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Correspondence of the Kansas Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. The correspondence is arranged chronologically and begins with an index compiled in the 1940s. The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS) was organized in 1865 following the death of Abraham Lincoln and the conclusion of the Civil War as a fraternal organization primarily composed of veterans and hereditary members to memorialize the events of the Civil War. This collection includes frequent correspondence from William M. Abernathy, Edwin Peter Diehl, Samuel T. Cushing, Jefferson Brumback, James H. Gillpatrick, Ulysses S. Grant, Forrest H. Hathaway, W. P. Huxford, Merritt H. Insley, Alexander McCook, John P. Nicholson, Amos H. Plumb, W. R. Smedburg, and Eugene F. Ware, among many others.
Creator: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Kansas Commandery
Date: 1886-1915
Item Number: 228619
Call Number: Military Order of the Loyal Legion Kansas Commandery History Coll. #618, Box 1 - 5
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 228619
Collections - Manuscript - Military Order of the Loyal Legion Kansas Commandery
Date - 1880s
Date - 1890s
Date - 1900s
Date - 1910s
Military - Veterans - Organizations - Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Military - Wars - Civil War
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Organization records
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