History of the Grand Army of the Republic

Description

The
History of
The
Grand Army of the Republic
By
Robert Beath, 1889
702 pages, Illustrated, Indexed,
Searchable
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Bonus Book –
Grand Army of the Republic
Handbook
By A.
C. Leonard, 1884
46
pages, searchable text
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Bonus Book –
Address to Department Encampment
Saratoga, June 2-27, 1902
By Charles Orr, Deputy
Commander
17
pages, searchable text
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Bonus Book –
1891 Souvenir 25
th
Anniversary
Grand
Army of the Republic
By Charles Orr, Deputy
Commander
17
pages, searchable text
- Bonus Book –
Ritual of
The Grand
Army of the Republic
April
1921
17
pages, illustrated, searchable text
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Bonus Book –
Manual for the Guidance of
The Grand
Army of the Republic
42 pages, searchable text
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After the end of American Civil War, various state and local organizations were formed for veterans to network and maintain connections with each other. Many of the veterans used their shared experiences as a basis for fellowship. Groups of men began joining together, first for camaraderie and later for political power. Emerging as most influential among the various organizations during the first post-war years was the Grand Army of the Republic, founded on April 6, 1866, on the principles of "Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty," in Springfield Illinois by Dr. Benjamin F. Stephenson and the first GAR Post was established in Decatur, Illinois.
The GAR initially grew and prospered as a
de facto
political arm of the Republican Party during the heated political contests of the Reconstruction E Era The commemoration of Union Army and Navy veterans, black and white, immediately became entwined with partisan politics. The GAR promoted voting rights for Negro veterans, as many white veterans recognized their demonstrated patriotism and sacrifices, providing one of the first racially integrated social/fraternal organizations in America. Black veterans, who enthusiastically embraced the message of equality, shunned black veterans' organizations in preference for racially inclusive and integrated groups. But when the Republican Party's commitment to reforming the South gradually decreased, the GAR's mission became ill-defined and the organization floundered. The GAR almost disappeared in the early 1870s, and many state-centered divisions, named "departments", and local posts ceased to exist.
In his General Order No. 11, dated May 5, 1868, first GAR Commander-in-Chief, General John A. Logan declared May 30 to be Memorial Day (also referred to for many years as "Decoration Day"), calling upon the GAR membership to make the May 30 observance an annual occurrence. Although not the first time war graves had been decorated, Logan's order effectively established "Memorial Day" as the day upon which Americans now pay tribute to all their war casualties, missing-in-action, and deceased veterans. As decades passed, similarly inspired commemorations also spread across the South as Confederate Memorial Day or Confederate Decoration Day, usually in April, led by organizations of Southern soldiers in the parallel United Confederate Veterans.
The GAR reached its largest enrollment in 1890,
with 410,000 members.
It held an
annual "National Encampment" every year from 1866 to 1949.
Interesting anecdotes from the war were told around the many campfires at these
reunions and compiled in a book of campfire "chats", including
descriptions of the festivities at the 1884-1886 encampments in Minneapolis, Portalnd, Maine and San Francisco
.
At the final encampment in Indianapolis, Indiana
, the few surviving members voted to retain the existing officers in place until the organization's dissolution. Theodore Penland of Oregon
, the GAR's Commander at the time, was therefore its last. In 1956, after the death of the last member, Albert Woolson
, the GAR was formally dissolved.
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