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Excerpt from Grand Army of the Republic; History of the Order in the U. S. By Counties: Otsego County Posts, Department of New York, Including a Complete Record of Soldiers Surviving and Buried in the County, With Company and Regiment, Together With Valuable Statistics and Miscellaneous Matter
One of the most powerful organizations of the country is the Grand Army of the Republic. This noble order, born in the stirring and bitter days that follow ed the close of the war, saw its first struggles for recognition extremely hard. Politics leaked into the organization, leading to its practical dismemberment. But it was again set on its feet, Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty were made its watch words, politics were ex cluded from the Order, and it has grown marvelously un til, today, its noble work is felt in every section of the country - from the metropolitan city down to the smallest hamlet. 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.
