Gotfried Reiche (1848-1940) served as a drummer boy in the Civil War. In 1916 he was elected commander of the Montana Department of the Grand Army of the Republic, and in 1933 custodian of its records. He was appointed to the Board of Managers of the Montana Soldier's Home in 1932. This collection (1894-1953) consists of incoming correspondence, financial records, clippings, and miscellany of Gotfried I. Reiche and his wife Lena Reiche.