Identified Grand Army of the Republic grouping attributed by its accompanying handwritten provenance to Enos M. Fairchild, a documented Union Civil War veteran.

Independent historical research strongly corroborates the identification. In a sworn affidavit dated May 27, 1916 at White Haven, Pennsylvania, Fairchild personally identified himself as:

Enos M. Fairchild

Private, Company K

194th Pennsylvania Volunteers

The affidavit survives in an official United States government record. Period telephone directories additionally document Enos Fairchild residing on the White Haven rural route in 1912 and 1917.

Historical research also establishes that D. J. Taylor Post No. 113, Grand Army of the Republic, was located at White Haven, Pennsylvania. An 1884 Congressional Record specifically documents a petition submitted by D. J. Taylor Post No. 113 of White Haven. Fairchild's residence and this GAR grouping suggest a possible association with this local post; however, his individual membership in Post 113 has not presently been independently documented and is therefore not represented as established fact.

Included are the GAR membership medal with blue enamel oak-leaf suspension bar, large GAR wreath insignia, 12 GAR uniform buttons in two sizes, two period cases, and the original handwritten provenance identifying the buttons as belonging to Enos M. Fairchild.

The handwritten identification is historical provenance rather than absolute proof that every individual component belonged to Fairchild. However, independent primary-source research confirms that a man of this exact name and location was a Union Civil War veteran of Company K, 194th Pennsylvania Volunteers.