The Military Order of he Loyal Legion of the United States, or MOLLUS or the Loyal Legion, was formed after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln on April 15, 1865. It consisted of former officers in the armed services.
To belong to MOLLUS today, you have to trace a blood relationship to an ancestor who was a Union officers (like the South's Order of the Stars and Bars).
On October 17-19 they wil be having their Annual Congress in Gettysburg. This weekend, tomorrow to be exact, April 12th, they are having a ceremony at Lincoln's Tomb in Springfield, Illinois. I should note that next week, the Illinois Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans is having its annual convention in Springfield as well. I wonder what might have happened if the two groups had been in town the same weekend?
MOLLUS has an excellent website which includes a very thorough search engine. I found out that Admiral George Dewey of Spanish-American War fame was at Fort Fisher as the executive officer on board the USS Colorado. Also, that there is or was something called the Fort Fisher Command. I'll have to see if I can find something else about that.
It is now a oart od the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
www.suvcw.org/mollus/mollus.htm
So, Now You Know. --Blockade-Runner
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