Union Blue : The History of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States

by Carroon, Robert G.; Shoaf, Dana B.

• ISBN13: 9781572491908
• ISBN10: 1572491906
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: White Mane Pub

Summary

The LoyaI Legion is the oldest veteran's organization of the Civil War. Union Blue recounts the history of the Loyal Legion and gives illustrated biographies of each of the commanders in chief who served in the Civil War and lists every Companion of the First Class with their name, rank, unit brevet rank. State Commandery and insignia number.

Author Biography

The Reverend Dr. Robert G. Ccaroon is archivist and historiographer of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut. He is past commander in chief of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Mr. Dana B. Shoaf is a Ph.D. candidate in history from Kent State University. The Military Order of the Loyal Legion is the subject of his dissertation. Mr. Shoaf is the associate editor for America's Civil War magazine

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
History of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion	1	(30)
Biographical Sketches
George Cadwalader	31	(3)
Winfield Scott Hancock	34	(6)
Rutherford Birchard Hayes	40	(5)
Philip Henry Sheridan	45	(4)
John Jay Almy	49	(5)
Lucius Fairchild	54	(6)
John Gibbon	60	(5)
Bancroft Gherardi	65	(4)
John McAllister Schofield	69	(5)
David McMurtrie Gregg	74	(4)
John Rutter Brooke	78	(6)
Grenville Mellen Dodge	84	(6)
John Coalter Bates	90	(3)
George Wallace Melville	93	(4)
Arthur MacArthur	97	(5)
Arnold Augustus Rand	102	(4)
Thomas Hamlin Hubbard	106	(4)
Louis Kempff	110	(3)
Samuel Baldwin Marks Young	113	(5)
Nelson Appleton Miles	118	(6)
Purnell Frederick Harrington	124	(3)
Robert Means Thompson	127	(4)
Samuel Warren Fountain	131	(4)
George Mason	135	(4)
William Parkinson Wright	139	(3)
John Page Nicholson	142	(3)
Commanders in Chief Who Did Not See Service in the Civil War	145	(2)
Roster of the Original Companions in the MOLLUS	147	(256)
Bibliography	403