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Description
Pictured here are Civil War Veterans from the Gerry Relief Corp. Post #5 in front of the Grand Army of the Republic Hall, on Main Street, in Monson.
Members of the Post present were Front Row Left to Right: Ira P. Wing, Albert W. Chapin, Benjamin Cowan, Dick Davis, Brown B. Steward, Charles W. Morrill, Albert F. Jackson, Thomas Poole, Sylvanus Steward, Eli Viancho, Sewal Leeman, Alvin F. Morrill, Soloman S. Cole, and Samuel C. Davis.
Pictured in the back Row from left to right are: Tristum Wentworth, Stintson Goodwin, Judson Cushman, John B. Butler, Robert T. Thomas, Seth W. Steward, Charles Wentworth, George Bray, Bradford Jackson and Edwin Stanchfield.
The GAR was formed in Maine on January 10, 1868 with Monson being the 5th Post to join the organization.
About This Item
- Title: GAR Members in front of their hall, Monson, 1897
- Creation Date: 1897
- Subject Date: 1897
- Location: Monson, Piscataquis County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 14.4 cm x 20.3 cm
- Local Code: MHS-119-017
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans
- Grand Army of the Republic
- Group portraits
- Grand Army of the Republic. Department of Maine
People
- Bray, George
- Butler, John B.
- Chapin, Albert W.
- Cole, Solomon S.
- Cowan, Benjamin
- Cushman, Judson
- Davis, Dick
- Davis, Samuel C.
- Goodwin, Stintson
- Jackson, Albert F.
- Jackson, Bradford
- Leeman, Sewal
- Morrill, Alvin F.
- Morrill, Charles W.
- Poole, Thomas
- Stanchfield, Edwin
- Steward, Brown B.
- Steward, Seth W.
- Steward, Sylvanus
- Thomas, Robert T.
- Viancho, Eli
- Wentworth, Charles
- Wentworth, Tristum
- Wing, Ira P.
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Monson Historical SocietyPO Box 308, Monson, ME 04464
(207) 876-3073
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