OLD CIVIL WAR WI CRAZY QUILT GAR RIBBONS CAPTAIN SAM VAN SANT MN IL 9th CAVALRY

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A turn of the 19th century crazy quilt remnant with original GAR ribbons measuring approximately 16 x 16 inches. Thanks for looking. Samuel Van Sant (May 11, 1844 – October 3, 1936) was an American politician.  Born in Rock Island, Illinois, he served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from January 1893 to January 1897 and served as Speaker of the House. Van Sant served as the 15th Governor of Minnesota from January 7, 1901 to January 4, 1905, the first to serve a four-year term. He was a member of the Republican party.  He was a proud Civil War veteran with service in the 9th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, and was commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic from 1909 to 1910. He was known to his friends as "Captain Sam."  He died in 1936 aged 92 in Attica, Indiana.