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1	A history of the Grand Army of the Republic in Ohio from 1866 to 1900 / Noyes, Elmer Edward, January 1945 (has links) Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 1945. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 266-279). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center. Grand Army of the Republic.
2	A history of the Grand Army of the Republic in Ohio from 1866 to 1900 Noyes, Elmer Edward January 1945 (has links) No description available. Encampment GRAND ARMY PENSIONS Post comrade
3	The Grand Army of the Republic in Iowa society and politics Mindling, Charles Thurman 01 January 1949 (has links) No description available. GAR Iowa Grand Army of the Republic politics veterans Political History United States History
4	Stable Isotope Evidence for the Geographic Origins and Military Movement of Napoleonic Soldiers During the March From Moscow in 1812 Pelier, Serenela 01 May 2015 (has links) In 2001, 3269 unidentified individuals were found in a mass grave on the Northern part of Vilnius, Lithuania. Artifactual context indicates that these individuals were likely soldiers that were a part of Napoleon’s Grand Army. Stable oxygen isotope analysis was performed on bone apatite from 9 femoral bone samples to determine whether or not these individuals were Lithuanian locals and to test ratio variation. If individuals were foreigners, then geographical origins were approximated utilizing percentages of C4 plants from Holder (2013) and δ18O values that were extracted from bone apatite. The carbonate oxygen isotope compositions (δ18Ocarbonate) of bone apatite from the femoral samples (-4.4‰ to -6.2‰) indicate that these individuals were from central and western Europe (-4.0‰ to -6.9‰). It is significant that none of the individuals have values consistent with the area around Lithuania (-10.0‰ to -11.9‰), because it means that they all were non-local. It is also indicative that the Lithuanians were not burying their citizens in the grave and therefore strongly support that these individuals were Napoleonic soldiers. Additionally, although C4 percentages in the diet ranged from 17.8% to 31.7%, which overlaps with eastern European consumption patterns (approximately 15% to 25% of C4 plants) (Reitsema et al., 2010), the slight shift towards a higher C4 percentage is more representative of a central and western European diet. These results are significant because they provide stable isotopic evidence that these individuals were Napoleon’s soldiers whom participated in the Russian campaign of 1812. Anthropology
5	Won, but Not One: The Construction of Union Veteranhood, 1861-1917 Caprice, Kevin Ryne 07 June 2017 (has links) Fifteen years following the end of the American Civil War, the identity of the Union veteran was in crisis. In 1879 Congress passed the Arrears Act, an immediately expensive pension bill that muddied the public's perception of veterans. Once considered heroes, the former soldiers of the Civil War became drains on the federal budget. At the same time, the membership of the Grand Army of the Republic, a Union veterans' organization, was increasing exponentially, making visible veterans commonplace. No longer was the Union veteran rare and honorable; by the 1880s the veteran was common and expensive. In response to the degradation of veteranhood, some former soldiers felt the blanket term 'veteran' needed to be reconsidered. These men went about creating the identity of "true"veteranhood in an attempt to reclaim the level of status attached to veterans immediately following the Civil War. Not all veterans were accepting of this "true" veteranhood, and actively fought back, forwarding instead a notion of inclusive veteranhood in which all former soldiers were represented. Neither side proved convincing, and the debate only ended in the early twentieth century as Union veterans died off and new veterans took their place. Through this debate, though, we can see the importance and complexity attached to identities, and the ways in which people actively reconsider themselves to cling to these identities in response to changes in their surroundings. / Master of Arts Civil War Union Veterans The Grand Army of the Republic The National Tribune The Arrears Act Status
6	Kindling the Fires of Patriotism: The Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Indiana, 1866-1949 Sacco, Nicholas W. January 2014 (has links) Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Following the end of the American Civil War in 1865, thousands of Union veterans joined the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), the largest Union veterans' fraternal organization in the United States. Upwards of 25,000 Hoosier veterans were members in the Department of Indiana by 1890, including President Benjamin Harrison and General Lew Wallace. This thesis argues that Indiana GAR members met in fraternity to share and construct memories of the Civil War that helped make sense of the past and the present. Indiana GAR members took it upon themselves after the war to act as gatekeepers of Civil War memory in the Hoosier state, publicly arguing that important values they acquired through armed conflict—obedience to authority, duty, selflessness, honor, and love of country—were losing relevance in an increasingly industrialized society that seemingly valued selfishness, materialism, and political radicalism. This thesis explores the creation of Civil War memories and GAR identity, the historical origins of Memorial Day in Indiana, and the Indiana GAR's struggle to incorporate ideals of "patriotic instruction" in public school history classrooms throughout the state. Civil War Memory Fraternal Organizations Grand Army of the Republic Indiana History Indianapolis 500 Patriotic Instruction Public Commemoration Public Education Public Memory Veterans -- Indiana -- Registers Patriotism -- Indiana -- History Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905 -- History Memory -- Social aspects -- Indiana Memory -- Political aspects -- Indiana Public schools -- Indiana -- History Memorial Day -- History Indianapolis Speedway Race -- History National characteristics, American Collective memory -- Indiana -- History Memory (Philosophy) History -- Methodology
7	Senator Oliver P. Morton and Historical Memory of the Civil War and Reconstruction in Indiana Rainesalo, Timothy C. 02 1900 (has links) Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / After governing Indiana during the Civil War, Oliver P. Morton acquired great national influence as a Senator from 1867 to 1877 during Reconstruction. He advocated for African American suffrage and proper remembrance of the Union cause. When he died in 1877, political colleagues, family members, and many Union veterans recalled Morton’s messages and used the occasion to reflect on the nation’s memories of the Civil War and Reconstruction. This thesis examines Indiana’s Governor and Senator Oliver P. Morton, using his postwar speeches, public commentary during and after his life, and the public testimonials and monuments erected in his memory to analyze his role in defining Indiana’s historical memories of the Civil War and Reconstruction from 1865 to 1907. The eulogies and monument commemoration ceremonies reveal the important reciprocal relationship between Morton and Union veterans, especially Indiana members of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR). As the GAR’s influence increased during the nineteenth century, Indiana members used Morton’s legacy and image to promote messages of patriotism, national unity, and Union pride. The monuments erected in Indianapolis and Washington, D. C., reflect Indiana funders’ desire to remember Morton as a Civil War Governor and to use his image to reinforce viewers’ awareness of the sacrifices and results of the war. This thesis explores how Morton’s friends, family, political colleagues, and influential members of the GAR emphasized Morton’s governorship to use his legacy as a rallying point for curating and promoting partisan memories of the Civil War and, to a lesser extent, Reconstruction, in Indiana. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Civil War (U.S. history, 1861-1865) Civil War Memory Civil War Monuments Indiana History Indianapolis Monuments Memory -- Political aspects -- Indiana Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901 -- History Public Commemoration

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