The Grand Army of the Republic, the largest of all Union Army veterans' organizations, was the most powerful single-issue political lobby of the late nineteenth century, securing massive pensions for veterans and helping to elect five postwar presidents from its own membership. It was dissolved in 1956 at the death of its last member, Albert Woolson. It was founded in 1866 in Decatur, Illinois, and grew to include hundreds of "posts" (local community units) across the North and West. Navy), and the Marines who served in the American Civil War.
The Grand Army of the Republic ( GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army ( United States Army), Union Navy ( U.S.
Woman's Relief Corps and Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
For other uses, see Grand Army of the Republic (disambiguation).
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