The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of The United States

Loyal Legion Vignettes

To read or view Vignettes that mention specific state chapters of MOLLUS, click on the state below. Otherwise see the “Full List of Vignettes” in the lower section of this page to browse all Vignettes (in chronological order).

California

Connecticut

Washington D.C.

Florida

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Massachusetts

Michigan

Missouri

New York

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Tennessee

Texas

Virginia

Wisconsin

Full List of Vignettes

1999

BRIGADIER GENERAL THOMAS HAMLIN HUBBARD, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF 1913 – 1915, Published July 1999

JAMES HARMON WARD, THE UNITED STATES’ FIRST NAVAL OFFICER CASUALTY OF THE CIVIL WAR, Published August 1999

LT COL EDWARD GEORGE FAHNESTOCK MINNESOTA COMMANDERY, INSIGNIA 13871, Published November 1999

NOTABLE HUNGARIANS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE CIVIL WAR, Published December 1999

2000

THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION 135 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE NATION, Published February 2000

OFFICERS OF HISPANIC DESCENT IN THE UNION ARMY, Published May 2000

2001

ANOTHER LINCOLN BOY by George Ruehle, Published February 2001

SOME NOTES ON THE LIFE AND CAREER OF MAJOR-GENERAL JULIUS STAHEL Insignia #1491 New York Commandery Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States: Part 1, Published July 2001

EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO AND INCLUDING BRIGADIER GENERAL T.E.G. RANSOM’S DEATH AT THE BERRYHILL HOUSE, ROME, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 29, 1864 By Lieutenant Joseph D. Tredway, Staff of Late Brigadier General Ransom, Published July 2001

THE VERMONT BOY WHO VOLUNTEERED IN 1861, SERVED BRAVELY, WAS WOUNDED GRIEVOUSLY, AND DIED FOR THE UNION (Eulogy of General T.E.G. Ransom Given Before Ransom Post No. 131 Grand Army of the Republic, St. Louis, Missouri, June 20, 1884) By General W.T. Sherman, Published July 2001

2002

1ST LIEUTENANT GEORGE KELLOGG DAUCHY, 12TH BATTERY NEW YORK LIGHT ARTILLERY USV (1829 New York – 1912 Illinois) Original Member of the Illinois Commandery, Published February 2002

LIEUTENANT COMMANDER MOSES SHERWOOD STUYVESANT, U.S. NAVY (1841 Indiana – 1906 Missouri) Original Member of the Missouri Commandery, Published February 2002

2003

THE CONFEDERATE MARINE CORPS: THEY ALSO SERVED, Published April 2003

JOHN BROWN AT HARPERS FERRY: MARINES ANSWER THE CALL, Published April 2003

ARTHUR MACARTHUR: SHORT OF MEMORY, LONG OF SHADOW, Published April 2003

AN INSIGHT INTO PROFESSOR CHAMBERLAIN’S PHILOSOPHY AND ITS APPLICATION TO CURRENT THREATS FACING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE WORLD, Published May 2003

2004

SURGEON AND BVT LT COL HORACE WARDNER, 12TH ILLINOIS INFANTRY, U.S. VOLUNTEERS (1829 New York – 1905 Indiana) Original Member of the Illinois Commandery Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Published February 2004

BREVET LIEUTENANT COLONEL MARTIN L. BUNDY (1817 North Carolina – ?) Member of the Indiana Commandery, Published March 2004

MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON DEITZLER, KSM, BG USV (1826 Pennsylvania – 1884 Arizona) Original Member of the California Commandery, Published April 2004

LIEUTENANT COLONEL HENRY HARTFORD (1837 Ireland – 1919 Kansas), Published April 2004

Civil War Monument Service of Rededication 2003, Published November 2004

MAJOR JOHN CONLINE (1846 Vermont – 1916 Washington D.C.) Original Member of the Michigan Commandery, Insignia Number 4926, Published November 2004

2005

MICHIGAN MONUMENT AT ANDERSONVILLE PRISON REDEDICATED, Published February 2005

LIEUTENANT COLONEL GEORGE AUGUSTUS PURINGTON, USA (1838 Ohio – 1896 Illinois) Original Member of the Missouri Commandery, Published February 2005

ARBA N. WATERMAN, LIEUTENANT COLONEL, 100TH ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS Insignia Number 2174, Original Member of the Illinois Commandery, Published April 2005

REAR ADMIRAL OSCAR WALTER FARENHOLT, USN (1843 Texas – 1920 California) Insignia Number 6503, Original Member of the California Commandery, Published July 2005

REVOLUTIONARY WAR CANNONS OF THE HMS ACTAEON DISPLAYED AT THE LAFAYETTE PARK IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, Published August 2005

BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN CHARLES BLACK, COLONEL, 37TH ILLINOIS INFANTRY, USV (1839 Mississippi – 1915 Illinois) Insignia Number 3696, Original Member of the Illinois Commandery, 37th Commander-in-Chief, Grand Army of the Republic (1903/1904), Published August 2005

CAPTAIN LEO RASSIEUR, 30TH MISSOURI INFANTRY, USV (1844 Prussia – 1929 Missouri) Insignia Number 8903, Original Member of the Missouri Commandery, 34th Commander-in-Chief, Grand Army of the Republic (1900/1901), Published August 2005

1ST LIEUTENANT AND ADJUTANT HARVEY MARION TRIMBLE, 93RD ILLINOIS INFANTRY, USV (1842 Ohio – 1918 Illinois) Insignia Number 12893, Original Member of the Illinois Commandery, 45th Commander-in-Chief, Grand Army of the Republic (1911/1912), Published August 2005

GETTYSBURG JULY 1963 PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS by G. Hall Todd, Chaplain, Pennsylvania Commandery, Published September 2005

2006

LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN POPE BAKER, USA (1838 Illinois – 1907 Missouri) Original Member of the Missouri Commandery, Published January 2006

MAJOR JOHN WESLEY EMERSON, 47TH MISSOURI INFANTRY USV (1832 Massachusetts – 1899 Missouri) Original Member of the Missouri Commandery, Published January 2006

ACTING MASTER ALFRED LUBAUGH BERNIER DI ZEREGA USN (1838 New York – 1920 Virginia) Original Member of the District of Columbia Commandery, Published February 2006

LIEUTENANT GENERAL ADNA ROMANZA CHAFFEE SR., USA (1842 Ohio – 1914 California) Original Member of the District of Columbia Commandery, Published April 2006

MAJOR GENERAL ADNA ROMANZA CHAFFEE JR., USA (1884 Kansas – 1941 Massachusetts) Hereditary Member of the District of Columbia Commandery, Published April 2006

LIEUTENANT COLONEL DAVID WALKER WEAR, 45TH MISSOURI INFANTRY UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS (1843 Missouri – 1896 Missouri) AND 1ST SERGEANT JAMES HUTCHINSON WEAR, 52ND ENROLLED MISSOURI MILITIA (1838 Missouri – 1893 Missouri), Published June 2006

COMMANDER SAMUEL DANA GREENE, USN (1840 Maryland – 1884 New Hampshire), Published July 2006

ISAAC BOWMAN SECOND LIEUTENANT, 210th PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS (1837 Pennsylvania – 1881 Pennsylvania), Published July 2006

COLONEL AUSTIN AUGUSTUS KING JR., 13TH MISSOURI CAVALRY UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS (1841 Missouri – 1886 Missouri), Published July 2006

REAR ADMIRAL GEORGE BEALL BALCH JR. (1821 Tennessee – 1908 North Carolina) Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Maryland (1879 – 1881) Insignia Number 702, Original Member of the Maryland Commandery Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Published September 2006

MAJOR GENERAL OLIVER OTIS HOWARD, USA (1830 Maine – 1909 Vermont) Founder and President of Howard University (1869-1874) Founder and President of Lincoln Memorial University (1895) Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point (1881–1882) Insignia Number 3808, Original Member of the Vermont Commandery, Published September 2006

CAPTAIN NELSON THOMASSON, COMPANY E, 5TH INFANTRY, USA (1839 Kentucky – 1933 Illinois) Insignia Number 5136, Original Member of the Illinois Commandery, Published September 2006

REAR ADMIRAL STEPHEN BLEECKER LUCE SR., USN (1827 New York – 1917 Rhode Island) Founder and First Superintendent of the Naval War College (1884-1886) Insignia Number 13113, Original Member of the New York Commandery, Published October 2006

LIEUTENANT COLONEL CURWEN BOYD MCLELLAN, 1ST U.S. CAVALRY (1829 Scotland – 1898 Missouri) Insignia Number 10051, Original Member of the Missouri Commandery, Published October 2006

WITNESS! Kilburn Knox and the Trial of the Lincoln Assassination Conspirators, Published October 2006

CHIEF ENGINEER HENRY CLAY MCILVAINE, USN (1838 Pennsylvania – 1900 Pennsylvania) Insignia Number 525, Original Member of the Pennsylvania Commandery, Published October 2006

REAR ADMIRAL DAVID M. KINDLEBERGER, USN (1834 Ohio – 1921 New York), Published November 2006

REAR ADMIRAL CHARLES HENRY POOR, USN (1808 Massachusetts – 1882 Washington DC), Published November 2006

2007

MAJOR & ADC JUILUS PITZMAN, FIRST DIVISION MSM, U.S. VOLUNTEERS CAPTAIN 6TH MISSOURI INFANTRY, U.S. VOLUNTEERS Insignia Number 6552, Original Companion of of the Missouri Commandery (1837 Hallerstadt, Germany – 1923 St. Louis, Missouri), Published January 2007

2008

BREVET MAJOR GENERAL REGIS de TROBRIAND, U.S. VOLUNTEERS (1816 France – 1897 New York), Published January 2008

A PARABLE FOR FATHERS: A LOYAL DAUGHTER’S STORY OF A LOYAL LEGION MAN (AKA: A PARABLE FOR FATHERS)** By Julia Francis Wood (1880 – 1935), Published March 2008

MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES (Presention to the 123rd National Congress Banquet) Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Published October 18, 2008

2009

CLARK OF THE OREGON, Published July 2009

MAJOR GENERAL JOSEPH WARREN KEIFER USV (Spanish American War) BVT MG, BVT BG USV, COLONEL OHIO INFANTRY USV (Civil War) (1836 Ohio – 1932 Ohio) Original Companion, Ohio Commandery, Insignia Number 2484, Published November 2009

2012

US PARTICIPATES IN MEXICO’S CINCO DE MAYO SESQUICENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION, Published May 2012

2015

HUNGARIAN COMPANIONS OF THE FIRST CLASS IN THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES, Published July 2015