The Military Order Of The Loyal Legion Of The United States Instituted April 15 1865

Author : Henry Sweetser Burrage
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780259254195
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (541 download)

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Download or read book Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States written by Henry Sweetser Burrage and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States: Historical Address at the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Maine Commandery, December 7, 1916 On that day of mourning, three officers, who had served in the Union army during the war - Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Elwood Zell, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Brown Wylie Mitchell and Captain Peter Dirck Keyser - met in Colonel Zell's Office in Philadelphia; and while conferring together concerning the thoughts in all hearts and upon all lips, the suggestion was borne in upon' them, somehow and in some way, of an organization of the Officers of the army and navy, similar to the Society of the Cincinnati of the Revolution, an organization that would per petuate the companionships and experiences of the War of the Rebellion. Other Officers soon became interested in the move ment, and at a larger meeting held on April 20, 1865, (although April 15th was still regarded as the birthday of the Order, )measures were instituted, which, in Independence Hall, hallowed by historic memories, were brought to consummation on May 31, 1865, by the organization of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Major General George Cadwalader, of Philadelphia, was elected Commander of the Pennsylvania Commandery November 8, 1865, and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Samuel B. Wylie Mitchell, who had been Secretary of the preliminary meetings, was made Recorder. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.