This Civil War veteran wears the cap of the Grand Army of the Republic, founded in 1866. The number on his cap signals that his post was 139, located in Scranton, Pennsylvania. This prize-winning amateur photograph 1935 was taken by Mrs. Nathan Klein of Wyoming, Pennsylvania
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My husband’s family is from that area. I’d bet anything my late in-laws knew Mrs. Herbert Klein. Great photo, Mrs. K! My maternal great-great-grandfather joined the Union Army as a teenage drummer boy from Indiana. My mother was bored to tears by his yarns, which unfortunately says much more about her than him.
How many times has this been reposted? Good grief, find something original to post!!