Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Dr. B. F. Stephenson, Founder of the Grand Army of the Republic: A Memoir
A very great majority of the veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic know but little more of their founder than his name, and until a few years ago, few outside of Illinois knew even the name of the man who originated their order. I have deemed it my duty to set forth my father's life and character, so that all veterans might know him and his work.
The memoir is not so complete as I had wished it to be, on account of the material for collecting informa tion being meagre and scattering. Great quantities of my father's papers were destroyed soon after his death by my mother. She did not think them valuable. Had she known their importance she would not have destroyed them.
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