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The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, also known by its acronym MOLLUS or simply as the Loyal Legion, is a United States patriotic order, organized Apby officers of the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States who "had aided in maintaining the honor, integrity, and supremacy of the national movement" during the American Civil War.

F ounded Apin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the immediate aftermath of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS) was the nation's first Civil War veterans organization.

The founders of the Loyal Legion drew their inspiration for the structure of the Order from the Society of the. Welcome to the World Wide Web home of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS).

On Apas word of President Abraham Lincoln's deathspread throughout the country, three Union Army officer friends met in.

MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES. War Papers The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS) War Papers book series, containing 70 volumes in all, are comprised of first-hand accounts written by men who were active participants in the Civil War.

Reviewed in the United States on May 7, Verified Purchase Union Blue: The History of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion provides some in-depth but scattered vignettes on the Civil War, making it an interesting but scattered if not unbalanced historical resource.3/5(1).

The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States is composed of a National Commandery-in-Chief and individual state Commanderies. There are currently 18 Commanderies and one Provisional Commandery. The Ohio Commandery was created May 3. Genre/Form: History Personal narratives: Additional Physical Format: Online version: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.

Wilmington, N.C. Title: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Michigan Commandery Records Creator: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.

Michigan Commandery. Inclusive dates: Bulk dates: Extent: 6 microfilms (3 linear feet, 1 oversize manuscript volume, and 6 published volumes) Abstract: Membership applications containing biographical. Companions Of The Military Order Of The Loyal Legion Of The United States [Military Order of the Loyal Legion of th] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.

Companions Of The Military Order Of The Loyal Legion Of The United States Format: Paperback. Genre/Form: History Indexes: Additional Physical Format: Online version: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.

Index. Wilmington, N.C.: Broadfoot. Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, United States -- History Civil War, Societies, etc Publisher Boston: Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Collection civilwardocuments; americana Digitizing sponsor University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Contributor University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Language EnglishPages: War papers, Volume 4 War Papers, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.

Commandery of the State of Maine: Author: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Commandery of the State of Maine: Publisher: Thurston Print, Original from: the University of Wisconsin - Madison: Digitized: Subjects.

The name they chose, the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, first appeared in a notice calling a meeting onat Philadelphia's Independence Hall. The Massachusetts Commandery of MOLLUS was instituted. The item War papers read before the Indiana Commandery, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library.

Sketches of War History, Papers Read Before the Ohio Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.

Ohio Commandery: Author: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Ohio Commandery: Editors: Robert Hunter, William Henry Chamberlin. The Legion of the United States was a reorganization and extension of the Continental Army from to under the command of Major General Anthony represented a political shift in the new United States, which had recently adopted the United States new Congressional and Executive branches authorized a standing army composed of professional Branch: United States Army.

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The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS) War Papers book series, containing 70 volumes in all, are comprised of first-hand accounts written by men who were active participants in the Civil War.

The MOLLUS volumes, originally published between andwere reprinted by Broadfoot in and were subsequently. Sketches of war history, ; papers read before the Ohio Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, by Robert Hunter, William Henry Chamberlin, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.

Ohio Commandery. The Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States (MOFW) is one of the oldest veterans' and hereditary associations in the nation with a membership that includes officers and their hereditary descendants from all of the Armed Services. Membership is composed of active duty, reserve and retired officers of the United States Armed Services, including the Coast Guard.

The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States held its first organizational meeting on Ap Membership was opened to commissioned officers of the United States Army, Navy, and Marine Corps who had served in the Union forces prior to Aprilas well as the direct male descendants of these officers.

: MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES: Published70 volumes including new 4-volume index.

By far the best collection of firsthand Union accounts, the MOLLUS volumes were written by men who were active participants in the Civil War. The MOLLUS volumes were published with. Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "ANNUAL DINNER [held by] MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES COMMANDERY OF THE STATE OF MAINE [at] "FALMOUTH HOTEL,PORTLAND,ME" (HOTEL)" New York Public Library Digital Collections.

Accessed May 9, Abstract: The collection consists of the records of the Kansas Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (or M.O.L.L.U.S.). Records include correspondence, monthly and annual reports sent to the national organization, receipts and a receipt book, speeches, meeting minutes, some membership information, information on the national.

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5, meeting of the Commandery of the State of Wisconsin, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, commemorating the life and services of Abraham Lincoln.

A Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States to Captain Francis Webb Seeley: Three-piece construction, Gold with red, white and blue enamels, weighing grams inclusive of its ribbon and brooch, number engraved "" on the obverse and "" on the reverse of the loop suspension, mm x mm, original ribbon with brooch.

Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Home National MOLLUS for, after waiting for three days, and failing to obtain transportation to Chatta­nooga, order came for us to march to that place, a distance of miles, which was accomplished in less than 13 days, arriving on this the "Alps of Tennessee," on the 20th day of.

Chicago citation style: Preston, Noble D, and Military Order Of The Loyal Legion Of The United States. Map of a part of the eastern portion of Virginia showing the route of the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac under Major General P.H. Sheridan on the raid to Richmond in May: together with the route followed by the Confederate Cavalry under Major General J.E.B.

() War papers Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States District of Columbia Commandery. [Washington, ] [Periodical] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Programs to honor President Abraham Lincoln and events memorializing the Civil War and the men and women who were active in them.

Supporting efforts to preserve Civil War battlefields and sites.Eventually, he served as the Quartermaster General and the Adjutant General, National Military Department, and Sons of Veterans Reserve.

In addition to the Sons of Union Veterans, he holds membership in the Sons of the American Revolution, The General Society of the War of and the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.