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MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES

War Papers


The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS) War Papers book series, containing 70 volumes in all, are comprised of first-hand accounts written by men who were active participants in the Civil War. A general index to the series can be found at War Papers Volume Index .

We have recently discovered that GoogleTM and later American Libraries have begun a program to digitize all the volumes of the original MOLLUS War Papers. We currently have several of the digitized volumes linked below. Prior to our knowledge that Google and later American Libraries were digitizing the books, we were having the individual papers from the Commandery War paper volumes transcribed (a very long and labor intensive project). Several of the individual pages that have been completed are also presented below. As Google or American Libraries transcribes additional Commandery War paper Volumes, we will link to them.

The original goal of the MOLLUS Commandery-in-Chief with the individual War Paper transcriptions was to make these first hand historical Civil War accounts from our Original Companions readily available to the public for free. We applaud GoogleTM and American Libraries for their farsightedness with their book digitization program, and in particular with their program as it relates to our War Paper Volumes.


CALIFORNIA COMMANDERY

THE KINDRED ORGANIZATIONS; THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI AND THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES
By Captain Thomas Mitchell, 198th Pennsylvania Infantry USV. Paper read before the California Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, January 18, 1889. Transcribed by Douglas R. Niermeyer, Past Commander-in-Chief, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (November 2005)

"SHILOH" SEEN BY A PRIVATE SOLDIER
By Captain Warren Olney, 65th U.S. Colored Infantry. Paper read before the California Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, May 31, 1889. Transcribed by Douglas R. Niermeyer, Past Commander-in-Chief, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (November 2005)

NAGGING THE SOUTH
By Captain Warren Olney, 65th U.S. Colored Infantry. Paper read before the California Commandery, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, November 20, 1896. Transcribed by Douglas R. Niermeyer, Past Commander-in-Chief, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (November 2005)

THE MONITOR "CATSKILL" A YEAR'S REMINISCENCES 1863-1864
By Ex. Commander Oscar Walter Farenholt, Rear Admiral U.S. Navy. Paper read at the Banquet of the California Commandery, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, January 17, 1912. Transcribed by Douglas R. Niermeyer, Commander, Missouri Commandery, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (November 2005)

FROM ORDINARY SEAMAN TO REAR ADMIRAL
By Ex. Commander Oscar Walter Farenholt, Rear Admiral U.S. Navy. Paper read Before the California Commandery, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, April 22, 1910. Transcribed by Douglas R. Niermeyer, Commander, Missouri Commandery, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (July 2005)

COLORADO COMMANDERY

ABRAHAM LINCOLN
By The Honorable George H. Yeaman. An address before the Commandery of the State of Colorado of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, February 13, 1899. Transcribed by Douglas R. Niermeyer, Past Commander-in-Chief, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States and the Reverend Barry Howard, Member of the Council-in-Chief, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (January 2006)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMANDERY

THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
By E.P. Halstead, Brevet Major, U.S. Volunteers. Paper read before the District of Columbia Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, March 2, 1887. Transcribed by Thomas J. Ebert (November 2006)

THE LAST DAYS OF THE REBEL IRON-CLAD MERIMAC AND OCCUPATION OF NORFOLK, AS SEEN FROM THE USS SUSQUEHANNA
By Acting Master Alfred L. B. DiZerega, USN. Paper read before the District of Columbia Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, February 3, 1897. Transcribed by Douglas R. Niermeyer, Past Commander-in-Chief, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (January 2006)

THE EXPEDITION FOR THE CAPTURE OF THE FORTS AT PORT ROYAL NOVEMBER 7, 1861, AS SEEN FROM THE USS SUSQUEHANNA
By Acting Master Alfred L. B. DiZerega, USN. Paper read before the District of Columbia Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, March 2, 1900. Transcribed by Douglas R. Niermeyer, Past Commander-in-Chief, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (January 2006)

ILLINOIS COMMANDERY

MILITARY ESSAYS AND RECOLLECTIONS. PAPERS READ BEFORE THE ILLINOIS COMMANDERY OF THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES, VOLUME 1, 1891 (Complete Volume Digitized by Google 2007)

MILITARY ESSAYS AND RECOLLECTIONS. PAPERS READ BEFORE THE ILLINOIS COMMANDERY OF THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES, VOLUME 2, 1894 (Complete Volume Digitized by Google 2007)

MILITARY ESSAYS AND RECOLLECTIONS. PAPERS READ BEFORE THE ILLINOIS COMMANDERY OF THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES, VOLUME 3, 1899 (Complete Volume Digitized by Google 2007)

MEMORIALS OF DECEASED COMPANIONS OF THE ILLINOIS COMMANDERY OF THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES FROM MAY 8, 1897 WHEN THE COMMANDERY WAS INSTITUTED TO JULY 1, 1901, VOLUME 6 (Memorial Volume 1), 1901 (Complete Volume Digitized by American Libraries 2009)

MEMORIALS OF DECEASED COMPANIONS OF THE ILLINOIS COMMANDERY OF THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES FROM JULY 1, 1912 TO DECEMBER 21, 1911, VOLUME 7 (Memorial Volume 2), 1912 (Complete Volume Digitized by American Libraries 2009)

MEMORIALS OF DECEASED COMPANIONS OF THE ILLINOIS COMMANDERY OF THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES FROM JANUARY 1, 1912 TO DECEMBER 21, 1922, VOLUME 8 (Memorial Volume 3), 1923 (Complete Volume Digitized by American Libaries 2009)

INDIANA COMMANDERY

WAR PAPERS READ BEFORE THE INDIANA COMMANDERY OF THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES , VOLUME 1, 1898 (Complete Volume Digitized by American Libraries 2009)


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