The last hurrah for both organizations came at Gettysburg in 1913 when 54,000 veterans attended the 1913 Anniversary celebration and Grand Reunion, and both organizations formally joined in a singular purpose of national unification and peace. held powerful influence in political circles from 1878 through the turn of the century, but their influence faded as veterans in congress retired and passed out of politics. Many veterans wrote articles, stories, and poems for the magazines of both organizations. chapters met over reunion campfires retelling stories and recalling the friends who did not return. Northern veterans joined the Grand Army of the Republic and Confederate veterans enrolled in the United Confederate Veterans. In the decade following the end of the Civil War, organizations of veterans of the North and South were formed. Former soldiers returned to the farms and stores they had left so long ago, but the memories of their service and old comrades did not disappear quite so rapidly. Armies were disbanded and regiments mustered out of service. The end of the war in 1865 brought a welcome peace, especially for the men who served as soldiers.

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