Call Number:

RG-240

Repository:

Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Museum and Library

Extent:

0.5 cubic feet ((1 volume and 1 record in 1 box))

Language:

English

Date:

1882-1910s

Abstract:

Colonel Lytle Post No. 240 was chartered on April 10, 1882 and was active in Eerie, PA, in the late nineteenth/early twentieth century. The Records of the Colonel Lythe Post No. 240, Grand Army of the Republic, 1882-1910s, consist of administrative and membership records.

Colonel Lytle Post No. 240 was chartered on April 10, 1882 and was active in Eerie, PA, in the late nineteenth/early twentieth century. No other information on the Post is available.

The records of Colonel Lytle Post No. 240 span the years 1882 to the 1910s and consist of one charter and one bound volume. The records are arranged into two series: Administrative Records and Membership Records. It is not known how the G.A.R. Civil War Museum and Library acquired the records or if additional records survived or existed.

Series I: Administrative Records: This series consists of a single document, the Colonel Lytle Post No. 240 charter, dated April 10, 1882.

Series II: Membership Records: This series consists of a descriptive book. The descriptive book is one bound volume that includes detailed information on the Post’s members. Its entries run from 1882 to approximately the 1910s and include the following information: member’s name, age, birthplace, residence, occupation, details on entry into service and final discharge (which includes date, rank, company, and regiment), length of service, cause of discharge, the details of his G.A.R. membership, and remarks (which include death notices or notice of membership ending through leaving or transferring).