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 ==== Grand Army of the Republic Veterans Organization  ====
-*Grand Army of the Republic. Department of Michigan. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1973, 1991. ({{FHL|308107|title-id|disp=On 90 Family History Library films}}.) Indexed. 50 volumes. Union veterans organization records show name, age, birth state, residence, occupation, service dates, and discharge cause.
+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 343 posts and 21,420 members in the state of Michigan
-=== Post War Records  ===
+[http://suvcw.org/garposts/mi.pdf GAR Posts in the State of Michigan]
-*Clinton County Historical Society (Mich.). United States Civil War Soldiers Living in Michigan in 1894. St. Johns, Mich. (P.O. Box 23, St. Johns): Genealogists of the Clinton County Historical Society, 1988. {{FHL|678608|item|disp=FHL book 977.4 M2c}}. [http://www.worldcat.org/title/united-states-civil-war-soldiers-living-in-michigan-in-1894/oclc/19282658&referer=brief_results Other Libaries.]
+The Family History Library catalog list records of the [https://familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&keyword=Michigan+Grand+Army+of+the+Republic&prekeyword=Michigan+Grand+Army+of+the+Republic Michigan Grand Army of the Republic].
-==== Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)  ====
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-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 343 posts and 21,420 members in the state of Michigan
+*Grand Army of the Republic. Department of Michigan. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1973, 1991. ({{FHL|308107|title-id|disp=On 90 Family History Library films}}.) Indexed. 50 volumes. Union veterans organization records show name, age, birth state, residence, occupation, service dates, and discharge cause.
-[http://suvcw.org/garposts/mi.pdf GAR Posts in the State of Michigan]
 ==== 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.
+=== Post War Records  ===
+*Clinton County Historical Society (Mich.). United States Civil War Soldiers Living in Michigan in 1894. St. Johns, Mich. (P.O. Box 23, St. Johns): Genealogists of the Clinton County Historical Society, 1988. {{FHL|678608|item|disp=FHL book 977.4 M2c}}. [http://www.worldcat.org/title/united-states-civil-war-soldiers-living-in-michigan-in-1894/oclc/19282658&referer=brief_results Other Libaries.]
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