Excerpt from The Grand Army Blue-Book, 1891: Containing the Rules and Regulations of the Grand Army of the Republic, and Official Decisions and Opinions Thereon This was followed by the formation of Post No. 2, at Spring field, and Posts were thereafter rapidly established throughout Illinois and in the States of Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, and Missouri. A Department Convention was held at Springfield on July 1866, and General John M. Palmer was elected Department Commander. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.