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The Survivors' club

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Author: Hostetter, Albert K.

Date of Publication: 1923

: Hostetter, Albert K. Title: The Survivors' club / by Albert K. Hostetter. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Survivors' club (Lancaster, Pa.) Veterans--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 --Veterans. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical

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Responsibility: by Albert K. Hostetter.

Author: Hostetter, Albert K.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1923

Physical Description: 133-142 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 27, no. 8

Summary: This journal article, written in 1923 , provides the history of the "Survivor's Club " which was comprised of Civil War veterans in Lancaster, PA. The survivors met yearly for a dinner beginning in 1868. The article gives a brief description of each meeting through 1922. The last of those entries was made by Captain P.L. Sprecher, the last Survivor. The article also gives a biographical sketch of each member of the Survivor's Club. The minute books and dinner programs from the meetings can be found in the LancasterHistory.org archives. See https://www.lancasterhistory.org/finding-aids/survivors-club-1867-1921/

Subjects: Survivors' club (Lancaster, Pa.); Veterans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Veterans.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 27, number 8 (1923), p. 133-142Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.27