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George Armstrong Garretson (1844-1916) was a general who was appointed Brigadier General of Volunteers in May 1898, and then
served as commander of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, and later the 1st Brigade, Provisional Division, during
the Spanish-American War. He was also president of the National Bank of Commerce in Cleveland, Ohio. As commander of the
1st Brigade, Provisional Division, he participated in the engagements at Guanica and Yauco, Porto Rico, during July and August
of 1898. The collection consists of correspondence, military orders, speeches, newspaper clippings, telegrams, and other
records of General Garretson's military service (1897-1903), subscription lists and letters concerning the reorganization
of the Union Club of Cleveland (1901), and three letter books of business and personal correspondence (1910-1916).
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