Rare! CIVIL War Lafayette Gar Post #140 New York Mounted Engraved Vignette Card

  

CIVIL WAR - LAFAYETTE GAR POST #140 NEW YORK MOUNTED ENGRAVED VIGNETTE CARD c1866. CIVIL WAR - LAFAYETTE GAR POST 140 NEW YORK MOUNTED ENGRAVED VIGNETTE CARD. THE ENGRAVING ON THE FRONT OF THE CARD FEATURES FROM LEFT TO RIGHT THE U. FLAG, LAFAYETTE GAR POST #140 MEMBERSHIP / DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK MEDAL WITH RIBBON AND THE LAFAYETTE GAR POST #140 FLAG WITH A GAR VETERAN MEDAL. Grand Army of the Republic.

Was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army (United States Army), Union Navy U. Navy, and the Marines who served in the American Civil War. It was founded in 1866 in Decatur, Illinois, and grew to include hundreds of "posts" (local community units) across the North and West. It was dissolved in 1956 at the death of its last member, Albert Woolson. DIMENSIONS: 3 7/16" x 6 3/4".