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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 4 0 Browse Search
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. 2 0 Browse Search
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman) 2 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Military order of the loyal Legion, (search)
Military order of the loyal Legion, an organization founded by officers and ex-officers of the army, navy, and marine corps of the United States, who were engaged in the Civil War of 1861-65. Only the eldest direct male lineal descendant, according to the rules of primogeniture, is eligible to membership. There are in all twenty-one commanderies, one representing the District of Columbia, and each of the others representing a State. In 1900 the total membership was 9,043. The following were officers: Commanderin-chief, Lieut.-Gen. John M. Schofield; senior vice-commander-in-chief Acting Volunteer Lieut. Charles P. Clark; junior vice-commander-in-chief, Brig.-Gen. Henry C. Merriam; recorder-in-chief, Brev. Lieut.-Col. John P. Nicholson; registrar-in-chief Brev. Maj. William P. Huxford; treasurer-in-chief, Paymaster George De F. Barton; chancellor-in-chief, Brev. Brig.-Gen. William L. James; chaplain-in-chief, Brev. Maj. Henry S. Burrage.