Civil War Double Breasted Gar Officers Frock Coat

Beautiful condition, Civil War Veterans GAR Grand Army of the Republic Officers Double Breasted Frock Coat. The coat is in excellent condition having a 6 button front and is made of midnight blue wool that is fully lined in black silk with one internal pocket. Tunic is roughly a size 38. Excellent. The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army (United States Army), Union Navy (U.S. Navy), and the Marines who served in the American Civil War. It was founded in 1866 in Decatur, Illinois, and grew to include hundreds of "posts" (local community units) across the nation (predominantly in the North, but also a few in the South and West). It was dissolved in 1956 at the death of its last member, Albert Woolson (1850–1956) of Duluth, Min...