| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Grand Army of the Republic, Army and Navy Post No. 187 |
| Title: | Personal War Sketches of the Members of Army and Navy Post No. 187 |
| Dates: | ca. 1899 |
| Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) |
| Abstract: | The Grand Army of the Republic, Army and Navy Post No. 187, was the Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of this national association of Union Civil War veterans. The GAR worked on both the state and national levels for issues such as pensions and the establishment of soldiers' homes. By 1908 there were a total of 8 GAR posts in Cleveland, with a membership of 886. Five additional posts were located elsewhere in Cuyahoga County, with 129 additional members. The collection consists of a record of the Civil War service of living and deceased members of the post. Presented to the post by William Bingham, 1899. |
| MS Number | MS 2769 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |