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Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Museum and Library Attraction Details
Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Museum and Library
The G.A.R. Civil War Museum includes the Ruan House Library, which houses a 2,000-volume archive. This collection includes original Harper's Weekly and Philadelphia Inquirer newspapers for the entire war. Magazines, regimental and unit histories, the Official Record of the War of the Rebellion, and other Civil War volumes round out this collection.

Address:
4278 Griscom St.
Philadelphia, PA 19124

Phone: 215-289-6484

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