Introduction Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) is an American congressionally chartered fraternal organization that carries out activities to preserve the history and legacy of the United States Armed Forces veterans who fought during the American Civil War. It is the legal successor to the Grand Army of the Republic, the large… Read More
Introduction The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organisation composed of veterans of the Union Army (United States Army), Union Navy (US Navy), and the Marines who served in the American Civil War. It was founded in 1866 in Springfield, Illinois, and grew to include hundreds of “posts” (local community units) across… Read More
Introduction Richard Conner (23 December 1843 to 04 November 1923) was an American Civil War Union Army soldier who received the Medal of Honour for his bravery in action. Background A 17-year-old resident of Burlington, New Jersey when he enlisted in the 6th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on 07 August 1861, he was mustered in… Read More
Introduction Mary Edwards Walker, M.D. (26 November 1832 to 21 February 1919), commonly referred to as Dr. Mary Walker, was an American abolitionist, prohibitionist, prisoner of war and surgeon. She is the only woman to ever receive the Medal of Honour. In 1855, she earned her medical degree at Syracuse Medical College in New York,… Read More
Introduction Richard Conner (23 December 1843 to 04 November 1923) was an American Civil War Union Army soldier who received the Medal of Honour for his bravery in action. Biography A 17-year-old resident of Burlington, New Jersey when he enlisted in the 6th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on 07 August 1861, he was mustered in… Read More
Introduction Galvanized Yankees was a term from the American Civil War denoting former Confederate prisoners of war who swore allegiance to the United States and joined the Union Army. Approximately 5,600 former Confederate soldiers enlisted in the “United States Volunteers”, organised into six regiments of infantry between January 1864 and November 1866. Of those, more… Read More
Introduction John Quincy Marr (27 May 1825 to 01June 1861) was a Virginia militia company captain and the first Confederate soldier killed by a Union soldier in combat during the American Civil War (1861-1865). Marr was killed at the Battle of Fairfax Court House, Virginia on 01 June 1861. Previously one of Fauquier County’s two… Read More
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