1921-01-05 GAR Post 147 Postcard

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1921-01-05 GAR Post 147 Postcard

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Title: 1901-05-21 GAR Postcard

Collection Number: MS 88-270

Scope and Content: A GAR postcard to Hamilton Potter from his commander dated May 21, 1901. This postcard relays orders for the attendance of Potter at the funeral of George L. Seagrove.

Language: English

Type of Resource: text

Genre: Postcard

Digital Origin: reformatted digital

Subject: American Civil War

Subject: Grand Army of the Republic

Subject: postcard

Subject: funeral

Subject: 5th Michigan Infantry

Subject Name: Potter, Hamilton

Subject Name: Seagrove, George L.

Inclusive Dates: 1901-05-21

Location of Originals: Archives of Michigan

Use Restrictions: Please contact the Archives of Michigan for permission to publish.

Access Restrictions: To preserve the original items, this collection is only available online.

Notes

Biography or Historical Note: Enlisted in company B, Fifth Infantry, Jan. 29, 1864, at Pontiac, for 3 years, age 25. Mustered Jan. 29, 1864. Wounded in action May 5, 1864. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate of disability at Washington, D.C., May 9, 1865.

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