Item: ONSV8544
Original U.S. Civl War Veteran GAR UCV Louisville Canteen
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Original Item: Only One Available. "We Drank From The Same Canteen" Louisville 1861-1895 GAR veterans organization canteen. We Drank From The Same Canteen arched above a U.S. shield breasted spread winged eagle with E Pluribus Unum ribbon banner in beak, arrows & laurel branches in talons. Canteen measures 5.25" in diameter.
Offered in very good used condition with original cork stopper. We believe this canteen was a joint reunion between the GAR The Grand Army of the Republic and The United Confederate Veterans, also known as the UCV. The UCV was a veteran's organization for former Confederate soldiers and sailors of the American Civil War and was equivalent to the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) In 1875, the Confederate and Union veterans first met in reunion at Bunker Hill. In 1881 Union veterans decorated Confederate graves during Mardi Gras in New Orleans as a sign of respect. Between 1881 and 1887, Federal and Confederate veterans held 24 major reunions together. The 50th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg attracted 8,000 Confederate and 44,000 Union veterans. It was common practice for both the GAR and the UCV to produce medals, ribbons, and other assorted memorabilia to commemorate reunions and gatherings. These items are considered collectors items today and are much sought after.
"The same canteen" history:
There appeared in The New York Herald a series of satirical lyrics in the assumed character of an Irish private in the Union Army who rapidly became famous. Charles Graham Halpine (1829-68), a versatile Irish journalist and poet who had been with General Hunter in South Carolina, wrote the poems, which were published subsequently in two volumes as Life and Adventures, Songs, Services and Speeches of Private Miles O’Reilly (1864). THE SAME CANTEEN There are bonds of all sorts in this world of ours,Fetters of friendship and ties of flowers, And true lover’s knots, I ween; The girl and the boy are bound by a kiss,But there’s never a bond, old friend, like this, We have drunk from the same Canteen! It was sometimes water, and sometimes milk,And sometimes apple-jack “fine as silk;” But whatever the tipple has been We shared it together in bane or bliss,And I warm to you, friend, when I think of this, We drank from the same Canteen! The rich and great sit down to dine,They quaff to each other in sparkling wine, From glasses of crystal and green; But I guess in their golden potations they missThe warmth of regard to be found in this, We drank from the same Canteen! We have shared our blankets and tents together,And have marched and fought in all kinds of weather, And hungry and full we have been; Had days of battle and days of rest,But this memory I cling to and love the best, We drank from the same Canteen! For when wounded I lay on the center slope,With my blood flowing fast and so little hope Upon which my faint spirit could lean; Oh! then I remember you crawled to my side,And bleeding so fast it seemed both must have died, We drank from the same Canteen!
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), Marines and the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service who served in the American Civil War. It was founded in 1866 in Springfield, 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, Minnesota.
Linking men through their experience of the war, the G.A.R. became among the first organized advocacy groups in American politics, supporting voting rights for black veterans, promoting patriotic education, helping to make Memorial Day a national holiday, lobbying the United States Congress to establish regular veterans' pensions, and supporting Republican political candidates. Its peak membership, at 410,000, was in 1890, a high point of various Civil War commemorative and monument dedication ceremonies. It was succeeded by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW), composed of male descendants of Union Army and Union Navy veterans.
The Confederate equivalent of the GAR were the United Confederate Veterans.
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