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''[[United States of America|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Military Records|U.S. Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Rhode Island|Rhode Island]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Rhode Island Military Records|Rhode Island Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[United States of America|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Military Records|U.S. Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Rhode Island|Rhode Island]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Rhode Island Military Records|Rhode Island Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Rhode Island in the Civil War|Rhode Island in the Civil War]]'' | ||
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''Uniforms of the Civil War: An Illustrated Guide for Historians, Collectors, and Reenactors - ''Ron Field, Robin Smith available on [http://books.google.com/books/about/Uniforms_of_the_Civil_War.html?id=bGA_TXpHPO8C Google Books.com] | ''Uniforms of the Civil War: An Illustrated Guide for Historians, Collectors, and Reenactors - ''Ron Field, Robin Smith available on [http://books.google.com/books/about/Uniforms_of_the_Civil_War.html?id=bGA_TXpHPO8C Google Books.com] | ||
==== <br> Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) ==== | |||
Grand Army of the Republic founded in 1866 - 1956, was the largest veteran’s organization in the country after the Civil War. It was a fraternal organization members were veterans of the Union Army, US Navy, Marines and Revenue Cutler Service who served in the American Civil War. The group supported voting rights for black veterans, and lobbied the U.S. Congress to establish veterans' pensions. In 1890 the membership was 490,000. | |||
In 1888 there were 21 posts and 2,696 members in the state of Rhode Island | |||
[http://suvcw.org/garposts/ri.pdf GAR Posts in the State of Rhode Island] | |||
==== Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War ==== | |||
With the death of the last member of the Grand Army of the Republic the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War was formed. | |||
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