible to become members of the Grand Army of the Republic. Allied Orders include: Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Woman's Relief Corps, Sons of Veterans U.S.A. (later Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War) and their Auxiliary, as well as the Daughters of Veterans (later Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War).
Biographical memoir that focuses on the Lancaster, PA native General John Reynolds' military life: At West Point, in the war with Mexico, fighting renegade Native Americans inOregon, Commandant of the Cadet Corps at West Point, and during the Civil War.
This a novel set in 1863 in the Susquehanna River towns of Columbia on the east side and Wrightsville on the west side of a bridge that connected the two. The main event at that time was the burning of that bridge to prevent a Confederate army from entering eastern Pennsylvania . Another main event in the area at that time was the active protection of escaped slaves in the Underground Railroad. Both of these causes are addressed in the novel. The author states: "The main characters of the novel are fictional , but they became involved with persons who actually lived during the period, as well as with incidents which have been recorded in our country's history, several of them indelibly."
Guide to federal archives relating to the Civil War
Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Publisher
National Archives and Records Administration,
Date of Publication
1998.
Physical Description
xi, 721 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Originally published: Guide to federal archives relating to the Civil War. Washington : National Archives, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1962.
