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Theodore A. Penland<br>The Last Commander-in-Chief of the G.A.R.

Taken: Circa 1949
Caption: Theodore A. Penland
The Last Commander-in-Chief of the G.A.R.

Additional Description: Theodore A. Penland, was the Last Commander-in-Chief of the G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic - Union Civil War Veterans Association). He was one of the last seventeen Civil War Veterans (both North and South) alive in 1949 at 101 years old. He joined the Union Army at 16 years old. Even in the 1860’s you needed to be 18 years old to join the Army and after being turned down several times, he placed two pieces of paper in the soles of his shoes and told the Recruiters “I am over 18 now.” His father John Penland died at the Battle of Stones River Campaign, near Murfreesboro, TN.
Submitted: November 27, 2008, by Richard Wilton Penland of Vicenza, Italy.
Database Locator Identification Number: p44894
File Size: 0.432 Megabytes

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