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Scarce partly-printed DS, signed "P. H. Sheridan," one page, 16.75 x 12.75, no date. Handsomely engraved “Society of the Army of the Potomac” certificate acknowledging that “Edward B. Robins, 1st Lt. Bvt. Capt. 20th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, First Brigade, Second Division, Second Corps is a Member of the Society of the Army of the Potomac." Signed at the conclusion by Philip H. Sheridan as society president, and countersigned by Secretary W. C. Church. In fine condition.
The Society of the Army of the Potomac was a military society founded in 1869 that was composed of officers and enlisted men who served with the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. Lieutenant General Philip Sheridan was elected as its first president, and a total of 12 vice presidents were also elected, representing 10 corps that served with the army as well as the artillery and the general staff. As the Society did not provide for hereditary membership, the Society gradually diminished as the veterans of the Civil War died off during the early twentieth century. By 1906, the Society had diminished to only 350 members. It held its last annual reunion in 1927.
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