Last Civil War Veteran in Bradford County PA
On April 22, 1942, JOHN HORTON TEETER was laid to rest in the Teeter Family Cemetery. In 2023, on the 81st anniversary of that day, Private Silas Gore Camp #141 of the Penna. Dept of the Sons of Union Veterans dedicated a plaque to commemorate the event.
our mission
The Private Silas Gore Camp #141
has dedicated itself to caring for all things Civil War related
that are within our grasp. To that extent, we adhere to
the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War’s guidelines in that we:
(1) perpetuate the memory of the Grand Army of the Republic and of the men who saved the Union in 1861 to 1865;
(2) assist in every practicable way in preserving, and making available for research,
documents and records pertaining to the Grand Army of the Republic and its members;
(3) cooperate in honoring all those who have served our country patriotically in any war;
(4) teach patriotism, the duties of citizenship, the true history of our country, and the love and honor of our flag;
(5) oppose every tendency or movement that would weaken loyalty to, destroy, or impair our constitutional Union; and
(6) inculcate and broadly sustain the American principles of representative government, equal rights, and impartial justice for all.
(from National SUVCW)