Grand Army of the Republic, Department of California and Nevada Records

Résumé du livre

25 volumes of minutes, service books, receipt books, descriptive books, and ledgers of the following posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of California and Nevada: Napa Post No. 192, Ellsworth Post No. 20, George H. Thomas Post No. 2, Sedgwick Post No. 17, and Mitchel Post No. 69. Of particular note are the following: the descriptive books for the George H. Thomas Post, the Ellsworth Post and the Mitchel Post, which include member name, date, age, birthplace, residence, occupation, service dates and details, and date of muster into the GAR. The minutes for the George H. Thomas Post in voume 19 date from April 17, 1906, the day before the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, and include discussion of the Post's response to the quake and of the destruction of the Post's offices and records. Also of note are the speeches and memorials for General George H. Thomas (1927) in the records of the George H. Thomas Post.