From collection Mount Desert Island Historical Society - Grand Army of the Republic
Charles B. Gilley, GAR Post application
Application for membership, James Parker Post, GAR. Received gunshot wounds; resection left forearm. "Gradual loss of sight up to 1873; since then total blindness."
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MDIHS: Sound School House Row 1 Unit 1 Shelf 4, Folder #12a, Archival Box #80
Charles B. Gilley, GAR Application