In a message dated 8/26/2003 2:25:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Court57M@aol.com writes: > I remember seeing my GreatGrandfathers GAR belt buckle lying on the window > sill in my Grandad's workshop ----- softended rectangle with just the bold > seperate letters GAR ----- > Friends: The "Grand Army of the Republic" was the name attached to the group of Veterans of the Army of the Potomac (the North). GAR was not the name of the Union Army during the war. smiles to ya, JES