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The Beginning of The American Legion In American history, post-war groups are not new. Both armies developed post-war groups after 1861-1865's Civil War. Former Union troops formed the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), and former Confederates formed the UCV (UCV). Both groups advocated for the Republican (GAR) and Democratic (UCV) parties. After the Spanish-American War in 1898, former soldiers founded the American Veterans of Foreign Service, today called Veterans of Foreign Wars of the Un …