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==== Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)  ====

Grand Army of the Republic founded in 1866 - 1956, was the largest veteran’s organization in the country after the Civil War. It was a fraternal organization members were veterans of the Union Army, US Navy, Marines and Revenue Cutler Service who served in the American Civil War. The group supported voting rights for black veterans, and lobbied the U.S. Congress to establish veterans' pensions. In 1890 the membership was 490,000. 

In 1888 there were 100 posts and 4,952 members in the state of Vermont 

[http://www.garrecords.org/ GAR Posts in the State of Vermont] 

The FamilySearch Catalog list records of the [https://familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&keyword=Vermont+Grand+Army+of+the+Republic&prekeyword=Vermont+Grand+Army+of+the+Republic Vermont Grand Army of the Republic].