Tag Archives: 71st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (“First California Regiment”)

survivors still

After the Civil War the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was founded in 1866 as a fraternal organization for Union veterans. According to a web page at the University of Mississippi the Fifty-third National (GAR) Encampment took place September … Continue reading

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