Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Holman Melcher of Topsham joined the 20th Maine as a corporal, was later promoted to captain, and was brevetted as a major. This Grand Army of the Republic badge indicated his membership in the Portland Bosworth Post of the veterans' organization.
After the war, he was a wholesale grocer in Portland and was active in the GAR and other civic groups. Melcher served as Portland's mayor in 1889 and 1890.
About This Item
- Title: Holman Melcher GAR badge, Portland, ca. 1870
- Creator: G.B. Braxmar, New York
- Creation Date: circa 1870
- Subject Date: circa 1870
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Metal
- Dimensions: 7.6 cm x 2.5 cm
- Local Code: A78-36-2
- Object Type: Physical Object
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Badges
- Fraternal organizations--Maine
- Grand Army of the Republic. Bosworth Post No. 2 (Portland, Me.)
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans
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(207) 774-1822 x230
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