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Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary

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Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s)

PLEASE NOTE: The GAR Post History section is a work in progress (begun 2013). More data will be added at a future date.000 (Department) N/A N/A PA Org. 16 January

1867

Dis. 1947 Provisional Department organized 22 November 1866. Permanent

Department 16 January 1867 with 19 Posts. The Department

closed in 1947, and its remaining members were transferred to "at

large" status.

Beath, 1889; Carnahan, 1893;

National Encampment

Proceedings, 1948

001 GEN George G. Meade Philadelphia Philadelphia PA MG George Gordon Meade (1815-

1872), famous Civil War leader.

Wetherill House, Sansom Street

above Sixth (1866); Home Labor

League Rooms, 114 South Third

Street (1866-67); NE cor. Broad

and Arch Streets (1867); NE cor.

Tenth and Chestnut Streets

(1867); 1316 Chestnut Street

(1867); 809 & 811 Chestnut

Street (1869); Parkway Building

(1913)

Chart'd 16 Oct.

1866; Must'd 17

Oct. 1866

Originally chartered by National HQ. It was first commanded by

COL McMichael. Its seniority was challenged by other Posts

named No. 1 in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. It was found to be

the ranking Post in the Department and retained its name as Post

No. 1. It adopted George G. Meade as its namesake on 8 Jan.

1873. President Ulysses S. Grant became a member of this Post

on 16 May 1877, and remained a member until his death.

Beath, 1889; History of the

George G. Meade Post No.

One, 1889; Philadelphia in the

Civil War, 1913

001 002 Post No. 1 (later changed) Philadelphia Philadelphia PA No namesake. Known only by its

number.

Chart'd 29 Oct.

1866

Originally chartered by the Department of Wisconsin as Post No.

1. It was first commanded by COL Mitchell. When its seniority

was challenged by a Post No. 1 in Pittsburgh and the other Post

No. 1 in Philadelphia, its rank was reassigned to No. 2.

Beath, 1889

001 003 Post No. 1 (later changed) Pittsburgh Allegheny PA No namesake. Known only by its

number.

Apollo Building, 4th Street (1867) Chart'd 3 Nov.

1866

Original Charter issued by National HQ. The Post was renamed

Post, No.3 when its seniority was challenged by the other Posts

named No. 1. It later became GEN Alexander Hays Post, No. 3.

Pittsburgh Daily Commercial,

16 Oct. 1867; Beath, 1889

002 001 Post No. 2 Philadelphia Philadelphia PA No namesake. Known only by its

number.

667-669 N. Twelfth Street (1913) Chart'd 29 Oct.

1866

Originally charted as Post No. 1, chartered by the Department of

Wisconsin. Its seniority was challenged by two other Posts, and

its rank was changed to No. 2. It continued to use the name Post

No. 2 for the remainder of its existence.

Beath, 1889; Philadelphia in

the Civil War, 1913


number.

Chart'd Nov. 1866 Original Charter issued by National HQ. The Post was renamed

Post No. 4 when its seniority was challenged. It was a short-lived

Post.

Beath, 1889


number.

Chart'd 7 Nov.

1866

Organized in 3rd Ward. The Post was renamed Post No. 5 when

its seniority was questioned. It later became GEN U. S. Grant

Post, No. 5.

Beath, 1889


number.

Chart'd 16 Nov.

1866

Organized in 22nd Ward. The Post was renamed Post No. 6

when its seniority was questioned. It later became Ellis Post, No.

6.

Beath, 1889


number.

Chart'd 19 Nov.

1866

Organized in 18th Ward. The Post was renamed Post No. 7 when

its seniority was questioned. It later became CPT William S.

Newhall Post, No. 7.

Beath, 1889


number.

Chart'd Nov. 1866 Originally chartered as Post No. 2 in Pittsburgh. It was a short-

lived Post. Its members were mainly transferred to Post No. 3 in

Pittsburgh.005 008 Post No. 5 (later changed) Philadelphia Philadelphia PA No namesake. Known only by its

number.

Chart'd 20 Nov.

1866

Organized in 19th Ward. The Post was renamed Post No. 8 when

its seniority was questioned. It later became GEN E. D. Baker

Post, No. 8.

Beath, 1889

003 001 GEN Alexander Hays Pittsburgh Allegheny PA BG Alexander Hays (1819-1864),

famous Civil War leader, KIA at

Wilderness, VA, on 5 May 1864.

Resident of Pittsburg, local hero.

Chart'd 3 Nov.

1866

Originally chartered as Post No. 1 in Pittsburgh. Thirteen charter

members.

Beath, 1889; Courier-Journal

(Louisville, KY), 9 Sept. 1895

004 MAJ John B. Keenan Greensburg Westmoreland PA MAJ John B. Keenan (1832-

1864), 11th PA Inf., KIA at Laurel

Hill (Spotsylvania Court House),

VA, on 8 May 1864. Resident of

Westmoreland County, local hero.

Org. 18 Apr. 1874 Name changed

April 1880

Organized as MAJ John B. Keenan Post, No. 4, in Greensburg in

1874, being the first GAR Post in Westmoreland County. The

Post headquarters was moved to Latrobe in April 1880 and the

name changed to P. A. Williams Post, No. 4. See entry for P. A.

Williams Post, No. 4.

Albert, 1882, History of the

County of Westmoreland, vol. 1

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004 P. A. Williams Latrobe Westmoreland PA SGT Patrick A. Williams (1843-

1862), Co. K, 53rd PA Inf., KIA at

Fair Oaks, VA, on 1 June 1862.

Resident of Latrobe and first

soldier from Latrobe to die in the

Civil War, local hero.

Org. 18 Apr. 1874 Name changed from MAJ John B. Keenan Post, No. 4, in April

1880.

Albert, 1882, History of the

County of Westmoreland, vol.

1; headstone, Sgt. Patrick A.

Williams

005 002 GEN U. S. Grant Philadelphia Philadelphia PA GEN Ulysses Simpson Grant

1822-1885), famous Civil War

leader, later US President.

1706 South Street (1913) Chart'd 7 Nov.

1866

Originally chartered as Post No. 2, 3rd Ward, Philadelphia. The

Post established a cadet corps in the late 1870's, which was one

of the organizations to eventually consolidate as the SUVCW.


the Civil War, 1913

006 003 Ellis Germantown Philadelphia PA PVT John Ellis (1839-1861), Co.

H, 3rd NJ Inf., accidentally shot

while on sentry duty at Camp

Olden, Trenton, NJ, on 17 July

1861. First soldier from

Germantown killed in the Civil

War, local hero.

Town Hall (1899, 1913) Chart'd 16 Nov.

1866

Originally chartered as Post No. 3, 22nd Ward, Philadelphia. Beath, 1889; Philadelphia in

the Civil War, 1913;

Stackhouse, 2010,

Germantown in the Civil War

007 004 CPT Walter S. Newhall Philadelphia Philadelphia PA CPT Walter Symonds Newhall

(1841-1863), Co. A, 3rd PA Cav.,

accidentally drowned at

Rappahannock Station, VA, on 18

Dec. 1863, while attempting to

ford the river on horseback.

Dicke's Hall, Eyre Street (1899);

Girard Ave. and Eyre Street

(1913)

Chart'd 19 Nov.

1866

Originally chartered as Post No. 4, 18th Ward, Philadelphia Beath, 1889; Philadelphia in

the Civil War, 1913

008 005 GEN E. D. Baker Philadelphia Philadelphia PA COL Edward Dickinson Baker

(1811-1861), KIA at Ball's Bluff,

VA, 20 October 1861. Resident of

Philadelphia. Buried in San

Francisco. Promoted to BG, but

didn't accept appointment.

1417 Columbia Ave. Chart'd 20 Nov.

1866

Originally chartered as Post No. 5, 19th Ward, Philadelphia. In

1888, this Post adopted a plan to accept "contributing members"

who were "worthy and liberal citizens" who didn't qualify for regular

membership in the GAR.

National Tribune, 10 May 1888;


the Civil War, 1913

009 CPL Skelly Gettysburg Adams PA CPL Johnston H. Skelly, Jr. ( ? -

1863), Co. F, 87th PA Inf., died 12

July 1863 at Winchester, VA, from

wounds received there on 16

June 1863. Resident of

Gettysburg, local hero.

Org. 1867 Dis. 1930 The Post Hall is still in use as a public meeting place, located at 53

E.Middle Street in Gettysburg.

Historic Gettysburg Adams

County website, 2016

010 LT John T. Greble Philadelphia Philadelphia PA LTC John Trout Greble (1834-

1861), 2nd US Lt. Art. KIA at Big

Bethel, VA, on 10 June 1861.

721 Wharton Street Philadelphia in the Civil War,

1913

011 GEN S. K. Zook Norristown Montgomery PA BG (Bvt. MG) Samuel Kosciuszko

Zook (1821-1863), famous Civil

War leader. Died 3 July 1863 at

Gettysburg, PA, from wounds

received there on 2 July 1863.

Org. 12 Dec.

1866; Chart'd 1

Dec. 1866; Must'd

14 Dec. 1866

Thirteen charter members. History of Montgomery County,

1884

012 Hetty A. Jones Roxborough Philadelphia PA Hetty Ann Jones (1807-1864),

beloved Civil War nurse, died of

disease in her tent at City Point,

VA, on 21 Dec. 1864.

One of only two Pennsylvania Posts named in honor of a woman.

013 Yeager Allentown Lehigh PA MAJ Thomas Yeager (1825-

1862), KIA at Fair Oaks, VA, on 1


Allentown, local hero.

Org. 10 Dec.

1866; Re-org. 24

Oct. 1874

Nineteen charter members (1866). Twenty charter members

(1874). One of the first organizers of a "cadet corps," which

ultimately became the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.

History of the Counties of

Lehigh and Carbon, 1884

014 COL Ulrich Dahlgren Philadelphia Philadelphia PA COL Ulric Dahlgren (1842-1864),

US Vols. Aide-de-Camp, killed in

an unsuccessful raid on

Richmond, VA, on 2 March 1864.

Son of ADM John A. Dahlgren.

2434 Kensington Ave. (1913) Philadelphia in the Civil War,

1913

015 GEN G. K. Warren Manayunk Philadelphia PA MG Gouverneur Kemble Warren

(1830-1882), famous Civil War

leader.

Carson Street (1913) Philadelphia in the Civil War,

1913

016 McLean Reading Berks PA LTC Joseph A. McLean (1823-

1862), 88th PA Inf., KIA at 2nd

Bull Run, VA, on 30 August 1862.

Local hero, a cenotaph was

erected in his honor in Charles

Evans Cem., Reading.

Org. 17 Dec.

1866; Chart'd 15

Feb. 1867;

Charter corrected

1 Feb. 1868

Twenty-nine charter members. The namesake of the Post was

selected at a meeting on 19 July 1869.

Reading Eagle, 19 March

1916, p. 7 (McLean Post

history)



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017 CPT George J. Lawrence Minersville Schuylkill PA CPT George J. Lawrence ( ? -

1863), Co. A, 129th PA Inf., died

4 Jan. 1863 at Washington, D.C.,

from wounds received at

Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 Dec.

1862. Native of Schuylkill County,

local hero.

018 COL William L. Curry Philadelphia Philadelphia PA LTC William L. Curry ( ? -1864),

106th PA Inf., died 7 July 1864


Spotsylvania Court House, VA, on

11 May 1864. Buried South

Laurel Hill Cem., Philidelphia.

317 N. Twentieth Street (1913) Philadelphia in the Civil War,

1913

019 COL Fred. Taylor Philadelphia Philadelphia PA COL Charles Frederick "Fred"

Taylor (1840-1863), 42nd PA Inf.,

KIA at Gettysburg, PA, on 2 July

1863.

1431 Brown Street (1913) Org. Jan. 1867 National Tribune, 12 Jan. 1888;

History of "The Bucktails,"

1906; Philadelphia in the Civil

War, 1913

020 Robinson Hazleton Luzerne PA Reportedly for CPT Isaac

Robinson, KIA at the Battle of

Cedar Creek, VA. Details of his

service are not known. He was a

relative of the local Pardee family.

IOOF Hall; later Smith, Deisroth &

Lauderburn Building; Hazle Hall

Chart'd 26 Dec.

1866; Must'd (?) 2

Jan. 1867

Hazleton Standard-Speaker, 20

June 1963; History of Luzerne,

Lackawanna, and Wyoming

Counties, 1880; Yearbook of

the Pennsylvania Society, 1918

021 Courtland Saunders Philadelphia Philadelphia PA CPT Courtland Saunders (1840-

1862), Co. G, 118th PA Inf., KIA

at Shepherstown, VA, on 20 Sept.

1862. From a prominent

Philadelphia family, buried at

Woodlands Cem., Philadelphia.

Thirty-ninth Street, above Market

Street (1913)

Philadelphia in the Civil War,

1913

022 Goodrich Danville Montour PA 1LT Maximillian B. Goodrich, Co.

H, 93rd PA Inf., died 14 June

1864 from a severe leg wound

received 5 May 1864 in the Battle

of the Wilderness. Resident of

Montour County. Local hero.

Org. June 1870;

re-org. 22 Apr.

1879

Dis. June 1873 An earlier Post at Danville was in existence as early as 2 Febuary

1867. Its number isn't known. It met in the Assembly Buildings.

Sunbury American, 2 Feb.

1867; History of Columbia and

Montour Counties, PA

023 Gowen Pottsville Schuylkill PA

024 Post No. 24 Chambersburg Franklin PA No namesake. Known only by its

number.

024 ADM Dupont Philadelphia Philadelphia PA Rear ADM Samuel Francis Du

Pont (1803-1865), famous Civil

war naval leader, died while

visiting Philadelphia.

Broad and Federal Streets (1913) Dis. 1926 Dept. Proceedings, 1927;


1913

025 Wilde Chester Delaware PA 2LT Isaac Edward Wilde (1842-

1864), Co. H, 188th PA Inf.

(formed from extra men of the 3rd

PA Heavy Art.), died of disease at

Broadway Landing, VA, on 26

July 1864. Resident of Chester

County, local hero.

Org. 29 Jan.

1867; Must'd (?)

27 July 1867

Chester (and its Vicinity,)

Delaware County in Penna.,

1877; Yearbook of the

Pennsylvania Society, 1918

026 Jere Helms Schuylkill Haven Schuylkill PA Jeremiah "Jere" Helms (c.1845-

1862), Drummer boy, Co. C, 50th

PA Inf., took up a musket at

Antietam, MD, on 17 Aug. 1862,

and was mortally wounded by a

musket ball to the head, on 24

Aug. 1862. Jere's oldest brother

was intrumental in naming the

Post in his honor. Local hero.

Org. 30 Jan.

1867; Must'd (?) 8

Feb. 1867

Schuylkill Haven Call

newspaper, 19 May 1906

(reprinted in History of Co. C,

PA Veteran Volunteer Inf.,

2006); Yearbook of the


027 John W. Jackson Philadelphia Philadelphia PA 409 South Eleventh Street (1899,

1913)

Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause

(Gannon, 2011).

Souvenir hand book and guide,

complimentary to the colored

veterans, Grand Army

Republic, 1899; Philadelphia in

the Civil War, 1913

028 Indiana Indiana Indiana PA Named for the community in

which the Post was based.

Org. 28 June

1878

Nineteen charter members. History of Indiana County,

1880; Indiana County, 1913



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029 Dentzer Cressona Schuylkill PA Presumably named for the

Dentzer brothers: PVT George

Dentzer and CPL John F.

Dentzer, both of Co. K, 48th PA

Inf. George was killed at

Antietam, MD, on 19 Sept. 1862.

John was killed by a mortar shell

at Fort Johnson, VA, on 28 Dec.

1864. Both are buried in

Cressona.

Org. 20 Feb.

1867

Yearbook of the Pennsylvania

Society, 1918

030 Emory Fisher Johnstown Cambria PA 1LT Emory Fisher ( ?-1864), Co.

A, 54th PA Inf., KIA at Lynchburg,

VA, on 15 June 1864. Resident

of Cambria County, local hero.

Org. 1877 The first Grand Army Hall was damaged by the Johnstown Flood

of 1889. A new hall was built in 1893.

Biographical and Portrait

Cyclopedia of Cambria County,

Pennsylvania, 1896

031 GEN George A. McCall West Chester Chester PA MG George Archibald McCall


leader.

Org. 9 Feb. 1867;

Chart'd 19 Feb.

1867

Twelve charter members. Financial problems caused a faction of

the membership to petition the Department to form a new Post.

The petition, dated 3 Aug. 1909, was denied in a refusal dated 7

Aug. 1909. In spite of this, the faction split off, naming themselves

the Henry R. Guss Association of Veterans, aka, Post "A." They

continued to conduct business as an unsanctioned Post until

1919.


Society, 1918; Chester County

Historical Society

032 MAJ Henry S. Weaver Freeport Armstrong PA

033 154 MAJ Spaulding (Spalding) Leraysville Bradford PA MAJ Israel Putnam Spalding

(1825-1863), 141st PA Inf., died

28 July 1863 (a POW), from leg

wounds received at Gettysburg,

PA, on 2 July 1863.

Org. 1 Aug. 1876 Seventeen charter members. History of Bradford County, PA,

1891

033 044 George Simpson Huntingdon Huntingdon PA PVT George A. Simpson (c.1840-

1862), Co. C, 125th PA Inf., KIA

at Antietam, MD, on 17 Sept.

1862. He was reportedly the color

bearer for the regiment.

Org. 1868 Dis. Before

1879

Re-organized as George Simpson Post, No. 44, in 1879. See

Post No. 44.

A History of the Juniata Valley

and Its People, Volume 1, 1913

034 Bernard Gause Avondale Chester PA 1SGT Bernard W. Guase (1835-

1865), Co. F, 190th PA Inf., died a

POW at Salisbury, NC, on 14 Jan.

1865.

Org. 1881 Chester County Historical

Society

035 The Cavalry Philadelphia Philadelphia PA Named for the cavalry branch of

service.

Parkway Building (1913) Sur. 1922 The Post was made up exclusively of cavalry veterans. Philadelphia in the Civil War,

1913; Dept. Proceedings, 1923

036 R. Foster Robinson Saltsburg Indiana PA CPL Robert Foster Robinson, Co.

I, 11th PA Infantry, KIA at

Fredericksburg, VA, 13 Dec.

1862. Local hero. His body was

never recovered. A cenotaph was

erected in his honor at Edgewood

Cemetery, Conemaugh Twp.

Must'd 5 July

1877

Dis. 1918 History of Indiana County,


037 GEN John Segwick York York PA MG John Sedgwick (1813-1864),

famous Civil War leader, KIA

Spotsylvania Co., VA, 9 May

1864.

038 Post No. 38 Lawrenceville Allegheny PA No namesake. Known only by its

number.

GAR Hall, cor. Butler &

Wainwright Streets (1868)

The Post was in existence as early as 20 Feb. 1868, when it was

annouced that a meeting would be held that evening to

anaugurate their new hall.

Pittsburgh Daily Commercial,

20 Feb. 1868

038 GEN George A. Custer Etna Allegheny PA MG George Armstrong Custer

(1839-1876). KIA at Little

Bighorn, MT, on 25 June 1876.

Famous Civil War (and Indian

Wars) leader.

Must'd fall 1878 National Tribune, 21 June 1883

039 COL William G. Murray Hollidaysburg Blair PA COL William Gray Murray (1825-

1862), 84th PA Inf., KIA at

Winchester, VA, on 23 Mar. 1862.

Buried at St. Mary's,

Hollidaysburg. Resident of

Hollidaysburg, local hero.

Org. April 1867,

Must'd 4 Mar.

1867; Re-org. 17

July 1877

Dis. 15 Oct.

1869; Dis. 2

June 1931

Reorganized in July 1877 at a meeting held at Stehley's Hall,

corner Mulberry and Wayne Streets. The final meeting of the Post

was held at the home of Levi Leedom on 2 June 1931, at which

time it was decided to disband the Post and surrender the charter.

Last member of the Post was Harrison T. Stiffler, who died 28 Dec.

1932.

Hoenstine, 1940, Soldiers of

Blair County Pennsylvania

040 William Connor Grant Indiana PA Also known as Cherry Tree Post.



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041 COL O. H. Rippey Pittsburgh Allegheny PA COL Oliver H. Rippey (1826-

1862), 61st PA Inf., KIA at Fair

Oaks, VA, on 31 May 1862.

Resident of Pittsburgh, local hero.

Org. 11 May 1878 Eleven charter members. Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY),

9 Sept. 1895

042 Sedgwick Lebanon Lebanon PA MG John Sedgwick (1813-1864),

famous Civil War leader, KIA

Spotsylvania Co., VA, 9 May

1864.

Org. 6 Mar. 1867 Yearbook of the Pennsylvania

Society, 1918

043 Joe. Hooker Ashland Schuylkill PA MG Joseph Hooker (1814-1879),

famous Civil War leader.

Cleaver's Hall (1881) Org. 4 Mar. 1867 The Post adopted Joe Hooker as its namesake in January 1870. History of Schuylkill County,

1881

044 A. A. & G. C. Seely Knoxville Tioga PA Brothers: CPL (SGT?) Albert A.

Seely (1841-1862), Co. A, 42nd

PA Inf. (1st PA Rifles), died a

POW at Richmond, VA, on 3 July

1862, from wounds received at

Gaine's Mill, VA, on 27 June

1862; and Giles C. Seely (1844-

1862), Co. F, 86th NY Inf., died of

disease at Camp Griffin, VA, on

21 Feb. 1862.

Org. 10 July 1875 Sur. 1879 History of Tioga County, PA,

1883; History of Tioga &

Bradford Counties, 1885

044 033 George Simpson Huntingdon Huntingdon PA PVT George A. Simpson (c.1840-



1862. He was reportedly the color

bearer for the regiment.

Org. 1868; Re-

org. 13 Dec. 1879



045 LT Josiah White Phoenixville Chester PA 2LT Josiah White (c.1834-1864),

Co. G, 30th PA Inf., died 18 May

1864 at Washington, D.C., from

severe leg wound received at


18 May 1864. Resident of

Phoenixville, local hero.

Org. 15 Mar.

1867


Society, 1918

046 COL Gus. W. Town Philadelphia Philadelphia PA LTC Gustavus Washington Town

(1839-1863), 95th PA Inf., KIA at

Salem Heights, VA, on 3 May

1863. Resident of Philadelphia,

local hero.

730 and 732 Broad St. (1899);

1431 South Street (1913)

Org. 17 June

1874

National Encampment

Souvenir, 1899; Philadelphia in

the Civil War, 1913

047 John Ennis St. Clair Schuylkill PA SGT John Ennis (? -1865), Co. A,

7th PA Cav., died at Selma, AL,

on 7 Apr. 1865. Resident of

Schuylkill County, local hero.

048 GEN George Mansfield Mansfield Tioga PA Allen Building (1897) Org. 14 Aug.

1875

History of Tioga County, PA,

1897

049 A. J. Sofield / H. P. Kimball

(changed name)

Osceola Tioga PA 1) CPT Alfred J. Sofield (1824-

1863), Co. A, 149th PA Inf., KIA

at Gettysburg, PA, on 1 July

1863. 2) PVT Harlan Page

Kimball (1844-1863), Co. I, 103rd

NY Inf., died of chronic diarrhea

in Osceola on 8 Sept. 1863, a few

weeks after his medical discharge

Masonic Hall Org. 14 Jan.

1876, Must'd 18

Jan. 1876

Organized as Alfred J. Sofield Post. Thirteen charter members

(1876). The name was later changed to H. P. Kimball

History of Tioga County, PA,

1883; Osceola in the War of

the Rebellion, 1885

050 C. S. Chase Titusville Crawford PA CPT Cornelius Suydam Chase

(1830-1862), Co. K, 57th PA Inf.,

died at Philadelphia, PA, on 17

June 1862, from wounds received

at Fair Oaks, VA, on 30 May

1862. Resident of Titusville, local

hero.

Org. June 1879 Forty-five charter members. National Tribune, 4 Mar. 1886

051 CPT Philip R. Schuyler Philadelphia Philadelphia PA CPT Philip R. Schuyler ( ? -1862),

Co. C, 81st PA Inf., died 21 Sept.

1862 from wounds received at


Resident of Philadelphia, local

hero.

Sepviva and Norris Streets (1913) The Post established a cadet corps in the late 1870's, which was

one of the organizations to eventually consolidate as the SUVCW


1913



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052 Post No. 52/ Spyker Graham /

Andrew G. Tucker

Lewisburg Union PA 1) Originally known only by its

number; 2) SGT Henry Spyker

Graham, (1809-1868), Co. F, 2nd

PA Cav. Buried Lewisburg Cem.;

3) 1LT Andrew Gregg Tucker

(1844-1863), Co. E, 142nd PA

Inf., died 5 July 1863 at

Gettysburg, PA, from wounds

received there on 1 July 1863.

Resident of Union County, local

hero.

Must'd 2 Apr.

1867

Fourteen charter members. The Post adopted Spyker Graham as

its namesake on 14 Oct. 1869. It changed its name again on 26

Dec. 1879, adopting Andrew Gregg Tucker as its namesake.

History of the Susquehanna

and Juniata Valleys, 1886

053 Moody Susquehanna Susquehanna PA Dis. 1926 Dept. Proceeedings, 1927

054 Brandywine Coatesville Chester PA Named for the Brandywine Valley,

where the Post was based.

Org. 20 June

1878

Thirteen charter members. The membership of the Post

numbered 8 in June 1925. The last member of the Post was

Zachary Taylor Bireley who died 6 Oct. 1936 at the age of 87.

Associated with Brandywine Corps, No. 149, WRC.

Pocket Directory and Business

Guide of Coatesville, 1897;

Chester County and its People,

1898; The Plain Speaker,

Hazleton, PA, 6 Oct. 1936.

055 GEN Phil Kearney Frankford Philadelphia PA MG Philip Kearny, Jr. (1815-

1862), KIA at Chantilly, VA, on 1

Sept. 1862. Famous Civil War

leader.

4604 Frankford Ave. (1913) Philadelphia in the Civil War,

1913

056 COL John W. Moore Philadelphia Philadelphia PA COL John W. Moore ( ? -1865),

203rd PA Inf., KIA at Fort Fisher,

NC, on 15 Jan. 1865.

3030 Lancaster Ave. (1913) Philadelphia in the Civil War,

1913

057 GEN James B. Ricketts Dillsburg York PA BG James Brewerton Ricketts


leader.

057 J. C. Markle West Newton Westmoreland PA (presumably) PVT Joseph C.

Markle (1838-1862), Co. B, 28th

PA Inf., KIA at Antietam, MD, on

17 Sept. 1862. Buried Mill Grove

Cem., South Huntingdon Twp.,

Westmoreland County.

Dis. 1891 Altoona Tribune, 25 Feb. 1892

058 J. F. Hartranft Harrisburg Dauphin PA BG John Frederick Hartranft


leader and Medal of Honor

recipient.

Wyeth's Building (1867) Org. 24 Apr. 1867 Harrisburg Telegraph, 10 Oct.



059 COL Samuel W. Black McKeesport Allegheny PA COL Samuel W. Black (1816-

1862), 62nd PA Inf., KIA at

Gaines' Mill, VA, on 27 June

1862.

060 Starkweather Monongahela City Washington PA BG John Converse Starkweather


leader, living at the time the post

adopted him as their namesake.

Chart'd 30 Apr.

1867; Must'd 14

May 1867

Sur. July 1935 Twelve charter members. The last member of the Post was

Edward S. France, who died on 28 June 1939.

Daily Republican

(Monongahela, PA), 17 Sept.

1946 (post history).

061 L. F. Chapman Mauch Chunk (Jim

Thorpe)

Carbon PA MAJ Lansford F. Chapman, "one

of the many intrepid officers

contributed to the cause of the

Union by Carbon county. He was

killed at the battle of

Chancellorsville."

Brenckman, 1913, History of

Carbon County, Pennsylvania

062 LT S. C. Potts Altoona Blair PA 1LT Stephen Collins Potts (1841-

1862), Co. M, 62nd PA Inf., died

14 Dec. 1862 from wounds

received at Fredericksburg, VA,

on 13 Dec. 1862. Resident of

Blair County, local hero.

GAR Hall, 911 Chesnut Ave. Org. 20 July 1877 Dis. 8 Sept.

1934

Fourteen charter members. Final meeting held 8 Sept. 1934, at

which time the decision was made to surrender the charter. Last

member was John W. McAlamey.



063 GEN D. B. Birney Philadelphia Philadelphia PA MG David Bell Birney (1825-

1864), famous Civil War leader,

died of malarious fever at

Philadelphia on 18 Oct. 1864.

Resident of Philadelphia, local

hero.

Originally at Shober's Hall, Girard

Ave. and Eyre St.; Germantown

Ave. and Diamond Street (1913);

later at various locations in the

Frankford and North Philadelphia

sections.

Org. 21 Aug.

1874; Must'd 11

Sept. 1874

Twenty-three charter members. Philadelphia in the Civil War,

1913; GAR Museum and

Library

064 Reno Williamsport Lycoming PA MG Jesse Lee Reno (1823-1862),

Civil War leader, KIA at South

Mountain, MD, 14 September

1862.

Chart'd 3 June

1867; Re-instated

5 May 1873; Re-

instated (2nd

time) Sept. 1876

Sur. 15 Oct.

1869; Dis. 1

Jan. 1874

Williamsport Sun-Gazette, 29

January 1895



No. Alt.

No.


065 Saxton Granville Centre Bradford PA SGT Soloman Saxton (? -1864),

Co. F, 11th PA Cav., died a POW

at Andersonville, GA, on 15 Dec.

1864.

Org. 10 Oct. 1878 Dis. 1918 Twenty-two charter members. History of Bradford County, PA,


066 COL J. D. Musser Muncy Lycoming PA LTC John D. Musser ( ? -1864),

143rd PA Inf., KIA at Wilderness,

VA, on 6 May 1864.

067 GEN Strong Vincent Erie Erie PA BG Strong Vincent (1837-1863),

famous Civil War leader, died 7

July 1863 at Gettysburg, PA, from

wounds received there on 2 July

1863. Resident of Erie, local

hero.

Robert Wainwright Scott, No. 464, surrendered it charter in 1900

and consolidated with this Post.

Dept. Proceedings, 1901

068 Watkins Towanda Bradford PA LTC Guy Hulett Watkins (1831-

1864), 141st PA Inf., KIA at

Petersburg, VA, on 18 June 1864.

Native of Towanda, local hero.

Org. 17 June

1867; Re-org. 1

Jan. 1874

Dis. 1869 The 1891 History of Bradford County gives a alternate date for the

re-organization of the Post as 19 Dec. 1873.

History of Bradford County,

1878; History of Bradford

County, PA, 1891

069 Stevens Rome Bradford PA Org. 5 Oct. 1870;

Re-org. 22 Aug.

1877

Sur. 1922 History of Bradford County,


County, PA, 1891; Dept.

Proceedings, 1923

070 John J. Andrews Corry Erie PA Org. June 1867;

Must'd? 1 July

1867

About twenty-five charter members. History of Erie County, 1884;


Society, 1918

071 GEN John F. Reynolds Philadelphia Philadelphia PA MG John Fulton Reynolds (1820-

1863), KIA at the Battle of

Gettysburg on 1 July 1863.

Famous Civil War leader.

1226 S. Eighth Street (1913) Org. 16 July 1867 Philadelphia in the Civil War,



072 Swarts New Albany Bradford PA Org. 26 June

1877

The 1895 History of Bradford County indicates that the Post was

organized on 28 June 1877.



County, PA, 1891

073 CPT H. Clay Beatty Bristol Bucks PA CPT Henry Clay Beatty (c.1835-

1862), Co. I, 32nd PA Inf., KIA at

2nd Bull Run, VA, on 30 Aug.

1862. Resident of Bucks County,

local hero.

074 378 Post No. 74 / G. W. Fuller Catasauqua Lehigh PA 1LT George W. Fuller (1839-

1864), Co. F, 47th PA Inf. Died

29 Sept. 1864 at Fort Jefferson,

Dry Tortugas, FL, after being

medically discharged on 22 June

1864. Local hero, buried at

Fairview Cem., Catasauqua.

Org. 19 Aug.

1867; Re-org. 13

Apr. 1872

Dis. 15 Oct.

1869; Dis. 15

Oct. 1876

See LT G. W. Fuller Post, No. 378 for later history. History of the Counties of

Lehigh and Carbon, 1884;

Koons' Illustrated History of

Lehigh Valley, 1893

074 Madill / Jackson (changed

name)

Wyalusing Bradford PA CPT George W. Jackson (1819-

1872), Co. A, 141st PA Inf.

Blacksmith and Methodist

minister. Resigned on 31 Oct.

1862 on the advise of his

surgeon, returning home to

Wyalusing. He died in Burlington,

IA, on 11 Jan. 1872.

Org. 13 Sep.

1877

Forty charter members. History of Bradford County,

1878; History of the One

Hundred and Forth-first

Regiment, 1885; History of

Bradford County, PA, 1891

075 COL C. A. Craig Parker's Landing Armstrong PA COL Calvin A. Craig ( ?-1864),

105th PA Inf., wounded at 2nd

Bull Run, Gettysburg, Wilderness,

Petersburg, and Deep Bottom

Run (VA). He died 17 Aug. 1864

from wounds received at the latter

battle on 16 Aug. 1864.

Org. 21 Apr. 1880 Sixteen charter members. Historical Sketch of Armstrong

County, 1883

076 GEN William H. Keim Reading Berks PA MG William High Keim (1813-


died of disease at Harrisburg, VA,

on 18 May 1862. Native of

Reading, local hero.

Chart'd 22 Feb.

1878

Montgomery, 1886, History of

Berks County Pennsylvania

077 Post No. 77 Philadelphia Philadelphia PA (predates the practice of

assigning Post namesakes)

524 N. Sixth Street (1913) Philadelphia in the Civil War,

1913



No. Alt.

No.


078 William Starr / GEN Simon

Cameron

Middletown Dauphin PA 1 ) William Starr; 2) Simon

Cameron (1799-1889), Adjutant-

General in Pennsylvania in 1825,

first Secretary of War during the

Civil War, famous politician.

Org. 26 Aug.

1867; Re-org. 28

May 1877

Dis. 1869 Fourteen charter members (1867). Fourteen charter members

(1877). Originally named William Starr Post, when it was

mustered in 1877. The Post changed its name to honor Simon

Cameron in November 1889.

National Tribune, 7 Nov. 1889;

Chronicles of Middletown, 1906

079 George Smith Conshohocken Montgomery PA PVT George W. Smith (? - ?), Co.

I, 95th PA Inf., wounded and

taken prisoner at Gaines' Mill, VA,

on 27 June 1862. "Never

afterward heard from."

Org. 29 June

1878

History of Montgomery County,

1884

080 Robert Bryan Philadelphia Philadelphia PA Robert Bryan (US Navy?), a

member of Post No. 27. Noted in

1877 as "a slave of that name

who became a valuable guide to

the Union armies." He also

reportedly fired the first shot in

Burnside's Expedition to Roanoke

Island.

Fifteenth and South Streets

(1899); SW cor. 11th and

Fitzwater Streets (1913)

Org. 29 Aug.

1877; Must'd 28

Sept. 1877

Twelve charter members. Noted as an African American GAR

Post in The Won Cause (Gannon, 2011).

The Times (Philadelphia), 30

Aug. 1877; Philadelphia

Enquirer, 11 Dec. 1877;

National Tribune, 20 Sept.

1894; Souvenir hand book and

guide, complimentary to the

colored veterans, Grand Army

Republic, 1899

080 Shaw West Chester Chester PA Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause

(Gannon, 2011). It was replaced by COL George F. Smith Post,

No. 130, in 1879.

081 Freeman Lanesboro Susquehanna PA

082 LT H. N. Lower Roaring Springs Blair PA 1LT Henry N. Lower (1841-1865),

Co. C, 205th PA Inf., KIA at

Petersburg, VA, on 2 April 1865.

Native of Roaring Springs, local

hero.

I.O.O.F. Hall Org. 17 Dec.

1881

Dis. 1927 Reorganized from an earlier Past named GEN John Sedgwick

Post, which had organized in Roaring Springs on 24 Sept. 1867

and disbanded on 30 Sept. 1881. Seventeen charter members.


Blair County Pennsylvania;


083 COL Bates Middleboro Erie PA Org. 21 Aug.

1880

Dis. 1891 Thirty-three charter members. History of Erie County, 1884;

Altoona Tribune, 25 Feb. 1892

083 James Dixon Fairfield Adams PA PVT James Dixon (1820-1864),

Co. G, 17th PA Cav., died of

disease in hospital at

Washington, DC, on 28 Nov.

1863, buried at the Military

Asylum Cem. Washington, DC.

Org. 1891 Dis. 1917 Gettysburg Times, 3 Nov. 1954

084 George H. Thomas Lancaster Lancaster PA MG George Henry Thomas (1816-


Mechanics' Hall, Russel's Hall, the

hall of the Independent Order of

Red Men (on North Queen

Street), Grand Army Hall in the

Coyle Building (East King Street)

and then to Grand Army Hall in

Bair & Shank's banking building

on Center Square. GAR Hall 125

E. King St. (1890), GAR Hall 43 S.

Duke St. (1921).

Org. 28 Sept.

1867; Must'd 1

Oct. 1867

Originally named Post No. 84. George H. Thomas was selected

as its namesake at a special meeting held on 12 Apr. 1870.

Glenn B. Knight, SUVCW PA

Dept.; Yearbook of the


085 CPT Lyons Glenwood Susquehanna PA

086 Hurst Camptown Bradford PA Org. 20 Dec.

1877



County, PA, 1891

087 E. B. Young Allentown Lehigh PA "COL" (1LT) Edward Blumer

Young (1836-1879), Co. H, 27th

PA Militia Inf. An organizer of

Post No. 87, mayor of Allentown

1876-1878. His rank of colonel

was probably based on his militia

service.

Org. 19 Oct. 1877 Twenty-two charter members. History of the Counties of

Lehigh and Carbon, 1884

088 Post No. 88 / GEN John W.

Geary / GEN Phil Sheridan /

Abe Patterson

Allegheny City Allegheny PA 1) Number only; 2) MG John

White Geary (1819-1873), famous

Civil War leader; 3) MG Philip

Henry Sheridan (1831-1888),

famous Civil War leader; 4) PVT

Abram "Abe" Patterson (1843-

1881), 13th PA Inf., Post

Commander at the time of his

death in February 1881, having

served seven terms.

Masonic Hall, East and South

Diamond Streets

Org. 15 Oct. 1867 Nineteen charter members. Originally chartered as Post No. 88,

its namesake was changed first to GEN John W. Geary, then to

GEN Phil Sheridan, and finally (on 1 Mar. 1887) to Abe Patterson.

Pittsburgh Directory, 1895;

Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY),

9 Sept. 1895; Memoirs of

Allegheny County, 1904;


Society, 1918

089 Chas. S. Whitworth Apollo Armstrong PA CPL Charles S. Whitworth (1843-

1864), Co. E, 139th PA Inf., KIA

at Cedar Creek, VA, on 19 Oct.

1864.

Org. 21 Jan. 1878 Twenty-nine charter members. 1816-1916; History of Apollo,

1916



No. Alt.

No.


090 John W. Geary Phillipsburg Centre PA (presumably) MG John White

Geary (1819-1873), famous Civil

War leader.

Foster's block (1883) Org. 15 Aug.

1878

Twenty-six charter members. History of Centre and Clinton

Counties, 1883

091 Ingham Canton Bradford PA Org. 16 Nov.

1877

Thirteen charter members. History of Bradford County,


County, PA, 1891

092 Burnside Mount Carmel Northumberland PA MG Ambrose Everett Burnside


leader.

GAR Opera House, Third and

Hickory Streets, Mount Carmel,

PA

Org. 27 Oct.

1867; Must'd (?)

30 Oct. 1867

30 Oct. 1937 Ceased to exist with the death of its last member, Jacob Umlauf,

who died 30 October 1937.

Mount Carmel Item news

articles; David Berezovske,

Commander, James A. Garfield

Camp No. 34, SUVCW, April



093 LT H. C. Titman Auburn-4-Corners Susquehanna PA 1LT Henry C. Titman (1835-

1864), Co. G, 56th PA Inf., KIA at


Buried at Jersey Hill Cem.,

Auburn Center.

094 Anna M. Ross Philadelphia Philadelphia PA Anna Maria Ross (1813-1863),

Lady Principal of the Cooper

Shop Hospital in Philadelpha,

traveled and raised funds in an

effort to establish a Soldiers

Home. She died in Philadelphia

on 22 Dec. 1863, reportedly from

overwork.

Corner, Girard Ave. and

Hutchinson St.

Org. 17 Nov.

1874

The Post established a cadet corps in 1879, which was one of the

organizations to eventually consolidate as the SUVCW. This Post

is one of only two in Pennsylvania named for a woman.


1913; GAR Museum and

Library

095 Gregg Bellefonte Centre PA (presumably) BG (Bvt. MG) David

McMurtrie Gregg (1833-1916),

famous Civil War leader and

former resident of Bellefonte.

GAR Hall, West High (1902) Org. 3 June 1879 History of Centre and Clinton

Counties, 1883; Directory of

Bellefonte, 1902

096 LT W. J. Gleason Townville Crawford PA 2LT William J. Gleason (? -1864),

Co. F, 83rd PA Inf., died in VA on

5 June 1864, from wounds

received at North Anna River, VA,

on 25 May 1864.

Org. 18 Apr. 1878 Twenty-three charter members. History of Crawford County,

1885

097 Conyngham / Ely Wilkes-Barre Luzerne PA 1) BG John Ely, buried in NJ.

1)COL John Butler Conyngham

(1827-1871), 52nd PA Inf., native

of Wilkes-Barre.

Brodhun's Hall (to 1879); Wood's

Hall (1880-1889); Conyngham

Post Memorial Hall, 146 S. Main

Street

Org. 22 Jan.

1868; Re-org. 8

Jan. 1872; Re-

org. (re-named)

10 Apr. 1880

Name changed

April 1880; Dis.

1939

Ten charter members. Originally chartered in 1868, the Post

membership dwindled in the early 1870's to the point that the Post

considered disbanding. They continued to pay per-capita tax,

retaining their charter until reorganizing in 1872. Originally called

Ely Post. The Post reorganized again in 1880. Incorporated 2

September 1890. The last member of the Post, George Z.

Robbins, died 7 August 1939.

History of Luzerne,


Counties, Pa, 1880; Luzerne

County, 1911 (Harrison Wick);

Wilkes-Barre Record, 31 May

1912, p.7

098 J. W. Reynolds Tunkhannock Wyoming PA Org. 1868 Dis. about 1878 Surrendered its charter after an existence of about ten years. History of Crawford County,

1885

099 MAJ Jenkins Hanover York PA MAJ Joseph S. Jenkins (1831-

1864), 130th PA Inf., later CPT,

Co. G, 184th PA Inf., KIA at

Petersburg, VA, on 6 Nov. 1864.

Resident of Hanover, local hero.

Org. 7 May 1878 Twenty-three charter members. History of York County, 1907

100 New Castle New Castle Lawerence PA Named for the community in

which the Post was based. The

Post number (100) was

specifically requested to honor

COL Daniel Leasure who

commanded the 100th PA Inf.

Brian McCullough (via email),

2017

101 Raub Scranton Lackawanna PA Good Templars' Hall; Washington

Hall

Org. 21 Feb.

1868

History of Scranton, 1891

101 LT J. H. Fisher Hatboro Montgomery PA 2LT John H. Fisher (? -1864), Co.

I, 138th PA Inf., KIA at


Resident of Montgomery County,

local hero.

Fluck's Hall, York Street (1884) Org. 28 Apr. 1884 Dis. 1927 History of Montgomery County,


102 COL John W. McLane Union City Erie PA COL John White McLane (1820-

1862), 83rd PA Inf., KIA at

Gaines' Mills, VA, on 27 June

1862. Resident of Erie County,

local hero.

Chart'd 24 June

1876

Sixteen charter members. The namesake of this Post is often

misspelled "McLean."

History of Erie County, 1884



No. Alt.

No.


103 Charles Sumner Philadelphia Philadelphia PA Charles Sumner (1811-1874), US

Senator (Massachusetts) from

1851 to 1874, strong proponent of

the equal rights of African

Americans during Reconstruction.

1224 North Eleventh Street (1899,

1913)


(Gannon, 2011).

Souvenir hand book and guide,

complimentary to the colored

veterans, Grand Army

Republic, 1899; Philadelphia in

the Civil War, 1913

104 William F. Kurtz Connellsville Fayette PA SGT William F. Kurtz (? -1862),

Co. H, 142nd PA Inf. One of four

brothers who served in the Union

forces, resident of Connellsville.

"Never seen or heard from after

the battle of Fredericksburg, and

is supposed to have been killed in

the battle." Reported KIA on 13

Dec. 1862.

Genealogical and Personal

History of Fayette and Greene

Counties, 1912

105 Alfred G. Reed Butler Butler PA 1LT Alfed G. Reed (1839-1862),

Adjutant, promoted from Co. C,

134th PA Inf., died 27 Dec. 1862,



1862. Resident of Butler County,

local hero.

History of Butler County, 1895

106 Graham Pottstown Montgomery PA Brothers: PVT Eli H. Graham

(1840-1862) and SGT William H.

Graham (? -1864), both members

of Co. A, 53rd PA Inf. Eli was KIA

at Fair Oaks, VA, on 1 June 1862.

William was KIA at Cold Harbor,

VA, on 3 June 1864.

Chart'd 25 Feb.

1868; Re-org. 10

Apr. 1880

Dis. about 1879 Sixteen charter members (1868). Forty-five charter members

(1880).

History of Montgomery County,

1884

107 J. G. Campbell Petrolia Butler PA James Guthrie Campbell (rank

and unit uncertain), reported KIA

at Wilderness, VA. His brother,

Joseph Freemont Campbell,

served in the 88th PA Inf.

Org. 14 Oct. 1878 Thirteen charter members. History of Butler County, 1895

108 Frailey Elderton Armstrong PA

109 CPT Asher Gaylord Plymouth Luzerne PA CPT Asher Gaylord (c.1830-

1865), Co. D, 143rd PA Inf., KIA

at Hatcher's Run, VA, on 7 Feb.

1865. His body was never

recovered. Resident of Luzerne

County, local hero.

Spy's Hall (1880) Must'd 18 Oct.

1878

Nineteen charter members. History of Luzerne,


Counties, 1880

110 Severn Mahanoy City Schuylkill PA CPT Edwin L. Severn (1837-

1872), Co. C, 96th PA Inf., one of

the Post's most prominent

members, and a popular officer.

An imperfect account furnished by the Post Historian in 1881 "did

not contain any list of charter members, or any account of the

organization."

History of Schuylkill County,

1881

111 J. W. Stevens Elizabeth Allegheny PA

112 COL George H. Covode Edinburg Clairon PA COL George Hay Covode (1835-

1864), 4th PA Cav., KIA at Saint

Mary's Church, VA, on 24 June

1864.

Org. 3 Dec. 1879 Associated with George H. Covode Corps, No. 58, WRC A Compendium of Edenburg

and Edenburg People, 1887

113 CPT D. J. Taylor White Haven Luzerne PA CPT David J. Taylor (? -1864),

Co. D, 61st PA Inf., KIA at Cedar

Creek, VA, on 19 Oct. 1864.

Buried at Laurel Cem., White

Haven.

Torbert's Hall (1880) Org. 11 Nov.

1878

History of Luzerne,


Counties, 1880

114 Winfield Scott Philadelphia Philadelphia PA MG Winfield Scott (1786-1866),

famous Mexican War leader, and

early leader in the Civil War.

2054 Ridge Ave. (1913) Philadelphia in the Civil War,

1913

115 Post No. 115 Stevensville Bradford PA No namesake. Known only by its

number.

Org. 11 July 1868 Dis. 1868 History of Bradford County,

1878

115 GEN John A. Logan Philadelphia Philadelphia PA MG John Alexander Logan (1826-


1231 S. Seventeenth Street

(1913)

Dis. 1926 The Post adopted the name "John A. Logan" in late 1886. National Tribune, 6 Jan. 1887;


1913; Dept. Proceegins, 1927

116 COL Seneca G. Simmons Harrisburg Dauphin PA COL Seneca Galusha Simmons

(1808-1862), 34th PA Inf. (later

MAJ, 4th US Inf.), died 30 June


Charles City Crossroads, VA.

Org. 28 Feb.

1879

Post records.



No. Alt.

No.


117 J. B. McPherson Pittsburgh Allegheny PA BG. James Birdseye McPherson


leader, KIA at the Battle of

Atlanta, GA, 22 July 1864.

Org. 16 Apr. 1868 Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY),

9 Sept. 1895

118 GEN Welsh Columbia Lancaster PA BG Thomas Welsh, native of

Columbia and local hero, died of

malaria in Cincinatti, OH, 14 Aug.

1863.

GAR Hall, 139 Locust St.; IOOF

Hall (1882)

Org. and Must'd

21 Mar. 1868

Dis. 22 Nov.

1922

Glenn B. Knight, PDC, CIG

118 McPhearson Liberty Hall Westmoreland PA

119 Post No. 119 Troy Bradford PA No namesake. Known only by its

number.

Org. 1868 Dis. 1869 The Post was reorganized at Burlington. History of Bradford County,

1878

119 Alfred Shibler Greensboro Greene PA Must'd 1887 National Tribune, 7 Apr. 1887

120 W. F. Templeton Washington Washington PA CPT William Finley Templeton

(1831-1862), Co. A, 100th PA Inf.,

KIA at 2nd Bull Run, VA, on 29

Aug. 1862. Resident of

Washington County, local hero.

IOOF Hall; GAR Memorial Hall

(1880)

Org. 28 Mar.

1879

Twenty-eight charter members. History of Washington County,

1882

121 MAJ Jennings Girardville Schuylkill PA MAJ William H. Jennings (1828-

1890), 7th PA Cav. Died in an

accidental fall off a church roof in

Girardville.

Haas Hall Org. 1879 History of Schuylkill County,

1881

122 Post No. 122 / John S. Bittner Lock Haven Clinton PA SGT John S. Bittner ( ? -1862),

Co. C, 52nd PA Inf., KIA at Fair

Oaks, VA, on 31 May 1862.

Resident of Lock Haven, local

hero.

GAR Hall, Exchange building Org. 1867; Re-

org. 27 May 1879

Dis. 1869 Historical and Biographical

Work: Or, Past and Present of

Clinton County, 1892

123 John A. Hunter Leechburg Armstrong PA Dr. John A. Hunter (1846-1874),

US Navy, Landsman, Receiving

Ship Cairo . Dentist and PA

politician, died at the residence of

his mother in Leechburg on 27

Nov. 1874

Pittsburgh Commercial, 3 Dec.

1874

124 Phelps East Smithfield Bradford PA Org. 25 Apr.

1868; Re-org. 8

Aug 1873

Eleven charter members. History of Bradford County,


County, PA, 1891

125 A. W. Estes Oswayo Potter PA (presumably) 2LT Andew W.

Estes (1835-1863), Co. H, 71st

NY Inf., KIA at Gettysburg, PA, on

2 July 1863. Resident of Potter

County, local hero.

Estes Building (1809) Must'd 17 Feb.

1881

Thirty-six charter members. History of the Counties of

McKean, Elk, Cameron and

Potter, 1890

126 SGT Thomas Paxton Canonsburg Washington PA Sgt. Thomas Paxton (1836 -

1864), Co. D, 39th PA Inf., KIA at

Spotsylvania Courthouse, VA, on

8 May 1864. Canonsburg native,

local hero.

Corcoran 5 and 10 cent building,

upper floor (1924)

Org. 9 May 1879 Dis. Feb. 1924 History of Washington County,

PA (1882); Cannonsburg Daily

News, 20 Feb. 1924

127 Rankin Boston Allegheny PA Org. 15 May 1879 History of Allegheny County,

v.2, 1889

128 LT James Lysle Allegheny City Allegheny PA 2LT James M. Lysle (? -1862),

Co. I, 63rd PA Inf., KIA at Pohick

Church, VA, on 5 May 1862.

Resident of Allegheny County,

local hero.

Org. Aug. 1879 Eighteen charter members. Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY),

9 Sept. 1895

129 Ferdinand W. Bell Easton Northampton PA CPT Ferdinand W. Bell (c.1833-

1862), Co. B, 51st PA Inf., KIA at


1862. Resident of Easton, local

hero.

Chart'd 15 May

1868

Seventeen charter members. History of Northampton County,

17877

129 Henry Wilson Milton Northumberland PA Henry Wilson (? -1779). "At the

fall of Fort Freeland, Henry Wilson

was captured and scalped by

Indians."

History of Northumberland

County, 1891

130 COL George F. Smith West Chester Chester PA COL George Fairlamb Smith

(1840-1877), 61st PA Inf. Buried

Oakland Cem., West Chester.

Adams Street School Building Org. 1879 Replaced Shaw Post, No. 80. Noted as an African American GAR


Chester County Historical

Society

131 LT Josiah Baughman Everett Bedford PA 1LT Josiah Baughman (1830-

1862), Co. D, 138th PA Inf.,

murdered by a deserter at

Chaneyville, PA, on 13 Nov.

1862. Resident of Everett, buried

Everett Cem., Everett.

Org. 22 May 1879 Dis. 1926 Twenty-two charter members. History of Bedford, Somerset,

and Fulton Counties, 1884;




No. Alt.

No.


132 William S. Thompson Oxford Chester PA (presumably) Dr. William S.

Thompson (1820-1870), Civil War

veteran. Buried Oxford Cem.,

Oxford.

Reed's Hall, Locust Street;

Morrison & Townsend Building,

Market Street.

Org. 28 May 1879 Dis. 1927 Forty charter members. Chester County Historical

Society

133 William Lazarus Audenreid Carbon PA (presumably) PVT William

Lazarus (1844-1862), Co. E,

132nd PA Inf., KIA at Antietam,

MD, on 17 Sept. 1862. Resident

of Orangeville, Columbia County.

Dis. 1916 Dept. Proceedings, 1917

134 Post No. 134 / COL A. A.

McKnight

Brookville Jefferson PA COL Amor A. McKnight, 105th PA

Inf., KIA at Chancellorsville, VA, 3

May 1863. Resident of Brookville,

local hero.

Org. 25 June

1868

Sur. 1878 Originally named Post No. 134. Adopted namesake per general

orders in 1869.

History of Jefferson County,

1888

134 LT D. H. Wilson Mifflintown Juniata PA 2LT David H. Wilson ( ? -1864),

Co. A, 1st PA Cav., died of

wounds on 6 June 1864.

Resident of Juniata County, local

hero.

Org. June 1879 A History of the Juniata Valley


135 Eli Hemphill Tarentum Allegheny PA 2LT Eli Hemphill (1833-1863), Co.

F, 123rd PA Inf., killed 21 Mar.

1863. Resident of Allegheny

County, local hero.

136 LT W. D. Williams Tremont Schuylkill PA 1LT William D. Williams (1836-

1864), Co. F, 184th PA Inf., died

at White House, VA, on 9 June


Cold Harbor, VA, on 3 June 1864.

Resident of Schuylkill County,

local hero.

IOOF Hall Org. 10 June

1868

137 Finley Patch Blairsville Indiana PA SGT Finley W. Patch (? -1864),

Co. B, 56th PA Inf., died at

Washington City, VA, on 26 May


Laurel Hill, VA, on 10 May 1864.

An old time resident of Blairsville.

Must'd 20 June

1881

Indiana County, PA, 1913

138 Elizabeth Temple Avondale Chester PA Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause

(Gannon, 2011). Formerly known as Walker Post, No. 138.

139 LT Ezra S. Griffin Scranton Lackawanna PA 2LT Ezra S. Griffin (1835-1864),

Co. E, 143rd PA Inf., died 11 July

1864 from wounds at Annapolis,

MD, from wounds received at


Local hero.

GAR Memorial Hall Org. 7 July 1879 Twenty charter members. History of Scrantan, 1891; Ezra

S. Griffin Camp #8, SUVCW

140 Lincoln Shamokin Northumberland PA Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865),

16th President of the United

States.

141 Bradford / John S. Melvin Bradford McKean PA 1) Originally named for the

community in which the Post was

based. 2) PVT John S. Melvin

(1845-1864), Co. F, 42nd PA Inf.

He was mustered out with his

company on 11 June 1864.

Buried in Oak Hill Cem., Bradford.

IOOF Hall (1887) Must'd 14 Aug.

1879

Thirty charter members. History of the Counties of


Potter, 1890

142 Bucktail Renova Clinton PA Named for the Pennsylvania

Bucktails, aka, the 42nd PA Inf., a

famous regiment in the Civil War.

143 LT Rogers Brooklyn Susquehanna PA (presumably) 1LT Edwin Rogers

(1835-1865), Co. H, 33rd PA Inf.

Buried Old Brooklyn Cem.,

Brooklyn.



No. Alt.

No.


144 Allison Brothers Port Carbon Schuylkill PA Four brothers: 2LT Alexander

Allison (1837-1863), Co. C, 96th

PA Inf., died 5 May 1863, from

wounds received at Salem

Heights, VA, on 3 May 1863; CPL

John Allison (1840-1863), Co. C,

96th PA Inf., KIA at Salem

Heights, VA, on 3 May 1863; PVT

George Allison (1831-1864), Co.

K, 56th PA Inf., died 15 May



12 May 1864; and PVT James

Allison (1836-1864), Co. G, 48th

PA Inf., KIA at Cold Harbor, VA,

on 3 June 1864.

145 GEN Peter Lyle Quakertown Bucks PA COL (Bvt. BG) Peter Lyle (1821-

1879), 90th PA Inf.


146 Watkins Waters Shenandoah Schuylkill PA Watkins Waters (1806-1879),

blacksmith, Co. L, 3rd PA Cav.

147 MAJ C. B. Coxe Freeland Luzerne PA Dis. 1918 Dept. Proceedings, 1919

148 CPT C. S. Davis Selinsgrove Snyder PA CPT Charles Selin Davis (1827-

1863), Co. G, 147th PA Inf., died

at Ringold, GA, on 28 Nov. 1863,

from wounds received at Taylor's

Ridge, GA, on 27 Nov. 1863.

Buried Trinity Lutheran Cem.,

Selinsgrove.

Rooms of survivors, Co. G, 147th

PA Inf. (1880); IOOF Hall;

Holmes' Building, 3rd floor (1884);

Chart'd 22 Jan.

1880

Fifteen charter members. History of the Susquehanna


149 Bradbury Media Delaware PA Sgt. Jones Bradbury (1838-1865),

Co. B, 26th PVI, later 99th PVI,

mortally wounded 6 Apr. 1865,

Sailor's Creek VA.

G. Reed Howard, PCC,

Bradbury Camp #149, PA

Dept.

150 Wadsworth Stroudsburg Monroe PA Keller Building; Williams' Hall

(1881-1886); GAR Hall (1897)

Chart'd 14 Nov.

1879

Fifteen charter members. History of Wayne, Pike, and

Monroe Counties, 1886;

Picturesque Monroe County,

1897

151 COL John W. Patterson Pittsburgh Allegheny PA COL John Williams Patterson

(1835-1864), 102nd PA Inf., KIA

at Wilderness, VA, on 5 May

1864. Resident of Allegheny

County, local hero.

Org. 18 July

1868; Must'd 29

July 1868

Eighteen charter members. Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY),

9 Sept. 1895

152 250 Post No. 152 Bloomsburg Columbia PA No namesake. Known only by its

number.

Org. Aug. 1868;

Re-org Jan. 1880

Dis. 1869; Sur.

26 July 1881

The Post became inactive after its first 5 months, probably due to

the politics of the Post Commander. See Ent Post 25 for further

history.

George A. Turner, Columbia

County Historical and

Genealogical Society

152 CPL A. J. Grimm Spring City Chester PA (presumably) CPL Andrew J. Grim

(? -1864), Co. C, 51st PA Inf.,

died at Campbell Hospital,

Washington, D.C., on 6 June


Spotsylvania Court House, VA.

Mechanics' Hall Dis. 1888 In existence in 1885. Chester County Historical

Society

152 MAJ Ricksecker Lincoln Lancaster PA CPT James Fisher Ricksecker

(1836-1887), Co. C, 195th PA Inf.

Org. 11 Dec.

1888

Dis. About 1914 National Tribune, 7 Feb. 1889;

Glenn Knight, SUVCW PA

Dept.

153 CPT Thos. Espy Carnegie Allegheny PA CPT Thomas Espy (1807-1862),

Co. H, 62nd PA Inf., died of

wounds as a POW, 6 July 1862.

Remains never recovered.

Chart'd Dec. 1879

154 033 Post No. 154 Leraysville Bradford PA No namesake. Known only by its

number.

Org. 5 Sep 1868 Dis. 1869 Reorganized as Post No. 33 on 9 August 1876. History of Bradford County,

1878

154 Gustin Troy Bradford PA The last surviving member of the Post was Liston Bliss, who died

22 Oct. 1936 (Source: The Evening Times, Sayre, PA, 23 Oct.

1936).

155 COL Wm. H. Moody Pittsburgh Allegheny PA LTC William H. Moody, 139th PA

Inf., KIA at Cold Harbor, VA, 2

June 1864.

Lodge #113, Ancient Order of the

United Workmen (AOUW),

Maennerchor Hall, Southern Ave.

Org. 6 Jan. 1880 Twelve charter members. The Courier-Journal

(Louisville), 10 Sept. 1895; Joe

Hoesch, Pers. Comm.

156 John F. Croll Kittanning Armstrong PA PVT John F. Croll (? -1862), Co.

A, 37th PA Inf., KIA at Gaines'

Mills, VA, on 27 June 1862.



No. Alt.

No.


157 COL James C. Hull Pittsburgh Allegheny PA LTC James C. Hull (? -1864),

62nd PA Inf., died on 22 May




Allegheny County, local hero.

Org. 25 Mar.

1880

Thirty-six charter membrs. Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY),

9 Sept. 1895

158 COL J. Richter Jones Eldred McKean PA COL John Richter Jones (1803-


Bachelor's Creek Station, NC, on

23 May 1863.

Must'd 3 Feb.

1880

159 CPT C. G. Jackson Berwick Columbia PA CPT Clarence Gearhart Jackson

(1842-1880), Co. H, 84th PA Inf.,

native of Berwick. Prominent

citizen in Berwick after the war.

Chart'd 26 Jan.

1886

History of Columbia and


160 GEN A. B. McCalmont Oil City Bedford PA COL (Bvt. BG) Alfred Brunson

McCalmont (1825-1874), 208th

PA Inf.

Reynolds & Hukill block (1877) Disbanded before March 1880. Oil City Derrick, 2 May 1877

160 GEN Hector Tyndale Philadelphia Philadelphia PA BG (Bvt. MG) Hector Tyndale


leader.

1305 Ridge Ave. (1913) Philadelphia in the Civil War,

1913

161 A. C. Lape Nanticoke Luzerne PA PVT Andrew C. Lape (1837-

1862), Co. D, 9th PA Cav., died at

Springfield, TN, on 16 Apr. 1862.

Resident of Nanticoke, local hero.

Org. 23 Feb.

1880

Forty-four charter members. Record of the Times (Wilkes-

Barre), 25 Feb. 1880

162 COL John B. Clark Allegheny City Allegheny PA COL John B. Clark (1827-1872),

193rd PA Inf. Resident of

Allegheny City prior to the war,

local hero, known as the "Fighting

Parson."

GAR Hall, Lacock and Federal

Streets (1895)

Org. 16 Feb.

1882


9 Sept. 1895

163 Robert Warden Mt. Pleasant Westmoreland PA MAJ Robert Warden (1825-1862),

28th PA Inf., died of disease at

Winchester, VA, on 30 June

1862. Native of Westmoreland

County, local hero.

Chart'd 16 July

1880

Thirty-one charter members. History of the County of

Westmoreland, 1882

164 Beaver Valley Beaver Falls Beaver PA Named for the geographic

location in which the Post was

based.

Small stone house, Eleventh

Street (1880); GAR Hall, Wallace

block (1888); Dawson's Hall

(1904)

Chart'd 8 Apr.

1880

Twenty-three charter membes. History of Beaver County,

1888; History of Beaver

County, 1904

165 Duncan Dunbar Fayette PA Org. 1880 Genealogical and Personal

History of Fayette County,

1912

166 Heffner Saxton Bedford PA CPL George Heffner (1841-1862),

Co. F, 37th PA Inf., KIA at 2nd

Bull Run, VA, on 29 Aug. 1862.

Buried Fockler Cem., Saxton.

Org. 4 May 1880 Sixteen charter members. The History of Bedford,

Somerset and Fulton Counties,

1884

167 CPT W. Evans Oil City Bedford PA CPT William Evans Hall on Lamberton block; IOOF

Hall, Seneca Street; GAR Hall,

Center Street

Org. 23 Mar.

1880

Organized by a few members of a disbanded Post known as

McCalmont Post, No. 160. Twenty-three charter membres.

History of Venango County,

1890; Venango County,

Pennsylvania: Her Pioneers

and People, 1919

167 Rutherford B. Hayes Oil City Venango PA BG Rutherford Birchard Hayes


leader, 19th President of the

United States.

Knights of Pythias Hall (1919) Formed from the consolidation of CPT W. Evans Post No. 167 and

William E. Downing Post, No. 435.

Venango County,


and People, 1919

168 Henry Billingsley California Washington PA PVT William Henry Harrison

"Harry" Billingsley (1841-1864),

Co. B, 5th WV Cav. (formerly 2nd

WV Inf.), died a POW on 26 Sept.

1864 at Savanah, GA, from

wounds received a Rocky Gap,

WV, on 26 Aug. 1863.

Org. 5 May 1869;

Must'ed 12 May

1869; Re-org.

Mar. 1880

The brother of the Post's namesake was a member. This Post

was apparently a successor to an earier one formed in

Brownsville, Fayette County. The 1882 History of Washington

County explains that its members lost interest in it at an early date.

"The place of meeting (as here shown) was then changed to

California, and finally, as intended, their charter was left in the

hands of the Californians."

History of Washington County,

1882

169 Mercer Mercer Mercer PA Named for the community in


Chart'd 14 May

1880

Thirty charter members. A Twentieth Century History of

Mercer County, PA, v.1, 1909

170 LT H. H. Hoagland Catawissa Columbia PA 2LT Henry H. Hoagland, died 14

Dec. 1862 from wounds rec'd at

Fredericksburg, VA, the previous

day. Resident of Columbia

County. Local hero.

Org. Oct. 1868 History of Columbia and




No. Alt.

No.


171 H. J. Brown Blossburg Tioga PA CPL (LT?) Henry J. Brown

(c.1840-1862), 7th OH Zouaves

(Inf.), died 26 Aug. 1862, from

wounds received at Cedar

Mountain, VA, on 9 Aug. 1862.

Org. 22 Mar.

1882

History of Tioga County, 1897

172 COL D. M. Jones Tyrone Blair PA LTC David Mattern Jones (1838-

1877), 110th PA Inf., died at

Denver, CO, where he had hope

to regain his health. He had lost

his left leg at the Battle of

Gettysburg. Buried in Grandview

Cem., Tyrone, local hero.

Harris Hall; Study Building;

Municipal Building

Org. summer

1868; Must'd 9

Nov. 1868; Re-

org. 8 May 1880

Dis. 15 Oct.

1869; Sur. 1930

Last surviving member was John W. Bookhammer, who died 8

Feb. 1936.



173 John E. Michener Brownsville Fayette PA CPT John E. Michener (1838-

1879), Co. K, 85th PA Inf., died in

Brownsville on 7 Nov. 1879.

Chart'd 13 May

1880

Twenty-eight charter members. Hart's History and Directory,

1904

173 Robert Wardo Tyrone Blair PA The name of this Post is currently under review.

174 Wm. Thompson Tower Schuylkill PA PVT William Thompson (c.1839-

1862), Co. G, 96th PA Inf., died of

disease at Frederick, MD, on 18

Dec. 1862.

175 G. H. Barnes Sharon Center Potter PA PVT George H. Barnes (c.1838-

1863), Co. G, 46th PA Inf., killed

in a railroad accident on 11 Dec.

1863. Resident of Potter County,

local hero.

176 COL Hulings Lewistown Mifflin PA COL Thomas M. Hulings ( ? -

1864), KIA at Spotsylvania Court

House, VA, on 10 May 1864.

Resident of Lewiston, local hero.

Org. 10 Dec.

1868; Re-org.

April 1880

Dis. 31 Aug.

1871



177 Eli T. Connor Summit Hill Carbon PA COL Eli T. Connor, "one of

Carbon County's most gallant

soldiers in the Civil War."

Org. 1869 Brenckman, 1913, History of


178 GEN George D. Bayard Belle Vernon Fayette PA BG George Dashiell Bayard (1835-


died at Fredericksburg, VA, on 14

Dec. 1862, from wounds received

there on 13 Dec. 1862..

179 James H. Larimer Clearfield Clearfield PA MAJ James Harvey Larrimer

(1828-1864), 34th PA Inf., KIA by

guerillas at Bristoe Station, VA, on

14 Feb. 1864. Resident of

Clearfield, local hero. Buried

Hillcrest Cem., Clearfield.

Org. 2 July 1880 Forty-two charter members. History of Clearfield County,

1887

180 Post No. 180 Uniontown Fayette PA No namesake. Known only by its

number.

Chart'd 6 Apr.

1869

Ten charter members. History of Uniontown, 1913

180 William F. Stewart Uniontown Fayette PA LTC (Executive Officer) William

Francis Stewart (1840-1870),

USS Oneida. Served in the USN

as Midshipman and Lieutenant in

the Civil War, and continued with

the Asiatic Squadron afterward.

He was lost at sea when the

British steamer, Bombay, collided

with the Oneida off the coast of

Japan on 24 Jan. 1870.

Chart'd 20 May

1880

Twenty-one charter members. History of Uniontown, 1913

181 MAJ A. M. Harper Braddock Allegheny PA CPT (Bvt. MAJ) Albert Metcalf

Harper (1843-1871), US Vols.

Adjutant General Dept. Died 10

Dec. 1871 in Pittsburgh.

Org. 31 July 1880 The Unwritten History of

Braddock's Field,

182 J. K. Taylor Bethlehem Northampton PA CPT Jonathan K. Taylor (1842-

1863), Co. C, 129th PA Inf., died

at Georgetown, SC, on 28 Mar.



1862. Resident of Bethlehem,

local hero.

GAR Hall, Nickum's Building, Main

Street

Org. 25 May 1869 Dis. June 1929 Last meeting held 7 June 1929. GAR Museum and Library

183 Rochester Rochester Beaver PA Named for the community in


Org. 7 July 1880 History of Beaver County, 1904



No. Alt.

No.


184 John Kratzer Curwensville Clearfield PA PVT John Kratzer (1839-1862),

Co. K, 42nd PA Inf., KIA at 2nd

Bull Run, VA, on 30 Aug. 1862.

Resident of Clearfield County,

local hero. Buried Oak Hill Cem.,

Curwensville.

Kittleberger Building, 2nd floor

(1887)

Must'd 3 July

1880

History of Clearfield County,

1887

185 COL James Cameron Georgetown Northumberland PA COL James C. Cameron (c.1810-

1861), 79th NY Inf., KIA at Bull

Run, VA, on 21 July 1861.

Org. 9 Mar. 1882 History of Northumberland

County, 1891

186 Wilcox Plains Luzerne PA

187 SGT William H. Davies Carbondale Lackawanna PA SGT William Henry Davies (1841-

1864), Co. M, 2nd PA Heavy Art.,

died of disease at De Camp

General Hospital, David's Island,

NY, on 9 Aug. 1864. Native of

Carbondale, local hero.

188 LT David G. Geib Marysville Perry PA 2LT David Geib (1828-1880), Co.

F, 171st PA Inf., died in a railroad

accident on 28 Feb. 1880, buried

Chestnut Grove Cem., Marysville.

Org. 1880 A History of the Juniata Valley


189 GEN Doubleday Tamaqua Schuylkill PA MG Abner Doubleday (1819-


Org. & Chart'd 20

July 1869


1881

190 CPT Samuel S. Marchand Irwin's Station Westmoreland PA CPT Samuel Sackett Marchand

(1825-1863), Co. H, 136th PA Inf.,

died a POW at Libby Prison,

Richmond, VA, on 18 Feb. 1863,



1863.

191 Pennsylvania Reserve Philadelphia Philadelphia PA Fifteen regiments, raised in 1861

in response to Pres. Lincoln's first

call for volunteers. Having

already met its quota, these PA

regiments were initially rejected

from federal muster, so were

trained at state expense.

1st floor, Corner Fifth & Chesnut

(1899); SW cor. Fifth and

Chestnut Streets (1913)

The Post was made up exclusively of Pennsylvania Reserve Corps

veterans.


1913

192 MAJ John C. Conser Reynoldsville Jefferson PA MAJ John C. Conser, Co. H,

105th PA Inf., KIA at Boydton

Plank Road, VA, 27 Oct. 1864.

Jefferson County resident, local

hero.

Must'd 27 Aug,

1880


1888

193 East Huntingdon West Bethany /

Ruffsdale

Westmoreland PA Named for East Huntingdon

Township, which includes

Ruffsdale.

194 Old John Brown Chester Delaware PA John Brown (1800-1859), famous

abolitionist. He was the leader of

a raid on the arsenal at Harpers

Ferry, VA, in Oct. 1859. He was

captured, tried for treason, and

hanged on 2 Dec. 1859, making

him a martyr for the abolitionist

cause.


(Gannon, 2011).

195 James M. Thorpe Hawley Wayne PA SGT James Monroe Thorpe (1842-

1880), Co. G, 141st PA Inf.

Resident of Hawley, he died from

the effects of old war wounds on

15 June 1880.

Rodman Hall (1881); IOOF Hall,

200 block of Main Ave. (1903)

Chart'd Sept.

1880

Dis. 1926 Twenty-two charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1927; The

News Eagle (Hawley, PA), 26

Jan. 2015, Local History: The

founding of James Thorpe Post

195, G.A.R.

196 LT William Allison Duncannon Perry PA 2LT William Allison (c.1821-1862),

Co. B, 42nd PA Inf., KIA at


Org. 2 Oct. 1880 A History of the Juniata Valley


197 CPT Robert M. Foster Lemont Centre PA CPT Robert McKay Foster (1826-



1863. Residetn of State College,

near Lemont, local hero.



No. Alt.

No.


198 CPT James Ham Honesdale Wayne PA CPT James Ham (1838-1865),

Co. M, 17th PA Cav., died 4 Apr.


Five Forks, VA, on 1 Apr. 1865.

Buried Glen Dyberry Cem.,

Honesdale.

199 Willie Jones Scranton Lackawanna PA PVT William "Willie" Jones (? -

1865), Co. K, 9th PA Cav., died of

disease at Shields Mills, TN, on

13 Apr. 1865.

Org. 1 Dec. 1869 History of Scranton, 1891

199 H. B. Hays Turtle Creek Allegheny PA

200 Harry Corbin Mapleton Depot Huntingdon PA PVT Harrison Corbin ( ? -1862),

Co. G, 34th PA Inf., KIA at


1862. Resident of Huntingdon

County, local hero.

Org. 1880 A History of the Juniata Valley


201 CPT Colwell Carlisle Cumberland PA CPT James S. Colwell (1813-

1862), Co. A, 36th PA Inf., KIA at

Antietam, MD, 17 Sept. 1862.

Lawyer in Carlisle, local hero.

Chart'd 24 Feb.

1881

Disbanded

1933

Hist. of Cumberland and

Adams Counties, PA, 1886

202 Perkins Athens Bradford PA CPT Augustus S. Perkins (c.1838-

1862), Co. I, 50th NY Engineers,

KIA at Fredericksburg, VA, on 11

Dec. 1862.

Org. 1 Feb. 1870 Twenty-seven charter members. History of Bradford County,


County, PA, 1891

203 Wolf Pine Grove Schuylkill PA Must'd 12 Mar.

1870; Re-org. 1

July 1880

Dis. about 1875 Twelve charter members (1870). About fifteen charter members

(1880).


1881

204 A. F. Jones Coudersport Potter PA CPT Archibald F. Jones (1825-

1879), Co. G, 53rd PA Inf.

Prominent local businessman,

buried Eulalia Cem., Coudersport.

Chart'd 20 Apr.

1881

Associated with A. F. Jones Corps, No. 72, WRC. History of the Counties of


Potter, 1890

205 CPT John B. Loomis Clarion Clarion PA CPT John B. Loomis (1815-1864),

Co. L, 11th PA Cav., KIA at

Reams' Station, VA, on 29 June

1864. Resident of Clarion, local

hero, buried in Clarion Cem.

Org. May 1881 Twenty-eight charter members. History of Clarion County, 1887

206 COL Robert G. Shaw Pittsburgh Allegheny PA COL Robert Gould Shaw (1837-

1863), 54th MA Infantry, KIA at

Fort Wagner, SC, 18 July 1863.

Famous Civil War leader of

colored troops.


(Gannon, 2011).

207 GEN Griffin Homestead Allegheny PA

208 Edwin M. Stanton New Brighton Beaver PA Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814-

1869), Secretary of War under

President Lincoln.

209 COL Ellsworth Scottdale Westmoreland PA COL Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth

(1837-1861), colonel in the New

York Fire Zouaves (11th N.Y. Inf.),

who was the first Union casualty

of the Civil War, killed by a pro-

Confederacy innkeeper in

Alexandria, VA, on 24 May 1861.

Civil War hero and martyr.

210 R. P. Cummins Somerset Somerset PA COL Robert Parson Cummins

(1827-1862), 142nd PA Inf., died

2 July 1863 at Gettysburg, PA,

from wounds received in battle

there on 1 July 1863. Buried in

Union Cemetery, Somerset.

Org 16 June 1881 History of Bedford, Somerset &

Fulton Counties, PA, 1884

211 CPT E. J. Rice Factoryville Wyoming PA

212 Kilpatrick Millersburg Dauphin PA MG Hugh Judson Kilpatrick (1836-


Chart'd 29 June

1881; Must'd 9

July 1881

Twenty-six charter members. Original charter; Millersburg

Centennial Celebration

Souvenir, 1907



No. Alt.

No.


213 J. Stewart Robinson Huntingdon Mills Luzerne PA 1LT James Stewart Robinson

(1835-1864), Co. F, 36th PA Inf.,

died 3 Nov. 1864 from wounds

received while attempting to arrest

deserters in Columbia County,

PA. Resident of Luzerne County,

local hero.

214 M. C. Lowry Meyersdale Somerset PA PVT Michael C. Lowry (? -1862),

Co. A, 39th PA Inf., KIA at


1862. Resident of Somerset

County, local hero.

Org. 14 July 1881 Twenty-two charter members. History of Bedford, Somerset,

and Fulton Counties, 1884

215 James A. Garfield Pittsburgh Allegheny PA MG James Abram Garfield (1831-

1881), Civil War leader and later

US President (assassinated).

216 LT M. W. Lucore St. Marys Elk PA (presumably) 1LT Moses W.

Lucore (1837-1875), Co. C, 190th

PA Inf. Buried in Hewitt Cem.,

Hollywood, Clearfield County.

Chart'd 23 Aug.

1881; Must'd 12

Jan. 1882

Eighteen charter members. History of the Counties of

McKean, Elk, and Forest, 1890

217 Lafayette Easton Northampton PA

218 Chap. T. D. Swartz Moscow Lackawanna PA Rev. Taylor D. Swartz (1836-

1865), Chaplain, 210th PA Inf.

Methodist Episcopal minister,

native of Moscow, buried Moscow

Cem.

219 John Pollock Marion Centre Indiana PA 1LT John Pollock (? -1862), Co.

A, 61st PA Inf., died at

Portsmouth Naval Hospital, VA,

on 13 June 1862, from wounds

received at Fair Oaks, VA, on 31

May 1862. Resident of Indiana

County, local hero.

Org. 20 Aug.

1881

Twenty-one charter members. Indiana County, PA, 1913

220 MAJ W. B. Mays Franklin Venango PA MAJ William B. Mays (1837-

1865), 4th PA Cav., KIA at

Farmville, VA, on 7 Apr. 1865.

Resident of Venango County,

local hero.

Org 18 Aug. 1881 Sur. 1936 Fifty charter members. The Post established the first GAR "out-

post" (Out-Post, No. 1, org. Jan. 1900) in Pennsylvania. Out-posts

were subsidiary chapters of the GAR that were too small to

organize a full Post.

A Twentieth Century History of

Mercer County, PA, v.1, 1909;

The News-Herald (Franklin), 27

Mar. 1936.

221 CPT D. P. Smith New Florence Westmoreland PA CPT David P. Smith (c.1838-

1864), Co. D, 4th PA Cav., KIA on

29 Sept. 1864. Resident of


222 J. F. Southworth Franklin Forks Susquehanna PA

223 Robert McDermott Chicora Butler PA Must'd 13 Sept.

1881

Sur. 1922 Official souvenir book, Chicora,

Butler County, Pa., 1796 -


224 315 Cook Wellsboro Tioga PA PVT George Cook (? -1861), Co.

E, 42nd PA Inf., KIA at

Dranesville, VA, on 20 Dec. 1861.

First man from Tioga County killed

in battle.

Org. 6 Feb. 1872 Reorganized in March 1883 to become George Cook Post, No.

315.


224 COL Dawson Sandy Lake Mercer PA (presumably) LTC Matthew

Murray Dawson (1825-1864),

100th PA Inf., died at Armory

Square Hospital, Washington

D.C., on 30 June 1864, from

wounds received at Petersburg,

VA, on 17 June 1864.

Old Grange Hall; IOOF Hall, Ride

block (1909)

Org. 28 Sept.

1881

Nineteen charter members. A Twentieth Century History of

Mercer County, 1909

225 Bryson Watsontown Northumberland PA CPT Samuel Bryson (1837-1879),

Co. A, 7th PA Cav., buried

McEwensville Presbyterian Cem.,

McEwensville.

This Post had the unusual distinction of having a child named in its

honor. Bryson Post Staley was the son of former Post Chaplain,

Rev. F. W. Staley. The Post presented the child with a

personalized GAR mug on 22 April 1890 (Source: New York

Times, 27 April 1890).

History of Sullivan County,

1903

226 LT William H. Childs Marietta Lancaster PA SMA (LT?) William H. Child (1843-



Buried at Marietta Cem.

Org. 31 Aug.

1881

Sur. 1928 Glenn Knight, SUVCW PA

Dept.



No. Alt.

No.


227 Gilmore Ulster Bradford PA Org. 7 Nov. 1873 Sur. 1922 History of Bradford County,


228 J. A. Koltes Philadelphia Philadelphia PA COL John A. Koltes, 73rd PA Inf.,

KIA at 2nd Bull Run, VA, 30

August 1862. Resident of

Philadelphia, local hero.

238-238 George Street (1913) Philadelphia in the Civil War,

1913

229 J. W. Easton DuBois Clearfield PA J. W. Easton (? -1878), Co. J, PA

Militia. An old and worthy soldier,

respected by all.

Chart'd 27 Oct.

1881; Must'd 5

Nov. 1881

Twenty charter members. History of Clearfield County,

1887

230 COL James H. Childs Pittsburgh Allegheny PA COL James Harvey Childs (1835-



Resident of Pittsburgh, local hero.

231 Harrison Buffalo Mills Bedford PA Org. 9 Nov. 1881 Thirty-one charter members. History of Bedford, Somerset,

and Fulton Counties, 1884

232 Heilner Lykens Dauphin PA Stephen A. Heilner, possibly

related to Rev. Samuel Aquila

Heilner (1843-1907), who

ministered in Lykens.

GAR Hall (1898-1926) Org. 27 Oct. 1881 Dis. 1926 The namesake for the Post was originally Garfield, in honor of the

martyred president. The GAR Hall (formerly a church) is still

standing, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Centenary memorial of the

erection of the county of

Dauphin and the founding of

the city of Harrisburg, 1886;

GAR Hall plaque; Dept.

Proceedings, 1927

233 CPT Warren Simrell Great Bend Susquehanna PA CPT Warren Franklin Simrell

(1840-1870), Co. D, 17th PA Cav.

234 Sharpsville Sharpsville Mercer PA Named for the community in


AOUW Hall Org. 10 Oct. 1881 Twenty-five charter members. A Twentieth Century History of


235 GEN H. L. Brown Wattsburg Erie PA COL (Bvt. BG) Hiram Loomis

Brown (1832-1880), 145th PA Inf.

Buried in Erie Cem., Erie.

236 LT E. R. Geary Pittsburgh Allegheny PA 1LT Edward R. Geary (1845-

1863), Battery E, PA Light Art.,

KIA while sighting a gun at

Wauhatchie, TN, on 29 Oct. 1863.

GAR Hall, 15 Arlington Ave.

(1895)

Org. 21 Nov.

1881

About forty charter members. Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY),

9 Sept. 1895

237 CPT E. H. Little Punxsutawney Jefferson PA CPT Edwin H. Little (1833-1863),

Co. I, 62nd PA Inf., KIA at

Gettysburg, PA, on 2 July 1863.

Resident of Punxatawney, local

hero.

Must'd 14 Apr.

1882


1888

238 Aiken Aiken McKean PA Named for the community in


Dis. Aug. 1887 National Tribune, 11 Aug. 1887

238 COL Charles J. Biddle Kane McKean PA COL Charles John Biddle (1819-

1873), 42nd PA Inf. A veteran of

the Mexican and Civil War, he

received a commission to BG, but

declined it, preferring to go to

Congress.

Org. 1887

239 CPT Thompson Core Brinkerton Clarion PA CPT Thompson Core (c.1838-

1864), Co. K, 148th PA Inf., died

21 May 1864, from wounds

received at Po River, VA, on 10

May 1864.

240 COL Lytle Lundys Lane Erie PA COL J. W. Lytle (no other

information)

Chart'd 10 Apr.

1882

Nelson's Biographical

Dictionary and Historical

Reference Book of Erie

County, 1896; GAR Museum

and Library

241 LT D. W. Taggart Emporium / Driftwood Cameron PA 1LT Daniel Webster Taggart

(1835-1862), Co. G, 84th PA Inf.,

died 16 Oct. 1862. Buried Rich

Valley Cem., Cameron County.

Org. 28 Apr.

1882; Must'd 19

May 1882

Originally charted as Post No. 241, the namesake was selected in

March 1882 at the suggestion of Orrin P. Warner.



Potter, 1890

242 CPT E. R. Brady Brookville Jefferson PA CPT Evans R. Brady, Co. K, 40th

PA Infantry. KIA 14 Sept. 1862 at

South Mountain, MD. Local hero,

and first local officer killed in the

Civil War.

Org. 12 May 1882

243 CPL Murray Sardis Westmoreland PA



No. Alt.

No.


243 COL R. P. Roberts Smiths Ferry Beaver PA COL Richard Pettit Roberts (1820-



Resident of Beaver County, local

hero.

Org. 19 May 1882 History of Beaver County, 1904

244 CPT John Coulter Bolivar Westmoreland PA CPT John M. Coulter (1843-

1876), Co. D, 4th PA Cav. Died

31 Mar. 1876, buried West View

Cem., Bolivar.

245 W. G. Nugent Pittston Luzerne PA Dr. Washington G. Nugent (1822-

1877), Surgeon, 126th PA Inf.

and 20th PA Inf. Died 9 Mar.

1887, and buried in West Pittston

Cem.

An earlier Post in Pittston was organized on 3 Feb. 1868. It's

number isn't known.

Pittston Gazette, 6 Feb. 1868

246 Z. C. Quillen Harrisville Butler PA 2LT Zarah C. Quillen (? -1862),

Co. F, 134th PA Inf., KIA at



local hero.

247 William R. Foster Mifflinburg Union PA CPT (Bvt. MAJ) William R. Foster

(1834-1877), Co. E, 51st PA Inf.

Buried Mifflinburg Cem.

Org. 18 May 1882 Eighteen charter members. History of that part of the

Susquehanna and Juniata

Valleys Embraced by the

Counties of Mifflin, Juniata,

Perry, Union and Snyder, 1886

248 COL Chapman Biddle Emlenton Venango PA COL Chapman Biddle (1822-

1880), 121st PA Inf.

Must'd 23 May

1882

Twenty-two charter members. Associated with Corps No. 57,

WRC.


1890

249 Foxburg Foxburg Clarion PA Named for the community in


250 152 COL W. H. Ent Bloomsburg Columbia PA COL (BVT BG.) Wellington H.

Ent, 35th PA Inf., resident of

Columbia County, died 1871 in

Bloomburg.

Org. 10 June

1882

Preceeded by Post No. 152, which organized and disbanded

twice.

George A. Turner, Columbia

County Historical and

Genealogical Society

251 Norval Muse New Lebanon Mercer PA PVT Norval W. Muse (1843-

1863), Co. A, 139th PA Inf., KIA

at Marye's Heights, VA, on 3 May

1863. Resident of New Lebanon,

local hero.


252 COL Isaac Rogers Orbisonia Huntingdon PA COL Isaac Rogers (1834-1864),

110th PA Inf., died at

Fredericksburg, VA, on 22 May



12 May 1864. Buried Orbisonia

Cem.

Org. 30 May 1882 Twenty-four charter members. History of Huntingdon and Blair

Counties, 1883; A History of

the Juniata Valley and Its

People, Volume 1, 1913

253 J. Francis Perryopolis Fayette PA

253 Thomas W. Miller Masontown Fayette PA

254 Sharon Sharon Mercer PA Named for the community in


Org. 20 June

1882

Forty-three charter members. A Twentieth Century History of


255 GEN W. S. Hancock Dowingtown Chester PA BG. Winfield Scott Hancock (1824-

1886), famous Civil War and

Mexican War leader.

Org. 1882 Chester County Historical

Society

256 COL Samuel Croasdale Rigelsville Bucks PA COL Samuel Croasdale (1837-



257 LT C. B. Post Shickshinney Luzerne PA 1SGT (Bvt. LT?) Charles B. Post

(c.1832-1863), 56th PA Inf., KIA

at Vicksburg, VA, on 29 Apr.

1863. Buried at Pine Hill Cem.,

Shickshinny.

Must'd 1882 National Tribune, 2 Sept. 1882

258 R. P. Babcock Westfield Tioga PA Org. 11 July 1882 Twenty-two charter members. National Tribune notes date of

organization as 22 July.


1883; History of Tioga County,

1897

259 Duquesne Duquesne Allegheny PA Named for the community in


Org. 2 June 1882;

Must'd 8 Aug.

1882

Known as the "aristocratic" Post, due to its exclusivity when

recruiting only certain professionals.


9 Sept. 1895



No. Alt.

No.


260 COL W. Lemmon New Bethlehem Clarion PA (presumably) LTC William Lemon

(? - ?), 37th PA Inf., raised a

company in Clarion County.


261 Dr. George L. Potter Milesburg Centre PA Dr. George L. Potter (1819-1879),

Surgeon, 45th and 145th PA Inf.

Buried Union Cem., Bellafonte,

Centre County.


262 Grove Brothers Howard Centre PA Most likely the following brothers:

1LT William P. Grove (1838-

1862), Co. A, 45th PA Inf., died at

Frederick, MD, on 22 Sept. 1862,

from wounds received at South

Mountain, MD, on 14 Sept. 1862.

Cenotaph in Howard Cem. 2)

CPL Andrew P. Grove (c.1841-

1864), Co. A, 45th PA Inf., died a

POW at Andersonville, GA, on 1

Nov. 1864. Sons of Henry Grove

of Howard Twp.


263 Peters Brothers Unionville Centre PA Must'd 1882 Sur. 1922 National Tribune, 2 Sept. 1882;


264 COL D. L. Montgomery Montgomery Lycoming PA CPT (Bvt LTC) David L.

Montgomery (1836-1868), Co. A,

17th US Regular Inf.

Org. 12 July 1882 National Tribune, 2 Sept. 1882;

History of Lycoming County,

1892

265 Cumberland Carmichaels Greene PA Must'd 1882 National Tribune, 2 Sept. 1882

266 LT Frank M. Brown Rochester Mills Indiana PA Org. 24 Sept.

1891; Re-org. 30

June 1908

Dis. 30 Sept.

1903

A Post 266 surrendered its charter in 1922, according to the Dept.

Proceedings, 1923.


266 LT T. B. Winslow Penfield Clearfield /

Deleware

PA 1LT Thomas Benton Winslow

(1836-1876), Co. G, 42nd PA Inf.,

buried Mount Pleasant Cem.,

Benezette.

Chart'd 19 July

1882

Seventeen charter members. A "Court" charter was granted to the

Post in September 1884, allowing the Post to own real estate.

National Tribune, 2 Sept. 1882;

History of Clearfield County,

1887

267 E. D. Sharp Rimersburg Clarion PA PVT Evelyn D. Sharp (? - ?), Co.

E, 62nd PA Inf., resident of

Clarion County.


268 CPT John Whitney Laceyville Wyoming PA CPT John Whitney (1837-1864),

Co. F, 53rd PA Inf., KIA at

Spotsylvania Court House on 18

May 1864. Buried North Flat

Cem., Laceyville.

Org. 1882 Organized in the fall of 1882. National Tribune, 9 Aug. 1883

269 Jefferson Brockway Jefferson PA Named for the county in which it

was based.

Must'd 17 Aug.

1882


1888

270 LT R. W. Smith Wrightsville York PA 2LT Robert W. Smith (1839-

1862), Co. G, 34th PA Inf., died at

Washington, D. C., on 7 Sept.


2nd Bull Run, VA, on 30 Aug.

1862. Buried Fairview Cem.,

Wrightsville.

Must'd 1882 Listed as LT B. N. Smith Post in the National Tribune, 2 Sept

1882.

National Tribune, 2 Sept. 1882

271 Theodore Weaver / Thomas

S. Weber

Hellerton Northampton PA 1) PVT Theodore (Theodorus)

Anthony Weaver (1844-1863),

Co. K, 153rd PA Inf., died 26 July


Gettysburg, VA, on 1 July 1863.

Resident of Hellerton, local hero.

272 CPT John O. Campbell Pine Grove Mills Centre PA 1LT John O. Campbell (1832-

1864), Co. E, 45th PA Inf., died 7

May 1864, from wounds received

at Wilderness, VA, on 6 May

1864. Resident of Centre County,

local hero. A cenotaph to his

memory is located in Pine Grove

Mills Cem.


273 COL James Miller Weatherly Carbon PA COL James Miller (1823-1862),

81st PA Inf., KIA at Fair Oaks, VA,

on 31 May 1862.

Org. 11 Aug.

1882

Forty charter members. Brenckman, 1913, History of




No. Alt.

No.


274 CPT George Stowe Tionesta Forest PA CPT George Stowe (? -1862), Co.

G, 83rd PA Inf., KIA at Laurel Hill,


Forest County, local hero.

IOOF Hall (1890) Must'd 9 Aug.

1882

Seventeen charter members. History of the Counties of

McKean, Elk and Forest, 1890;

Forest Republican, 24 Sept.

1890

275 GEN Robert Patterson Philadelphia Philadelphia PA MG Robert Patterson (1792-


Mexican-American War leader.

Died in Philadelphia on 7 Aug.

1881.

1131 S. Broad Street (1913) Must'd 1882 Sur. 1913 National Tribune, 2 Sept. 1882;



276 CPT George A. Cribbs Greensburg Westmoreland PA CPT George A. Cribbs (1820-

1862), Co. I, 11th PA Inf., died 20

Sept. 1862, from wounds received

at 2nd Bull Run, VA, on 30 Aug.

1862. Resident of Greensburg,

local hero.

277 CPL Baer Delta York PA Chart'd 22 Aug.

1882

Twenty-four charter members. History of York County, 1886

278 John C. Pollock West Freedom Clarion PA

279 Orange A. Lewis Ulysses Potter PA SGT Orange Austin Lewis (1806-

1862), Co. G, 53rd PA Inf., died at

Harrison Landing, VA, on 14 Oct.

1862. Resident of Potter County,

local hero. Buried in Old

Lewisville Cem., Ulysses.

Org. 3 Aug. 1882 History of the Counties of


Potter, 1890

280 Chester Williamstown Dauphin PA

281 James O'Donnell Kellersburg Armstrong PA

282 Samuel Shannon Centre Hall Centre PA

283 N. T. Pennington Fairmount Springs Luzerne PA PVT Nathan Tubbs Pennington

(1827-1865), Co. I, 16th PA Cav.,

died at Carver Hospital,

Washington, D.C., on 7 Apr.


Sailor's Creek, VA, on 6 Apr.

1865.

284 Samuel Kress Slatington Lehigh PA PVt Samuel Kress (1840-1863),

Co. I, 153rd PA Inf., KIA at


Buried Union Cem., Slatington.

Org. Aug. 1882 Dis. 1927 Twenty charter members. History of the Counties of

Lehigh & Carbon, 1884; Dept.

Proceedings, 1928

285 SGT H. Mallory Sayre Bradford PA 1SGT Hollis Mallory (1841-1865),

Co. C, 191st PA Inf., a POW at

Andersonville, GA, he died 10

Apr. 1865, after he had been

released. Resident of Bradford

County, local hero.

Org. 19 Sept.

1882

Dis. 1918 History of Bradford County, PA,


286 William S. Bradley / CPT

Samuel Campbell

Burgettstown Washington PA 1) PVT William S. Bradley (1845-

1865), service uncertain, KIA at

2nd Battle of Fort Fisher, NC, in

Jan. 1865. Buried in Fairview

Cem., Burgettstown; 2) CPT

Samuel Campbell (1831-1887),

Co. H, 140th PA Inf. Buried

Frankfort Springs Presbyterian

Cem., Frankfort Springs, Beaver

County.

Dis. 1926 Originally organized as William S. Bradley Post, the namesake

was changed to CPT Samuel Campbell about 1899.


287 CPT John E. Walker Waynesboro Franklin PA CPT John Edmund Walker (1839-


Atlanta, GA, on 5 Aug. 1864.

Native of Waynesboro, local hero.

Org. 10 Sept.

1882; Must'd 22

Sept. 1882

Dis. 1926 Twenty-seven charter members. Associated with CPT John E.

Walker Corps, No. 26, WRC.

History of Franklin County,

1887; Wayneboro (B. M.

Nead), 1900; Dept.

Proceedings, 1927

288 King Brothers Liberty Hall Allegheny /

Fayette / McKean

/ Tioga

PA IOOF Hall Org. 20 Sept.

1882

Thirty-five charter members. History of Tioga County, 1897

289 James H. Wilson Springdale Allegheny PA

290 COL Edwin Schall Lansdale Montgomery PA LTC Edwin Schall (1835-1864),

51st PA Inf., KIA at Cold Harbor,

VA, on 3 June 1864. Resident of

Montgomery County, local hero.

Org. 10 Nov.

1882

Dis. 1916 Eighteen charter members. History of Montgomery County,




No. Alt.

No.


291 Mordecai Dowd Forest City Susquehanna PA PVT Mordecai H. Dowd (1840-

1863), Co. C, 151st PA Inf., died

at Union Mills, VA, on 29 Dec.

1862. Buried Willow View Cem.,

Clifford, Susquehanna County.

Must'd 18 Jan.

1889

National Tribune, 7 Feb. 1889

292 GEN Kane Mount Union Huntingdon PA BG Thomas Leiper Kane (1822-


Org. 1882 History of the "Bucktails," 1906;

History of Mount Union, 1910

293 LT W. H. Kinkead Houtzdale Clearfield PA 2LT William H. Kinkead (1842-

1882), Co. D, 53rd PA Inf. Buried

Philipsburg Cem., Centre County.

Parker's Hall (1887) Org. 20 Nov.

1882

Disbanded between 1923 and 1926. History of Clearfield County,

1887

294 Thomas M. Sedwick East Brady Clarion PA PVT Thomas M. Sedwick (? -

1864), Co. C, 139th PA Inf., died

of disease as a POW at

Andersonville, GA, on 15 Aug.

1864.

Org. 22 Dec.

1882

Dis. 1916 Twenty-two charter members. National Tribune, 4 Jan. 1883;


295 LT Pomeroy Roxbury Cambria /

Cumberland /

Franklin /

Somerset

PA 1LT Andrew Alexander Pomeroy

(1841-1865), Co. I, 198th PA Inf.,

KIA at White Oak Road, VA, on

31 Mar. 1865. Native of Roxbury,

local hero.

Org. 26 Dec.

1882

Dis. 1896/7 Sixteen charter members. History of Franklin County,


296 LT Gilbert Beaver Belleville Mifflin PA (presumably) 1LT Jacob Gilbert

Beaver (1840-1862), Co. H, 51st

PA Inf., KIA at Antietam, MD, on

17 Sept. 1862. Resident of Mifflin

County, local hero.

297 LT Arnold Lobaugh Newport Perry PA 2LT Arnold Lobaugh (? -1862),

Co. I, 11th PA Inf., died 26 Sept.



Org. 13 Jan. 1883 Thirteen charter members. A History of the Juniata Valley


298 LT W. W. Bierly Rebersburg Centre PA 1LT Wesley W. Bierly (c.1836-

1864), Co. A, 148th PA Inf., died

at Petersburg, VA, on 2 Sept.

1864, from wounds received there

on 22 June 1864. Resident of

Rebersburg, local hero.

299 Albert H. Jackson Cooperstown Venango PA PVT Albert H. Jackson (c.1827-

1863), Co. H, 4th PA Cav., died of

typhoid fever in camp near

Potomac Creek, VA, on 26 Feb.

1863.

Must'd 9 Jan.

1883

Forty-eight charter members. Venango County, 1919

300 GEN Heintzleman Manheim Lancaster PA MG Samuel Peter Heintzelman


leader.

Org. 31 Dec.

1882

Sur. 2 May

1933


Dept.

301 LT A. B. Langley Cambridge Springs Crawford PA 2LT Alexander B. Langley (? -

1864), Co. E, 83rd PA Inf., KIA at


Org. 13 Jan. 1883 History of Crawford County,

1885

302 George Harleman Eagleville / Blanchard Centre PA PVT George W. Harleman (1837-


Rappahannock Station, VA, on 7

Nov. 1863. Resident of Centre

County, local hero. Buried in

Blanchard Church of Christ Cem.

Org. 10 Jan. 1883 Dis. 1918 National Tribune, 1 Feb. 1883;


303 CPT John C. Dowling Corsica Jefferson PA CPT John C. Dowling (1835-

1862), Co. B, 105th PA Inf., KIA

at Fair Oaks, VA, on 31 May

1862. Resident of Jefferson

County, local hero. First officer

from the county killed in the war.

Must'd 22 Feb.

1883


1888

303 William Armstrong Shelocta Indiana PA (presumably) PVT William

Armstrong (c.1844-1863), Co. A,

135th PA Inf., died of typhoid

fever on 7 Mar. 1863. Resident of

Indiana County.

Org. 28 May 1889 Dis. 1927 Twenty charter members. Indiana County, PA, 1913;




No. Alt.

No.


304 LT James G. Stevens Peckville Lackawanna PA 2LT James G. Stevens (1834-

1865), Co. H, 52nd PA Inf., died

of disease at Blakely, Lackwanna

County, on 7 Apr. 1865. Buried

Prospect Hill Cem., Peckville.

Org 25 Jan. 1883 Twenty-four charter members. National Tribune, 8 Feb. 1883

305 O. G. Bingham Slippery Rock Butler PA 1LT Origen G. Bingham (1840-


of disease at Harrisburg, PA, on 7

Nov. 1862. Resident of Butler

County, local hero. Buried

Slippery Rock Cem.

Must'd 6 Mar.

1883

Sixteen charter members. National Tribune, 29 Mar. 1883;


306 GEN Robert L. Bodine Doylestown Bucks PA COL (Bvt. BG) Robert Lewis

Bodine (1832-1874), 26th PA Inf.

Doylestown Public Library,

Lenape building; James S.

Mann's bakery, 3rd floor; James

Kane's building, 2nd floor,

Donaldson Street; Thompson

Building, Main Street;

Mannerchoir Hall (1905)

Must'd 23 Jan.

1883

Twenty-eight charter members. National Tribune, 29 Mar. 1883;

History of Doylestown, 1905

307 SGT George Fell Waverly Lackawanna PA SGT George O. Fell (c.1843-

1863), Co. B, 143rd PA Inf., died



on 3 July 1863. Resident of

Waverly, local hero.

Must'd 27 Jan.

1883

Dis. 1918 Twenty-six charter members. National Tribune, 29 Mar. 1883,

26 Apr. 1883; Dept.

Proceedings, 1919

308 MAJ W. W. Miles Girard Erie PA MAJ William Watts Miles (1830-


Millwood, VA, on 17 Dec. 1864.

Buried Girard Cem.

Org. 1883 National Tribune, 29 Mar. 1883

309 COL P. B. Housum Chambersburg Franklin PA LTC Peter B. Housum (1824-

1863), 77th PA Inf., died 1 Jan.


Stones River, TN, on 31 Dec.

1862. Buried at Cedar Grove

Cem., Chambersburg.

Cor. Main & Queen Streets (1887) Org. 21 Feb.

1883

Dis. 1927 Thirty-four charter members. History of Franklin County,


310 Babbs Morris Tioga PA Org. 1883 Dis. 1897/8 National Tribune, 29 Mar. 1883;


311 COL George A. Cobham Tidiuote Warren PA COL (Bvt. BG) George Ashworth

Cobham, Jr. (1825-1864), 111th

PA Inf., KIA at Peach Tree Creek,

GA, on 20 July 1864. Warren

County resident, local hero.

Org. 1883 Dis. 1921 Organized as Tidiuote Post. National Tribune, 29 Mar. 1883;


312 LT Edward W. Gay Philadelphia Philadelphia PA 2LT Edward W. Gay (1841-1880),

Co. A, 67th PA Inf. Buried

Greenwood Cem., Philadelphia.

2214 Germantown Ave. (1913) Org. 1883 Dis. 1921 National Tribune, 29 Mar. 1883;



313 Levi Morse New Milford Susquehanna PA Org. 1883 National Tribune, 29 Mar. 1883

314 SGT Thomas McCloskey Gallitzin Cambria PA SGT Thomas M. McCloskey (? -

1862), Co. F, 28th PA Inf., KIA at



315 224 George Cook Wellsboro Tioga PA PVT George Cook (? -1861), Co.

E, 42nd PA Inf., KIA at

Dranesville, VA, on 20 Dec. 1861.

First man from Tioga County killed

in battle.

Old Baptist Church (1884) Org. 6 Feb. 1872;

Re-org. Mar.

1883

Reorganized from Cook Post, No. 224, which had lapsed for a

time due to lack of members. Associated with George Cook

Corps, No. 88, WRC. The Post purchased the Old Baptist Church

building and a lot on the east side of Main Street in 1884. This

became the Post meeting hall.


316 LT Benjamin Benfort Oriental Juniata PA PVT Benjamin Benford (c.1841-

?), Co. I, 53rd PA Inf., presumably

killed in the war (no record of

discharge). The name is also

spelled Benfert and Benfort.


317 CPT A. J. Stevens Fayettsville Franklin PA CPT Alanson J. Stevens (? -

1863), Batt. B, PA Light Art., KIA

at Chickamauga, GA, on 21 Sept.

1863. Resident of Franklin

County, and nephew of Hon.

Thaddeus Stevens.

Org. 3 Apr. 1883 Twenty-four charter members. History of Franklin County,

1887



No. Alt.

No.


318 Reuben Ferner Stoystown Somerset PA PVT Reuben W. Ferner (1842-

1864), Co. B, 54th PA Inf., died of

disease at Claysville Hospital,

Cumberland, MD, on 3 Aug. 1864.

Buried IOOF Cem., Stoystown.

Org. 3 Apr. 1883 National Tribune, 6 Mar. 1884

319 CPT W. N. Monles Scranton Lackawanna PA COL William N. Monies (1827-

1881), 30th PA Inf. (formerly CPT,

Co. B, 136th PA Inf.). Mayor of

Scranton 1869-1872.

Org. 6 Apr. 1883 History of Scranton, 1891

320 Alfred Toles Little Marsh Tioga PA (presumably) PVT Alfred Toles (? -

1864), Co. F, 11th PA Cav., died

14 Dec. 1864.

Must'd 21 Apr.

1883

Twenty-five charter members. Associated with Alfred Toles Corps,

No. 28, WRC.

National Tribune, 3 May 1883;


321 J. Ed. Turk Dayton Armstrong PA CPL J. Edward Turk (? -1862),

Co. F, 38th PA Inf., died at

Washington, D.C., on 1 Aug.


Gaines' Mill, VA, on 27 June

1862.

Org. 30 Mar.

1883

Sur. June 1921 Twelve charter members. Surrendered charter with six members

remaining. The last surviving member was Augustus K.

Goodheart, who died on 18 Mar. 1932.

National Tribune, 19 Apr. 1883;

Dept. Proceedings, 1922; The

Indiana Gazette, 19 Mar. 1932;

Simpson's Leader-Times

(Kittanning), 16 June 1961

322 CPT A. J. Mason Espyville Crawford PA CPT Andrew Jackson Mason

(1829-1863), Co. H, 145th PA Inf.,

died 12 Jan. 1863, from wounds


on 13 Dec. 1862. Resident of

Crawford County, local hero.

Org. 1883 National Tribune, 5 April 1883

323 CPL Rufus Frear Beaumount Wyoming PA CPL Rufus Frear (? -1864), Co. F,

53rd PA Inf., died of disease as a

POW at Salisbury, NC, on 9 Dec.

1864.

Org. 1883 National Tribune, 5 April 1883

324 Fort Ligonier Ligonier Westmoreland PA Named for historic Fort Ligonier

(French & Indian Wars), located in

Ligonier, PA.

Murdock & Burkey's Hall (1906-

1909, 1918-1919); Berkey,

Lauphery & Wilt Building (1921-

1923)

Org. 1883 National Tribune, 5 April 1883;

The Ligonier Echo, various

issues 1906-1923

325 Marion Craig Grove City Mercer PA CPL Francis Marion Craig (c.1839-

1862), KIA at Fredericksburg, VA,

on 12 Dec. 1862. Promoted to

1LT, but died before receiving

commission. Resident of Grove

City, local hero.

Org. 16 Apr. 1883 Thirty-nine charter members. A Twentieth Century History of


326 Robert Porter Jamestown Mercer PA CPL Robert B. Porter (1838-

1864), Co. B, 140th PA Inf., died

15 May 1864 at Fredericksburg,

VA, from wounds received at


12 May 1864. Buried Park Lawn

Cem., Jamestown.

Org. Jan. 1884 Sur. 1922 About thirty charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1923; A

Twentieth Century History of


327 W. F. Wentworth Garland Warren PA CPL William F. Wentworth (? -

1864), Co. G, 83rd PA Inf., KIA at


Must'd 13 Apr.

1883

Sixteen charter members. National Tribune, 26 Apr. 1883

328 William C. Carr Bear Lake Warren PA PVT William Clark Carr (1836-

1863), Co. F, 151st PA Inf., died

27 July 1863, from wounds

received at Gettsyburg, PA, on 1

July 1863. Buried Bear Lake

Cem.

Must'd 15 May

1883

National Tribune, 24 May 1883

329 James Nolder West Elizabeth Allegheny PA (presumably) PVT James Nolder

(? - ?), Co. E, 61st PA Inf. No

other information.

Must'd 15 May

1883

Forty charter members. National Tribune, 14 June

1883, 28 June 1883

330 John M. Patton Rew McKean PA

330 LT S. M. Adams McDonald Washington PA 1LT Samuel M. Adams (1824-

1864), Co. H, 62nd PA Inf., died

at Cold Harbor, VA, on 4 June


on 3 June 1864.

331 SGT Samuel M. Peiffer Meadville Crawford PA SGT Samuel M. Peiffer (1833-

1863), Co. I, 150th PA Inf., KIA at


Must'd 11 May

1883

National Tribune, 24 May 1883



No. Alt.

No.


332 MAJ William Watson Bedford Bedford PA MAJ William Watson (1837-1879),

Surgeon, 105th PA Inf. Native of

Bedford and namesake of Camp

Watson.

Must'd 9 May

1883

National Tribune, 14 June

1883; History of Bedford,

Somerset, and Fulton Counties

333 E. S. Wright Alum Bank Bedford PA Must'd 25 May

1883

National Tribune, 14 June 1883

334 COL James Ashworth Philadelphia Philadelphia PA COL James Ashworth (1836-

1882), 121st PA Inf. Buried

Cedar Hill Cem., Philadelphia.

Frankford (1913) Must'd 9 May

1883

National Tribune, 14 June


War, 1913

335 LT William A. Bruner Sunbury Northumberland PA 1LT William A. Bruner (1818-

1862), Co. E, 131st PA Inf., KIA at


1862.

Must'd 21 May

1883

Dis. 1926 National Tribune, 14 June


336 Eben N. Ford Warren Warren PA 2LT Eben N. Ford (1838-1863),

"James" Co., PA Independent Inf.,

killed at McConnellsburg, PA, 13

Feb. 1863. Warren resident, local

hero.

Must'd 24 May

1883; Re-org.(?)

24 June 1884

Twenty-seven charter members. National Tribune, 14 June

1883; History of Warren

County, 1887

337 John Fisher Riceville Crawford PA Org. 29 May 1883 Nineteen charter members. History of Crawford County,

1885

338 F. J. Hamilton Ohioville Beaver PA Org. 23 Oct. 1883 Fifteen charter members. History of Beaver County, 1888

339 CPT John J. Whitney Dallas Luzerne PA CPT John J. Whitney (1836-

1864), Co. F, 53rd PA Inf., KIA at

Spotsyvania Court House, VA, on

18 May 1864. Beloved teacher in

Dallas, local hero.

Must'd 20 July

1883

National Tribune, 23 Aug. 1883

340 LT George P. Scudder Lake Como Wayne PA 2LT George P. Scudder (? -1864),

Co. F, 45th PA Inf., KIA at Cold

Harbor, VA, on 3 June 1864.

341 Fredonia Fredonia Mercer PA Named for the community in


Must'd 9 June

1883

Fourteen charter members. National Tribune, 21 June 1883

342 Shrewsbury Shrewsbury York PA Named for the community in


Must'd 18 June

1883

National Tribune, 28 June 1883

343 LT James C. Noon Coalport Clearfield PA (presumably) 2LT James C. Noon

(1842-1862), Adjutant, 3rd PA

Inf., KIA at Fredericksburg, VA, on

13 Dec. 1862. Buried in

Ebensburg, Cambria County.

Must'd 20 July

1883


344 Mark Collins Berlin Somerset PA PVT Mark Collins (1824-1867),

Co. B, 54th PA Inf. Buried IOOF

Cem., Berlin.

Must'd 21 June

1883

Dis. 1918 Seventeen charter members. National Tribune, 26 July 1883;

History of Bedford, Somerset,

and Fulton Counties, 1884;


345 John F. Rice Waterford Erie PA PVT John F. Rice (1836-1862),

Co. E, 83rd PA Inf., KIA at

Malvern Hill, VA, on 1 July 1862.

Resident of Erie County, local

hero. Buried Waterford Cem.

Must'd 11 June

1883

National Tribune, 26 July 1883

346 MAJ J. W. Patton Springboro Crawford PA MAJ John Wagner Patton (1822-

1863), 145th PA Inf., died 15 May


Chancellorsville, VA, on 3 May

1863. Resident of Crawford

County, local hero.

Must'd 26 June

1883

National Tribune, 26 July 1883;

History of Crawford County,

1885

347 McKean Smethport McKean PA Probably named for the county in


Must'd 21 June

1883

Thirty-one charter members. National Tribune, 5 July 1883,

26 July 1883; History of the

Counties of McKean, Elk, and

Forest, Pennsylvania, 1890

348 James Noble West Alexandria Washington PA Must'd 31 Aug.

1883

About twenty-five charter members. National Tribune, 6 Sep. 1883

349 MAJ Keenan Jersey Shore Lycoming PA MAJ Peter Keenan (1834-1863),

8th PA Cav., KIA at


1863.

Must'd 26 June

1883

About forty charter members. National Tribune, 5 July 1883,

26 July 1883

350 CPT James Taggart Northumberland Northumberland PA CPT James Taggart (1827-1862),

Co. B, 34th PA Inf., KIA at New

Market Cross Roads, VA, on 30


Northumberland County, local

hero.

Must'd 20 June

1883




No. Alt.

No.


351 SGT Samuel W. Lascomb Steelton Dauphin PA PVT Samuel W. Lascomb (1840-

1862), Co. C, 36th PA Inf., KIA at

Charles City Cross Roads, VA, on

30 June 1862.

Must'd 27 June

1883


352 Stephen N. Warner Linesville Crawford PA PVT Stephen Nathan Warner

(1843-1863), Co. H, 83rd PA Inf.,

died 14 Aug. 1863, from wounds

received at Gettysburg, PA, on 2

July 1863. Resident of Crawford

County, local hero.

Must'd 20 June

1883


353 John Hipple Bainbridge Lancaster PA 1SGT John H. Hipple (1836-

1864), Co. B, 45th PA Inf., KIA at



Bainbridge, local hero.

Chart'd & Must'd

29 June 1883

Sur. 1920 Seventeen charter members. National Tribune, 12 July 1883,

26 July 1883; Glenn Knight,

SUVCW PA Dept.

354 John Koch Nickleville Venango PA (presumably) PVT John Koch

(1839-1863), Co. I, 105th PA Inf.,

died 19 May 1863. Son of

Abraham Koch of Venango

County.

Must'd 28 June

1883

Dis. 1918 Twenty-six charter members. National Tribune, 19 July 1883,

26 July 1883; Dept.

Proceedings, 1919

355 CPT Michael Smith McClure Snyder PA Must'd 22 July

1883

Organized at Bannerville. The Post was originally made up almost

exclusively of veterans of Co. F, 184th PA Inf. Local histories note

that the Post organized on 23 July 1883.

National Tribune, 23 Aug.

1883; History of that Part of the

Susquehanna and Juniata

Valleys, 1886

356 J. H. Mullin Rixford / Duke Centre McKean PA Org. 30 July 1883 Organized at Rixford. Forty-five charter members. The

headquarters were moved to Duke Centre on 15 June 1885.

357 CPT Philip Holland Lawrenceville Tioga PA CPT Philip Holland (1836-1862),

Co. A, 42nd PA Inf., KIA at


30 June 1862. Resident of

Lawrenceville, local hero.

Must'd 16 July

1883


1883; History of Tioga County,

1897

358 CPT John A. Ross Christiana / Atglen Lancaster PA Chart'd & Must'd

17 July 1883

Dis. 1921 National Tribune, 23 Aug.

1883; Dept. Proceedings,

1922; Glenn Knight, SUVCW

PA Dept.

359 LT H. F. Lewis Fairview Erie PA 1LT Horatio Farnham Lewis (1842-

1863), Co. D, 145th PA Inf., KIA


1863. Buried Erie Cem.

Must'd 21 July

1883

Sur. 1922 National Tribune, 23 Aug.


360 Chas R. Bright Verona Allegheny PA PVT Charles Rowan Bright

(c.1841-1863), Bat. F, PA

Independent Light Art.,

accidentially killed at Boonsboro,

MD, on 10 July 1863. Buried

Bright Cem., Allegheny County.

Must'd 18 July

1883


361 Ross Rush Ursina Somerset PA PVT Ross Rush (1842-1864), Co.

H, 85th PA Inf., KIA at


Chart'd & Must'd

23 July 1883

Twenty-four charter members. Original charter; National

Tribune, 23 Aug. 1883; History

of Bedford, Somerset, and

Fulton Counties, 1884

362 Wallace Bogart Nelson Tioga PA PVT Wallace Bogart (c.1843-

1862), Co. A, 42nd PA Inf., died in

New York, NY, on 2 Aug. 1862,

from wounds received at Charles

City Cross Roads, VA, on 30 June

1862. Resident of Nelson, local

hero.

Org 1 Sept. 1883 Seventeen charter members. History of Tioga County, 1897

363 GEN Thomas C. Devin Philadelphia Philadelphia PA BG (Bvt. MG) Thomas Casimer

Devin (1822-1878), famous Civil

War leader.

Parkway Building (1913) Philadelphia in the Civil War,

1913

364 CPT G. W. Ryan Middleburg Snyder PA CPT George W. Ryan, Co. F,

131st PA Inf., KIA at


1862.

Org. 7 Aug. 1884 Twenty-three charter members. Albright Swineford, a veteran of

the War of 1812, was an honorary member of this Post.

History of the Susquehanna


365 King McConnellsburg Fulton PA IOOF Hall (1902) Must'd 22 Apr.

1887

Twenty-two charter members. National Tribune 5 May 1887;

Fulton County News, 17 Apr.

1902

365 Dawson Uniontown Fayette PA Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause

(Gannon, 2011).



No. Alt.

No.


366 SGT H. A. Martindell Langhorne Bucks PA QMS Hugh A. Martindell (1840-

1869), Co. B, 104th PA Inf.

Buried Langhorne Methodist

Churchyard.

Org. 18 Aug.

1883

Twenty-two charter members. History of Bucks County, 1887

367 J. F. McCullough Waynesburg Greene PA COL John Fulton McCullough

(1841-1864), 140th PA Inf., KIA at

Totopotomoy Creek, VA, on 31

May 1864. Buried Jefferson

Presbyterian Church Cem.,

Jefferson, Greene County.

368 O. H. Armstrong Portland Northampton PA SGT Oliver H. Armstrong (c.1839-



1862. Resident of Northampton

County, local hero.

Org. 1883 Dis. 1921 Thirteen charter members. National Tribune, 20 Sept.


369 David E. Small York York PA (presumably) David Etter Small

(1824-1883), prominent railroad

car builder in York. He had lost

an arm in an industrial accident

prior to the war. Member of the

Maryland District US Christian

Commission.


(Gannon, 2011).

370 Albert W. Perrin Ridgway Elk PA PVT Albert W. Perrin (? -1865),

Co. I, 190th PA Inf., died a POW

at Salisbury, NC, on 19 Feb.

1865. Resident of Spring Creek

Twp., local hero.

Org. 21 Sept.

1883

Twenty-five charter members. Mustered before 13 Sept. 1883,

according to the National Tribune.


1883; History of the Counties

of McKean, Elk, Cameron and

Potter, 1890

371 Charles A. Painter Coulterville Allegheny PA SGT Charles A. Painer (1844-

1865), Co. E, 4th PA Cav.

Resident of Coulterville, local

hero. Buried Greenock Cem.,

Greenock, Allegheny County.

Must'd 5 Sept.

1883

Twenty-one charter members. National Tribune, 13 Sept.

1883

371 CPT Joshua W. Sharp Newville Cumberland PA CPT Joshua Williams Sharp

(1831-1881), Co. E, 130th PA

Infantry. Newville resident, died

at Jaffa (Tel Aviv, Israel) and

buried there.

Org. 24 Mar.

1888


372 Martin V. Ryan Genesee Forks Potter PA (presumably) PVT Martin V. Ryan

(? -1864), Co. G, 46th PA Inf.,

died of wounds on 15 July 1864.

Org. Sept. 1883 National Tribune, 13 Sept.

1883

373 CPT Oliver Mumford Starrucca Wayne PA CPT Oliver Mumford (1833-1864),

Co. A, 56th PA Inf., KIA in


Buried Starrucca Cem.


1883

374 CPT M. L. Stone Conneautville Crawford PA CPT Martin Luther Stone (1831-

1870), Co. I, 2nd PA Cav. Died of

disease contracted while in the

Civil War. Buried Conneautville

Cem.


1883

375 W. T. Campbell Normalville Fayette PA William T. Campbell. No other

information.

Org. Sept. 1883 The last member of the Post was Andrew Johnston (1844-1932). National Tribune, 13 Sept.

1883; Daily Courier

(Connellsville), 6 June 1946

376 Kissinger Gratz Dauphin PA IOOF Hall Must'd 29 Sept.

1883

Sur. 1922 Twenty-four charter members. National Tribune, 13 Sept.

1883, 18 Oct. 1883; Dept.

Proceedings, 1923

377 Jacob Maynard North Mehoopany Wyoming PA PVt Jacob Maynard (1835-1862),

Co. B, 41st PA Inf., died 17 Sept.


Antietam, MD, on the same date.

Resident of Wyoming County,

local hero. Buried Union Hill

Cem., Wyoming County.

IOOF Hall Org. 24 Sept.

1883

Twenty-eight charter members. National Tribune, 13 Sept.

1883, 18 Oct. 1883

378 074 LT G. W. Fuller Catasauqua Lehigh PA 1LT George W. Fuller (1839-

1864), Co. F, 47th PA Inf. Died

29 Sept. 1864 at Fort Jefferson,

Dry Tortugas, FL, after being

medically discharged on 22 June

1864. Local hero, buried at

Fairview Cem., Catasauqua.

NW corner, Front & Bridge

Streets (1893)

Org. 10 Sept.

1883

Thirty-one charter membesrs. Originally organized as Post No. 74,

it disbanded twice before stabilizing in 1883. See Post No. 74

entry for additional history.

National Tribune, 18 Oct. 1883;


Lehigh and Carbon, 1884;

Koons' Illustrated History of

Lehigh Valley, 1893; 47th

Pennsylvania Volunteers

website - Fuller family page



No. Alt.

No.


379 George W. Moyer Loganton Clinton PA PVT George W. Moyer (? -1862),

Co. B, 11th PA Inf, KIA on 28

Aug. 1862, "a young Loganton

soldier, son of Dr. Jonathan

Moyer, who was shot in action at

Thoroughfare Gap, VA."

Org. 28 Sept.

1883

Sur. 1908/9 Historical and Biographical

Work: Or, Past and Present of

Clinton County, 1892; Dept.

Proceedings, 1909

380 David Cummings McAlevys Fort Huntingdon PA David Cummings, Co. C, 49th PA

Inf., died at Fortress Monroe in

1862 (as reported in the National

Tribune, service not verified).

Must'd 6 Oct.

1883

National Tribune, 18 Oct. 1883

381 Wampum Wampum Lawerence PA Named for the community in


382 SGT Justice Gollipher Schellsburg Bedford PA PVT Justice Gollipher (? -1864),

Co. G, 101st PA Inf., died of

disease at Florence, SC, on 16

Oct. 1864. Resident of Bedford

County, local hero.

383 Albert Jones Bangor Northampton PA Dis. 1927 Dept. Proceedings, 1928

384 612 MAJ William H. Byers Adamsburg / Beaver

Springs

Snyder PA CPT (Bvt. MAJ) William H. Byers

(? - 1877), Co. I, 49th PA Inf.

Must'd 12 Oct.

1883

Dis. about 1886 Fifteen charter members. Disbanded for about a year to a year

and a half, then reorganized as Post 612.

History of Juniata and

Susquehanna Valleys, 1886;

History of Beaver Springs,

1906

384 Henry Gibson Derry Station Westmoreland PA PVT Henry Gibson (1836-1881),

Co. K, 11th PA Inf. Killed in a

railroad yard accident on 29 Oct.

1881. He also spelled his name

"Gipson."

Org. Sept. 1891 Thirty-one names on the original roster. Ligonier Echo, 23 Sept. 1891

385 COL S. D. Barrows Williamsport Lycoming PA LTC Sylvester D. Barrows (1834-

1879), 1st PA Cav., buried at

Wildwood Cem., Williamsport.

Org. 30 Oct. 1883 Thirty charter members. Williamsport Sun-Gazette, 29

January 1895

386 Adjutant John E. Myers Sligo Clarion PA Must'd 9 Nov.

1883

National Tribune, 6 Dec. 1883

387 E. B. Morrison Stewartstown York PA

388 Sullivan Dushore Sullivan PA

389 CPT Warren G. Moore Hollisterville/ Hamilton

/ Sterling

Wayne PA CPT Warren G. Moore (? -1867),

Co. B, 32nd PA Inf. Son of

Joseph Moore, Jr. and Rebecca

Goodrich. Died 10 Nov. 1867 in

Ariel, PA.

P.O.S. of A. Hall, Sterling (1905) Sur. 1922 History of Wayne, Pike, and

Monroe Counties, 1886; Dept.

Proceedings, 1923

390 COL Chas. W. Fribley Williamsport Lycoming PA COL Charles W. Fribley, 8th U.S.

Colored Infantry, KIA at Olustee,

FL, 20 Feb. 1864. Previously,

CPT of Co. F, 84th PA Inf.

(organized in Lycoming Co.).

Org. 29 Oct. 1883 Dis. 1921 Seventeen charter members. Noted as an African American GAR


Williamsport Sun-Gazette, 29

January 1895; Dept.

Proceedings, 1922

391 MAJ Harry Wetter Strattonville Clarion PA (presumably) 1LT Henry "Harry"

Wetter (1842-1883), Adjutant,

37th PA Inf. Buried in Clarion

Cem., Clarion.

Must'd 16 Nov.

1883

Sur. 1922 Twenty-three charter members. National Tribune, 29 Nov.

1883, 4 Apr. 1884; Dept.

Proceedings, 1923

392 P. Billings / William N.

Williams

Nicholson Wyoming PA CPL Philander Billings (1841-

1863), Co. K, 143rd PA Inf., died

of pneumonia on 14 Mar. 1863.

Buried Stark Cem., Nicholson.

Must'd 16 Nov.

1883

Sur. 1908/9 Must'd as Billings Post in 1883, and appears to have retained that

namesake until the surrender of its charter in 1909. The

namesake, William N. Williams, does not appear in available

records, so it is unclear when it was used.

National Tribune, 29 Nov.

1883; Dept. Proceediings, 1909

393 B. F. Miller Fisherville Dauphin PA B. F. Miller, first man from

Fisherville who was killed in

action.

Must'd Nov. 1883 Sur. 1922 National Tribune, 29 Nov.


394 SGT B. F. Walls McCullochs Mills Juniata PA

395 Luther Day Prosperity Washington PA Must'd 27 Nov.

1883


396 SGT J. M. H. Gordon Fayette City Fayette PA PVT James Martin Hunter Gordon

(1825-1883), Co. I, 2nd WV Inf.,

later appointed to hospital service

on Fourteenth Street,

Washington, D.C. Physician.

Buried Mount Auburn Cem.,

Fayette City.

Must'd 28 Nov.

1883

Although usually listed as Sergeant J. M. H. Gordon Post, the

pension file for the Post's namesake indicates that his rank was

PVT. The earliest report of the formation of the Post in the

National Tribune referred to the namesake as "Surgeon" J. M. H.

Gordon, which may have been the originally intended designation.




No. Alt.

No.


397 SGT Warren Ricks Waymart Wayne PA PVT Warren Ricks (1830-1864),

Co. M, 17th PA Cav., died at

Newtown, VA, on 11 Oct. 1864,

from wounds received there on

the same date. Resident of

Wayne County, local hero.

Must'd 1 Dec.

1883


398 LT David Zentmyer Franklinville Huntingdon PA 1LT David Zentmyer (1835-1862),

Adjutant, Co. I, 34th PA Inf. KIA

at Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 Dec.

1862. Native of Huntingdon

County, local hero.

Must'd 25 Nov.

1883

Dis. 1916 National Tribune, 6 Dec. 1883;


399 COL J. W. Greenawalt Cowansburg Westmoreland PA LTC Jacob W. Greenawalt (1837-

1864), Co. E, 105th PA Inf. Died

of wounds at Wilderness, VA, 17

May 1864. Local hero, buried at

Mars Hills Cem., Westmoreland

County.

Must'd 7 Dec.

1883


400 The Naval Philadelphia Philadelphia PA Named in reference to the US

Navy veterans.

132 S. Eigth Street (1913) Must'd 12 Dec.

1883

The only Post in the GAR whose membership was exclusively

veterans of the US Navy.

National Tribune, 20 Dec.


War, 1913

401 Etz Tioga Tioga PA 1LT Charles O. Etz (1826-1862),

Co. D, 57th PA Inf., KIA at

Malvern Hill, VA, on 1 July 1862.

Resident of Tioga County, local

hero.

Must'd 14 Dec.

1883

National Tribune, 10 Jan. 1884;


402 Daniel Leasure Darlington Beaver PA COL (Bvt. BG) Daniel Leasure

(1819-1886), 100th PA Inf.

Must'ed Dec.

1883

Dis. 1891 Mustered as Darlington Post. National Tribune, 10 Jan. 1884;


402 GEN D. B. McKibbin Pleasant Ridge Fulton PA COL (Bvt. BG) David Bell

McKibbin (1831-1890), 214th PA

Inf.

403 John Foster Cowansville Armstrong PA PVT John Foster (1831-1864),

Co. B, 103rd PA Inf., died a POW

at Andersonville, GA, on 28 Aug.

1864. Resident of Armstrong

County, local hero.

Must'd 22 Dec.

1883

National Tribune, 10 Jan. 1884

404 John H. Randolph Prospect Butler PA PVT John H. Randolph (1843-

1863), Co. H, 102nd PA Inf., KIA

at Salem Heights, VA, on on 3

May 1863. Buried Mount Nebo

Cem., Butler County.

405 ADM Reynolds Lancaster Lancaster PA CPT (post-war Rear ADM)

William Reynolds (1815-1879),

famous Civil War naval officer

from Lancaster.

Org. 2 Jan. 1884 Duplicate charter issued April 1910. Glenn Knight, SUVCW PA

Dept.

406 CPT J. N. Neff Strasburg Lancaster PA CPT Jefferson N. Neff (? -1863),

Co. G, 122nd PA Inf., died of

disease on 21 Apr. 1863. Buried

Brackbill-Neff Graveyard,

Stasburg.

Good Templar's Hall Org. 31 Dec.

1884

Last member, Joseph H. Long, died July 1934. Glenn Knight, SUVCW PA

Dept.

407 Freedom Freedom Beaver PA Named for the community in


Must'd 17 Jan.

1884

Sur. 1889 National Tribune, 31 Jan. 1884;

7 Feb. 1889

407 John C. Arnold Trevorton Snyder PA CPL John C. Arnold (c.1843-

1864), Co. I, 49th PA Inf., KIA at

Sailor's Creek, VA, on 6 Apr.

1865. Resident of Snyder

County, local hero.

408 CPT John Q. Snyder Liverpool Perry PA CPT John Quincy Snyder (1842-

1865), Co. B, 36th PA Inf. Died

25 Aug. 1865, probably as a

consequence of wounds received

at Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 Dec.

1862. Buried Liverpool Union

Cem.

Must'd Jan. 1884 National Tribune, 31 Jan. 1884

409 CPT Pfeiffer Abbotstown Adams PA CPT Thaddeus Stevens Pfeiffer

(1840-1864), Co. I, 87th PA Inf.,

KIA at Cold Harbor, VA, 3 June

1864. Buried New Oxford Cem.,

Adams County.

Org. 5 Feb. 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885



No. Alt.

No.


410 GEN Joshua Howell Dawson Fayette / Beaver PA BG Joshua Blackwood Howell


leader, formerly COL of the 85th

PA Inf. Died at Petersburg, VA,

on 14 Sept. 1864, from wounds

received there on 12 Sept. 1864.

Org. 27 Feb.

1884


411 Silas W. Smith Cochranton Crawford PA Org. 5 Mar. 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885

411 CPT W. R. Jones Jeannette Westmoreland PA (presumably) CPT William

Richard Jones (1839-1889),

Independent Co., 97th PA Inf.

Died 29 Sept. 1889, buried

Braddock Hills, Allegheny County.

412 MAJ James McConkey Delta York PA (presumably) MAJ James

McConkey (1787-1861), War of

1812 veteran, and resident of

Peach Bottom, York County.

Org. 10 Mar.

1884

Dis. 1918 Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause

(Gannon, 2011).

Dept. Proceedings, 1885, 1919

413 Horton Wells Tannery Fulton PA Org. 16 Mar.

1884

Dis. 1918 Dept. Proceedings, 1885, 1919

414 W. W. Waters Olyphant Lackawanna PA Org. 22 Feb.

1884


415 COL H. I. Zinn Mechanicsburg Cumberland PA COL Henry I. Zinn (1834-1862),

130th PA Infantry, KIA at

Fredericksburg, VA, 13 Dec.

1862. Local hero, first from the

community to be KIA.

Org. 4 Mar. 1884;

Must'd 15 Mar.

1884

Thirty-four charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1885; Hist.

of Cumberland and Adams

Counties, PA, 1886

416 Proudfit Edinboro Erie PA Org. 13 Mar.

1884


417 Elijah Thompson Sheakleyville Mercer PA PVT Elijah Thompson (1815-

1883), Co. D, 57th PA Inf. One of

the organizers of the Post, he

died before the charter arrived.

old IOOF Hall; new IOOF Hall,

Main St. (1909)

Org. 2 Apr. 1884 Sixteen charter members. The Post membership included the

boroughs of Sheakleyville and New Lebanon.

Dept. Proceedings, 1885; A



418 Thomas Jenkins Black Lick Indiana PA Org. 27 June

1884


419 SGT William I. Furst Stormstown Centre PA SGT William Ilgen Furst (1814-

1883), Co. C, 1st PA Cav. Died 6

Dec. 1881, buried Gray's Cem.,

Stormstown.

Org. 10 Mar.

1884; Must'd 16

Apr. 1884

Twelve charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1885

420 Princeton Princeton Lawrence PA Named for the community in


Org. 16 Apr. 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885

421 David Troxel Glasgow Cambria PA Org. 28 Mar.

1884

This Post apparently superseded one named John Glasgow Post

(number not know), which was mustered on 28 April 1883. It's

namesake was John Glasgow, Co. D, 53rd PA Inf., who was KIA

at Fiar Oaks, VA, in June 1862.


422 LT M. J. Halstead Slate Lick Armstrong PA 2LT Matthew J. Halstead (1820-

1863), Co. K, 78th PA Inf., KIA at

Stones River, TN, on 2 Jan. 1863.

Resident of Armstrong County,

local hero.


423 CPL McLean Shippensburg Cumberland PA CPL George Johnston McLean

(1842-1862), Co. D, 130th PA

Infantry, died of wounds sustained

at Fredericksburg, VA, 23 Dec.

1862. Local hero. bur. in

Shippensburg

Org. 28 Mar.

1884, Must'd 7

Apr. 1884

Sur. 1900 Thirty-nine charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1885,

1901; Hist. of Cumberland and

Adams Counties, PA, 1886

424 Edgar Whiting Harmonsburg Crawford PA PVT Edgar Whiting (? -1863), Co.

B, 137th PA Inf., KIA at Belle

Plain, VA, on 2 Mar. 1863.

Resident of Crawford County,

local hero.


425 Lookout St. Petersburg Clarion PA Org. 18 Apr. 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885

426 Sandford F. Beyer Bellwood Blair PA PVT Sanford Frederick Beyer

(c.1841 -1865), Co. A, 110th PA

Inf., KIA at Hatcher's Run,

Petersburg, VA, on 35 March

1865. Resident of Blair County,

local hero. Buried at Mt. Zion

Cem., Bellwood.

Org. and Must'd

18 Apr. 1884

Sur. 1924 Dept. Proceedings, 1885;

Anonymous informant (email),

July 2015; PA-Roots "Soldiers

of Blair County, PA, 1940" by

Floyd G. Hoenstine



No. Alt.

No.


427 John M. Phipps Clintonville Venango PA CPL John Morgan Phipps (1841-

1862), Co. F, 121st PA Inf.,

apparently died 24 Jan. 1863 at

home, from exposure or wounds


on 13 Dec. 1862. The official

record lists him KIA. Buried

Calvert Riddle Cem., Venango

County.

Org. 22 Apr. 1884 Dis. 1891 The brother of the Post's namesake was MAJ Robert J. Phipps of

Venango County.

Dept. Proceedings, 1885;


427 T. H. Wynkoop Newton Bucks PA PVT Thomas Henry Torbert

Wynkoop (1841-1862), Co. C,

104th PA Inf., KIA on the gunboat

USS Mound City on 8 June 1862,

while in the Western Gun-Boat

Service.

The brother of the Post's namesake was CPT William Wynkoop,

who served as Post Commander. The Post organized between

1891 and 1897.

The Wynkoop Family, 1999, by

Caroline Sellers Castle

428 William Smith Wind Ridge Greene PA Org. 13 May 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885

429 Aaron Benedict Pleasantville Venango PA Aaron Benedict (1824-1862), Co.

H, 4th PA Cav., died of disease at

Fortress Monroe, VA, on 9 July

1862, son of the founder of

Pleasantville. Buried Fairview

Cem., Pleasantville.

Org. 24 Apr. 1884 Twenty-seven charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1885;


1890

430 Harlansburgh Harlansburg Lawerence PA Named for the community in



431 Henry Metcalf Port Allegheny McKean PA PVT Henry H. Metcalf ( ? -1865),

Co. H, 58th PA Inf., a released

POW, he died 25 Apr. 1865 while

being escorted by his mother back

home from VA.

Org. 15 May 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885

432 Watson Brothers Portersville Butler PA SGT Henry W. Watson (1840-

1891), Co. C, 100th PA Inf., and

his three brothers. Two were KIA,

one was crippled for life. Henry

buried at Presbyterian Church of

Portersville Cem.

Org. 14 may 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885; An

accounty by John J. Munnell,

Co. F, 100th PA Inf., c1910

433 SGT John C. Dickey Greenville Mercer PA SGT John C. Dickey (1839-1865),

Co. G, 145th PA Inf., died a POW

at Salsbury, NC, on 2 Feb. 1865.

Resident of Greenville, local hero.

AOUW Hall; IOOF Hall; GAR Hall,

Merchants' Block, cor. Main and

Mercer Streets.

Org. 23 Apr. 1884 Forty-five charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1885; A



434 W. D. Myers Johnsonburg Elk PA

434 COL D. S. Porter Sprankle Mills Jefferson PA LTC (Bvt. COL) Daniel S. Porter,

Co. B, 40th PA Inf., resigned 10

March 1864. Resident of Indiana

County.

Seiler's Hall (1887) Must'd 8 May

1884



1888

435 William E. Downing Oil City Venango PA (presumably) PVT William E.

Downing (c1845-1864), Co. L,

16th PA Cav., died 28 June 1864

at DeCamp Hospital, David's

Island, NY, from wounds received

at Hawes' Shop, VA, on 28 May

1864.

Steele's Hall (1884) Org. 9 May 1884 Forty-nine charter members. Consolidated with CPT William

Evans Post, No. 167, to form R. B. Hayes Post, No. 167.

Associated with Corp. No. 30, WRC.



1890; Venango County,


and People, 1919

435 Joseph A. Pealer Orangeville Columbia PA Org. 13 May 1893 Historical and Biographical

Annals of Columbia and

Montour Counties, 1915

436 J. R. Jones Forksville Sullivan PA COL John Richter Jones (1804-


Bachelor's Creek Station, NC, on


Sullivan County, local hero.

Org. 17 May 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885

437 Chaplain E. F. Roberts Meshoppen Wyoming PA Rev. Eli Fuller Roberts (1826-

1882), Chaplain, 137th NY Inf.

Buried Overfield Cem.,

Meshoppen.


438 CPL Rihl Greencastle Franklin PA CPL William H. Rihl (1843-1863),

Co. C, 1st NY Cav., KIA at

Greencastle, PA, on 22 June

1863.

Org. 12 May 1884 Dis. 1926 Thirty charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1885,

1927; History of Franklin

County, 1887



No. Alt.

No.


439 LT William Bryan Unityville Lycoming PA (presumably) 2LT William Bryan

(1837-1862), Co. F, 106th PA Inf.,

KIA at Antietam, MD, on 17 Sept.

1862. Buried Pleasant Hill Cem.,

Hughesville, Lycoming County.

Org. 19 June

1884


440 CPL Jesse G. Thompson Carlisle Cumberland PA CPL Jesse G. Thomspon (1844- ?

), Co. A, 32nd US Colored Inf.

Buried Lincoln Cem.,

Mechanicsburg, Cumberland

County.

Org. 2 July 1884 Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause

(Gannon, 2011).


441 Mechanicsburg Mechanicsburg Cumberland PA Named for the community in


Org. 4 July 1884 Sur. 1908/9 Dept. Proceedings, 1885, 1909

442 George C. Wilson Alexandria Huntingdon PA CPT George C. Wilson (1843-

1879), Co. G, 189th PA Inf.

Buried Alexandria Presbyterian

Cem.

Org. 17 June

1884


443 Kishacoquillas Reedsville Dauphin PA Named for the Kishacoquillas

Valley, where the Post was

based.

Org. 24 June

1884

Sur. 1913 Dept. Proceedings, 1885, 1914

443 CPT J. Henderson Hummelstown Dauphin PA CPT James Henderson (1829-

1880), Co. C, 127th PA Inf.

Buried at Hummelstown Cem.

444 Keith Wilkes-Barre Luzerne PA Org. 25 June

1884


(Gannon, 2011).


445 Madison Cooper Big Pond Bradford PA Org. 9 July 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885;

History of Bradford County, PA,

1891

446 New Wilmington New Wilmington Lawerence PA Named for the community in


Org. 17 July 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885

447 Hugh W. McNeill Clarendon Warren PA 1LT Hugh Watson McNeill (1830-

1862), Co. D, 42nd PA Inf., KIA at


Warren County resident, local

hero.

Org. 25 June

1884


448 SGT John Jones New Bloomfield Perry PA PVT John Jones ( ? -1865), Co.

G, 9th PA Cav., KIA at Solemn

Grove, NC, on 10 Mar. 1865.

Org. 28 June

1884

Dis. 1916 Twenty-four charter members. The History of Juniata Valley

(1913) states that the Post namesake was a sergeant.


and Its People, Volume 1,

1913; Dept. Proceedings,

1885, 1917

449 Anderson Fleming Rural Valley Armstrong /

Washington

PA Org. 18 July 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885

450 Jesse Taylor Mount Morris Greene PA PVT Jesse Taylor (1840-1861),

Co. F, 7th WV Inf., KIA at

Romney, WV, on 26 Oct. 1861.

First soldier from Green County

killed in the war.

Org. 4 Aug. 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885

451 Surgeon James D. Noble Woodbury Bedford PA James Davis Noble (1837-1874),

Surgeon, 51st PA Inf., also Navy

service.

Org. 6 Aug. 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885

452 Charles M. Holmes / A. J.

Roper

South Gibson Susquehanna PA 1st SGT Augustus P. Roper, Co.

F, 141st PV, killed 9/11/1864, in

front of Petersburg VA

Org. 26 July 1884 Orginally mustered as Charles M. Holmes Post, No. 452. Dept. Proceedings, 1885; G.

Reed Howard, PCC, Bradbury

Camp #149, PA Dept.

453 Four Brothers Montrose Susquehanna PA Brothers: 1) 2LT Benjamin

Richards Lyons (1839-1862), Co.

D, 50th PA Inf., died 6 July 1862

from wounds; 2) CPT Jerome

Richards Lyons (1828-1877), Co.

A, 57th PA Inf.; 3) 1SGT Luke

Lorenzo Lyons (1841-1864), Co.

D, 50th PA Inf.; 1LT Clark M.

Lyons (1837-1864), Co. A, 57th

PA Inf., died 20 June 1864, from

wounds received at Petersburg,

VA.454 L. R. Piper Hopewell Bedford PA CPL Luther R. Piper ( ? -1863),

Co. F, 37th PA Inf., died 1 Jan.



1863. Buried Piper Cem.,

Hopewell.

Org. 4 Sept. 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885



No. Alt.

No.


455 LT S. B. Pettingale Fassett Bradford PA 2LT Samuel B. Pettingill ( ? - ? ),

Co. G, 171st PA Inf. Resident of

Bradford County.

Org. 19 Aug.

1884


456 Alonzo McCall West Middlesex Mercer PA PVT Alonzo McCall (c.1843-



Resident of West Middlesex, local

hero.

Must'd 11 Aug.

1884

Twenty-three charter members. The 1909 history of Mercer county

notes that the Post was organized on 12 August 1884. This may

have been the charter date.

The Record-Argus (Greenville),

21 Aug. 1884; A Twentieth

Century History of Mercer

County, PA, v.1, 1909

457 Surgeon Charles Bower Newton Hamilton Mifflin PA Bvt. COL Charles Bower (1816-

1867), Surgeon,35th PA Inf.

Buried Newton Hamilton Memorial

Cem.

Org. 12 Aug.

1884


458 Philo Paul Amity Washington PA PVT Philo Paul (1824-1864), Co.

D, 140th PA Inf., KIA at


12 May 1864. Resident of Amity,

local hero.

Org. 18 Sept.

1884


459 COL John Nyce Milford Pike PA COL John Nyce (1831-1880),

174th PA Militia., died 13 Apr.

1880, from the effects of wounds

received at Antietam, MD.

Org. 17 Sept.

1884


460 LT Alexander Welton Kennerdell Venango PA 2LT John Alexander Welton

(1841-1865), Co. K, 4th PA Cav.,

died 21 Apr. 1865, from wounds

received at Sailor's Creek, VA, on

6 Apr. 1865. Native of Venango

County, local hero.

Org. 13 Sept.

1884

Nineteen charter members. Listed as Lt. Alex. Welton Post at time

of muster. It also appears as "John Welton" Post in some

histories.


461 CPT Snow Pleasant Grove Lancaster PA Org. 8 Oct. 1884 Dis. about 1928 Dept. Proceedings, 1885;


Dept.

462 B. F. Eisenberger New Cumberland Cumberland PA PVT Benjamin F. Eisenberger (d.

1864), Co. I, 28th PA Infantry,

died 16 June 1864 from wounds

sustained at Lost Mountain, GA,

the previous day.

Org. 10 Oct. 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885; Hist.

of Cumberland and Adams

Counties, PA, 1886

463 William H. Wise Goldsborough York PA (presumably) PVT William H.

Wise (1840-1865), Co. C, 200th

PA Inf., KIA at Fort Stedman, VA,

on 25 Mar. 1865. Buried

Smoketown Cem., Plainfield, York

County.

Org. 15 Oct. 1884 Dis. 1916 Dept. Proceedings, 1885, 1917

464 Robert Wainwright Scott Erie Erie PA Captain Robert Wainwright Scott

(1827-1866), US Navy, South

Atlantic Blockading Squadron.

Died in Acapulco from disease on

5 Jan. 1866, while in command of

the gunboat Saginaw. His

mother was a resident of Erie.

Org. 29 Jan. 1885 Sur. 1900 Surrendered its charter in 1900 and consolidated with GEN Strong

Vincent Post, No. 67. The Department Commander allowed the

original charter to be kept by Post No. 67.


465 James H. Gibbony Duncansville Blair PA CPL James H. Gibbon (1839-



1862. Native of Duncansville,

local hero. Buried Mar. 1863 at

Presbyterian Cem., Hollidaysburg.

Above J. Lee Wilt store Org. 15 Nov.

1884




466 Bissell Rush Susquehanna PA SGT Alanson Woodworth Bissell

(1839-1863), Co. H. 143rd PA

Inf., died of typhoid fever at

Windmill Point, VA, on 1 June

1863. Resident of Susquehanna

County, local hero.

IOOF Hall, Rush (1887) Chart'd 26 Nov.

1884

Dis. 1916 Twelve charter members. Centennial History of

Susquehanna County, 1887;


467 G. Dawson Coleman Annville Lebanon PA George Dawson Coleman (1825-

1878), prominent businessman in

Annville, and member of the

Sanitary Commission, he gave

liberally to the war effort to assure

that PA troops were well

equipped.

Org. 13 Dec.

1884

Dept. Proceedings, 1885; Red:

White: and Blue Badge,

Pennsylvania Veteran

Volunteers, 1911



No. Alt.

No.


468 Fred C. Ward Altoona Blair PA PVT Frederick Calloway Ward

(1842-1862), Co. K, 125th PA Inf.,

died 19 Sept. 1862 at

Smoketown, MD, from a severe

hip would received at Antietam,

MD, on 17 Sept. 1862. Resident

of Blair County, local hero.

800 Eighth Ave.; GAR Rooms,

911 Chesnut Ave.

Org. 7 Jan. 1885;

Must'd 10 Jan.

1885

Sur. 16 Aug.

1934

The final Post meeting was held on 15 Aug. 1934, when the

decision was made to disband. Last surviving member was Henry

V. Carls, who died 23 Aug. 1938.




469 SGT H. C. Ackley Sabinsville Tioga PA SGT Henry C. Ackley (1838-

1880), Co. D, 207th PA Inf.

Buried Ackley Cem., Clymer,

Tioga County.

Org. 19 Jan. 1885 Dept. Proceedings, 1885

470 CPT William Scott Rural Ridge /

Bakerstown

Allegheny PA 1LT William Scott (1826-1862),

Co. B, 61st PA Inf., KIA by a

sharpshooter at Fair Oaks, VA, on

31 May 1862. Originally CPT of a

company that did not reach full

quota. Buried Deer Creek United

Presbyterian Church Cem., West

Deer Twp., Allegheny County.

Org. 4 Feb. 1885 Originally mustered at Rural Ridge. Dept. Proceedings, 1885

471 CPT William Tice Myerstown Lebanon PA CPT William Tice (1818-1870),

Co. E, 17th PA Cav. Buried

Union Cem., Myerstown.

Org. 30 Jan. 1885 Dept. Proceedings, 1885

472 James P. Young Sugar Grove Warren PA Org. 31 Jan. 1885 Dept. Proceedings, 1885

473 Beaver Beaver Beaver PA Named for the community in



474 Robert M. Johnston Williambsurg Blair PA MAJ Robert M. Johnston (1842-

1862), 125th PA Inf., died 19

Sept. 1862 at Antietam, MD, from

wounds received there on 17

Sept. 1862. Resident of Blair

County, local hero, buried in

Presbyterian Cem., Williamsburg.

Org. about 1885 Sur. 20 Oct.

1918



475 Amos Kiser Shippenville Clarion PA PVT Amos Kiser (1837-1862), Co.

E, 39th PA (10th Reserve) Inf.

KIA at Gaines' Mill, MD, on 27

June 1862. Buried Mt. Zion Cem.,

Shippenville.

A. U. Hall, over Wilson's hardware

(1887)

Org. 19 Mar.

1885

Thirty-one charter members. Associated with Amos Kiser Corps,

No. 55, WRC.

History of Clarion County, 1887

476 CPL C. W. Deming Millerton Tioga PA CPL Charles W. Deming, Co. D,

16th PA Cav., captured 29 Nov.

1863 at Parker's Store, VA. Died

11 Aug. 1865 in prison at

Richmond, VA. Local hero.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

477 S. S. Simmons Laporte / Sonestown Sullivan PA 1st SGT Simpson S. Simmons

(1839-1863), Co. B, 84th PA Inf.,

died 9 Dec. 1863 at Alexandria,

VA, from wounds received at Mine

Run, VA, on 30 Nov. 1863.

Resident of Sonestown, local

hero.

According to "The Times" newspaper (Philadelphia, 1 March

1891), the Post had recently changed its headquarters from

Laporte to Sonestown

Judy Simmons (via email, Sept.

2015)

478 LT D. H. Nissley Mount Joy Lancaster PA 1LT David H. Nissley (1838-

1862), Co. G, 9th PA Cav.,

drowned at Bowling Green, KY,

on 5 July 1862. Buried Henry

Eberle Cem., Mount Joy.

Chart'd 4 May

1885

Dis. 1925 Glenn Knight, SUVCW PA

Dept.

479 CPT John M. Sell Wesleyville Erie PA CPT John M. Sell (1834-1863),

Co. I, 83rd PA Inf., died at

Gettysburg, PA, on 3 July 1863,

from wounds received there on 2

July 1863. Buried Erie Cem.,

Erie.

480 CPT Simon Litzenberg Clifton Heights Delaware PA LTC Simon Litzenberg (1815-

1884), 124th PA Inf. (originally

CPT, Co. B). Buried Media Cem.,

Media, Delaware County.

Dis. 1891 Altoona Tribune, 25 Feb. 1892

480 J. B. Sweitzer Pittsburgh Allegheny PA COL (Bvt. BG) Jacob Bowman

Sweitzer (1821-1888), 62nd PA

Inf. Resident of Pittsburgh, local

hero.

Liberty and Ella Avenues (1895) Org. 27 Apr.

1891: Must'd 3

Oct. 1891


9 Sept. 1895; Pittsburgh

Directory, 1895



No. Alt.

No.


481 CPT P. Hall Clarks Green Lackawanna PA (presumably) CPT Philip S. Hall

(1837-1865), Co. I, 132nd PA Inf.,

killed by the explosion of a

locomotive on 6 July 1865.

Buried Ephraim Leach Cem.,

Chinchilla, Lackawanna County.

482 Chaplain Thomas Stevenson McVeytown Mifflin PA Thomas Stevenson ( ? - ? ),

Chaplain, 35th PA Inf.

Org. 21 June

1885

Thirty-one charter members. A History of the Juniata Valley


483 GEN C. Albright Three Springs Huntingdon PA COL (Bvt. BG) Charles Albright

(1830-1880), 202nd PA Inf.


484 J. D. Bertolette Lehighton Carbon PA CPT (Bvt. COL) John deB.

Bertolette (1839-1881), Assistant

Adj. General, US Vols. AG Dept.

formerly 1LT 48th PA Inf.

485 John S. Meredith Frackville Schuylkill PA (presumably) PVT John S.

Meredith (? -1863), Co. K, 137th

PA Inf., died of disease at

Washington, D.C., on 11 Mar.

1863.

486 SGT Owen Phillips Clifford Susquehanna PA Color SGT Owen Phillips (? -

1864), Co. B, 143rd PA Inf., died

15 May 1864, from wounds

received at Spotsylvania Court

House, VA, on 9 May 1864,

resident of Clifford, local hero.

Granger's Hall, Clifford Corners

(1887)

Chart'd and

Must'd 24 July

1885

Dis. 1927 Centennial History of



487 William Roberts Christiana Lancaster PA 2LT William F. Roberts (c.1836-

1865), 6th US. Colored Inf., died

of disease at Wilmington, NC, on

19 Sept. 1865.

Org. 4 Aug. 1886 Dis. 1931 Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause

(Gannon, 2011).


Dept.

488 John Braden North East Erie PA CPT John Braden (1807-1863),

Co. F, 111th PA Inf., died at North

East on 11 Mar. 1863. Buried

North East Cem.

Chart'd 1885

489 MAJ E. L. Rogers Carversville Bucks PA MAJ Edward L Rogers (1836-

1873), 104th PA Inf. Buried

Doylestown Cem., Doylestown,

Bucks County.

Sur. 1901 Dept. Proceedings, 1902

490 Kennedy Mt. Holly Springs Cumberland PA PVT Levi Kennedy (? -1862), Co.

I, 30th PA Inf., KIA at South


Cumberland County resident,

local hero.

IOOF Hall (1886) Org. 15 Aug.

1885

Goodyear in his 1951 history of GAR Posts in Cumberland County,

incorrectly identifies the namesake as PVT William Kennedy (1839-

1910), 149th PA Inf., a well-liked veteran who had come to Mt.

Holly Springs from Grand Rapids, MI. William Kennedy was a

charter member of Post 490. The National Tribune (27 Aug. 1885)

identifies the correct namesake as Levi Kennedy, "who was killed

at the battle of South Mountain."

Hist. of Cumberland and

Adams Counties, PA, 1886;

The GAR Posts of Cumberland

County (Goodyear), 1951; The


491 E. A. Killbourne Galeton Potter PA PVT Elliott A. Kilbourne (c.1844-

1864), Co. H, 45th PA Inf., died at



Spottsylvania Court House, VA,

on 12 May 1864.

MAJ John M. Kilbourne, father of the Post's namesake, served

with his son in the same regiment. He was also commander of the

post.



Potter, Pennsylvania, 1890

492 Danforth Enon Valley Lawrence PA

493 James Wesley Birch Evansburg (Conneaut

Lake)

Crawford PA PVT James Wesley Birch (1843-

1862), Co. E, 111th PA Inf., died

at Baltimore, MD, on 19 July

1862. Buried Quigley Cem.,

Meadville, Crawford County.

494 John A. Weimer Lebanon Lebanon PA (presumably) John A. Weimer

(1832-1879). Associated with the

Weimer Machine Works of

Lebanon, a manufacturer of gun

carriages during the Civil War.

Buried Mount Lebanon Cem.,

Lebanon.

The Post attempted to change its name to honor COL John M.

Mark Post after his death in 1906, but the official record indicates

that this never took effect.

494 MAJ M. R. Delaney Chambersburgh Franklin PA MAJ Martin Robison Delany (1812-

1885), 104th US Colored Inf. First

African-American field officer in

the US Army.

Org. 1885 Dis. 1893 Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause

(Gannon, 2011).

African Americans and the

Gettysburg Campaign, 2012



No. Alt.

No.


495 GEN Thos. A. Rowley Natrona Allegheny PA BG Thomas Algeo Rowley (1808-

1892), famous Civil War leader

from Pennsylvania.

495 Robert P. Thompson Plumville Indiana PA (presumably) PVT Robert P.

Thompson (? -1864), Co. E, 148th

PA Inf., died of disease as a POW

at Salisbury, NC, on 8 Dec. 1864.

496 COL J. H. Wilson Zelienople Butler PA COL Joseph Hemphill Wilson

(1820-1862), 101st PA Inf., died

of disease at Roper's Church, VA,

on 3 May 1862.

497 CPT J. P. McCullough Mercersburg Franklin PA CPT James Paull McCullough

(1837-1865), Co. D, 209th PA Inf.,

died 3 Apr. 1865, from wounds

received at Petersburg, VA, on 2

Apr. 1865.

Org. 2 Oct. 1885 Sur. 1922 Twenty-eight charter members. History of Franklin County,


498 Chaplain R. C. Christy Ashville / St. Augustine Cambria PA Rev. Richard Calixtus Christy

(1829-1878), Chaplain, 78th PA

Inf. Buried Old Holy Name

Church, Ebensburg, Cambria

County.

499 George F. Moore Sweet Valley Luzerne PA PVT George F. Moore (? -1864),



Resident of Luzerne County, local

hero.

500 MAJ J. B. Keenan Delmont Westmoreland PA MAJ John B. Keenan (1832-

1864), 11th PA Inf., KIA at Laurel

Hill (Spotsylvania Court House),



501 McKee Adamsville Crawford PA (presumably) CPL James Nesbit

McKee (1842-1864), Co. H, 145th

PA Inf., KIA at Petersburg, VA, on

31 Oct. 1864. Buried Rocky Glen

Cem., Adamsville.


502 John M. Good Elizabethtown Lancaster PA PVT John M. Good (c.1844-


at Petersburg, VA, on 2 Apr.

1865.

Chart'd 4 Aug.

1885


Dept.

503 Jonathan R. Bryan Hughesville Lycoming PA PVT Jonathan R. Bryan (1835-

1863), Co. H, 2nd WI Inf., KIA at


Buried Pleasant Hill Cem.,

Hughesville.

504 Nelson Luthers Mills Bradford PA

505 Frank Hall Thompson Susquehanna PA CPL Urbane Frank Hall ( ? - ? ),

Co. F, 141st PA Inf., returned

home after the war and died a few

years later.

Dis. 1926 The 1887 Centennial History notes that the Post organized in late

1885 or early 1886.

Centennial History of



506 LT Frank Torbert Gatchelville York PA 2LT Frank Torbert (? -1862), Co.

I, 130th PA Inf., KIA at


1862. Resident of York County,

local hero.

507 SGT T. F. Elden Bendersville Adams PA SGT Thomas F. Elden (1834-

1864), Co. G, 138th PA Inf., died

in Washington, DC, on 7 June



Buried Bendersville Cem.

508 James Howland Academy Corners Tioga PA PVT James Howland (1847-

1865), 2nd PA Cav., died 5 Feb.

1865 in Dinwiddie County, VA.

Buried Howland Cem., Tioga

County.

Hall over M. V. Purple's store

(1897)

Org. 15 Jan. 1886 Twelve charter members. History of Tioga County, 1897



No. Alt.

No.


509 Matthew McPherson Union Dale Susquehanna PA 1SGT Matthew McPherson (? -

1865), Co. B, 17th PA Cav., KIA

at Five Forks, VA, on 1 Apr. 1865.

Native of Susquehanna County,

local hero.

Chart'd 5 Feb.

1886; Re-org.

about 1913

Centennial History of



510 Adjutant Martin New Oxford Adams PA 1LT Anthony M. Martin (1834-

1864), Adjutant, 87th PA Inf., KIA

at Monocacy, MD, on 9 July 1864.

Buried Conewago Chapel Basilica

Cem., Adams County.

511 Winfield S. Bireley Quarryville Lancaster PA PVT Winfield Scott Bireley (1849-

1865), Co. D, 203rd PA Inf., died

of yellow fever at Wilmington, NC,

on 14 Apr. 1865. Native of

Lancaster County, local hero.

1 Mar. 1886 Sur. 1922 Dept. Proceedings, 1923;


Dept.

512 Myron French Jackson Susquehanna PA SGT Myron French (1841-1863),

Batt. F, 1st PA Light Art., KIA at

Gettyburg, PA, on 2 July 1863.

Resident of Jackson, local hero.

Roberts Hall (1887) Org. 26 Mar.

1886

Sur. 1923 Centennial History of



513 573 CPT William Stewart Evans City Butler PA CPT William Stewart (1834-1862),



1862. A cenotaph to his memory

was placed in Evans City Cem.

Twenty charter members. Formerly Post No. 513. Changed its

number in 1894 to 573. (See William Stewart Post, No. 573)


513 COL Dick White Lilly Cambria PA COL Richard "Dick" White (1826-

1865), 55th PA Inf., died of a

heart condition on 14 Apr. 1865,

soon after retiring from active

duty.


514 James Harvey Maple Grove Butler PA (presumably) CPL James Harvey

(1838-1881), Co. D, 137th PA Inf.

Buried Westminster United

Presbyterian Church Cem., Butler

County.

GAR Hall, Riddle's Crossroads Org. 25 Mar.

1886

Eleven charter members. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 11

Jan. 2010 (research by Drenda

Gostkowski)

515 George B. McClellan Schwenksville Montgomery PA MG George Brinton McClellan


leader.

516 F. A. M. Krepps Smithton Westmoreland PA CPT Frank A. M. Kreps (? -1887),

Co. B, 77th PA Inf.

517 Stevens Lititz Lancaster PA Brobst Hall Org. 13 Mar.

1886; Must'd 7

May 1886

Dis. 29 Sept.

1930

Twenty-two charter members. Glenn Knight, SUVCW PA

Dept.

518 William Horton East Bethlehem Washington PA CPL William Horton (? -1863), Co.

C, 140th PA Inf., KIA at


Resident of Washington County,

local hero.

519 Rudolph Pratt Sheffield Warren PA PVT Horace Rudolph Pratt (1844-

1864), Co. H, 46th PA Inf., KIA at

Pine Knob, GA, on 15 June 1864.

Native of Warren County, local

hero.

Org. 27 May 1886 Thirteen charter members. Warren Times Mirror, 22 June

1931

520 David R. Stephens Harrisburg Dauphin PA Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause

(Gannon, 2011).

521 CPT Charles Mitchell Cassville Huntingdon PA

522 S. S. Kerr Hookstown Beaver PA CPT (Bvt. MAJ) Samuel S. Kerr

(1841-1865), Co. H, 140th PA Inf.,

died 3 May 1865, from wounds

received at Farmville, VA, on 7

Arp. 1865. Buried Old Mill Creek

Cem., Hookstown.

Must'd 15 July

1886

Dis. 1897/8 National Tribune, 23 Sept.


523 GEN H. W. Slocum Halifax Dauphin PA MG Henry Warner Slocum (1827-


later congressman from NY.

Org. 28 June

1886

Dis. 1926 Twenty-three charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1927;

Halifax Heritage, 1994

524 LT David Leech Ephrata Lancaster PA Strohl's Hall; Bitzers' Hall; Mentzer

Hall

Org. 1 July 1886 Dis. about 1900 Glenn Knight, SUVCW PA

Dept.

525 Allen G. Dodd Proctor Lycoming PA 1LT Allen G. Dodd, Co. I, 207th

PA Inf., died at City Point, VA, 6

Apr. 1865 from wounds rec'd at

Petersburg, VA, 2 Apr. 1865.

Local hero.

Must'd 21 Aug.

1886


1886; History of Lycoming

County, 1892



No. Alt.

No.


526 Robert F. Elliot Spring Run Franklin PA PVT Robert F. Eliot (? -1863), Co.

H, 126th PA Inf., died at

Washington, DC, on 2 Jan. 1863,



1862. Resident of Franklin

County, local hero.

Must'd 31 July

1886

Thirty-four charter members. National Tribune, 12 Aug.

1886, 23 Sept. 1886

527 Robert Oldham Bethlehem Northampton PA Must'd 2 Aug.

1886


1886

528 David Martin White Hall Bedford PA Must'd 2 Sept.

1886


1886

529 Elias Rice Landisburg Perry PA PVT Elias Rice (1843-1864), Co.

B, 36th PA Inf., died of disease as

a POW at Andersonville, GA, on 3

Sept. 1864. Resident of Perry

County, local hero. A cenotaph to

his memory is in the Landisburg

Cem.

Must'd 30 July

1886

Forty charter members. National Tribune, 12 Aug.

1886, 23 Sept. 1886

530 Lysander Robb Bruin Butler PA PVT Lysander Robb (1843-1862),

Co. H, 102nd PA Inf., accidentally

killed at Tennallytown, MD, on 28

Jan. 1862. Buried New Salem

Cem., Annisville, Butler County.

Must'd 27 July

1886

Twenty-one charter members. National Tribune, 12 Aug.

1886, 23 Sept. 1886

531 Cyrus E. Chambers Pleasant Unity Westmoreland PA PVT Cyrus Chambers (1840-

1862), Co. C, 11th PA Inf., KIA at

Fredericskburg, VA, on 13 Dec.

1862. Resident of Westmoreland

County, local hero.

532 Charles E. Patton Limestone Clarion PA CPT Charles E. Patton (1838-


at Boydton Plank Road, VA, on 27

Oct. 1864. Buried Limestone

Cem.

533 MAJ A. J. Bolar Homer City Indiana PA MAJ Andrew Jackson Bolar (1830-

1886), 41st PA Inf. Buried

Greenwood Cem., Indiana,

Indiana County.

Must'd 8 Aug.

1886; Org. 16

Aug. 1886


1886; Indiana County, PA,

1913

534 CPT George Davenport Gravity Wayne PA CPT George C. Davenport (1828-

1874), Co. B, 32nd PA Inf. Buried

in Detroit, MI.

Must'd 7 Aug.

1886


1886

535 T. M. Jones Brownsville Berks / Bucks /

Fayette / Franklin

PA Must'd 2 Aug.

1886


(Gannon, 2011).


1886

536 J. P. Eves Millville Columbia PA PVT John P. Eves, Co. I, 136th

PA Inf., died 18 Dec. 1862 from

wounds rec'd at Fredericksburg,

VA, 13 Dec. 1862. "His remains

found their last resting place in an

unmarked grave on the banks of

the Rappahanock."

Must'd 3 Sept.

1886


1886; History of Columbia and


537 James L. O'Neill Cookport Indiana PA Dis. 1918 Dept. Proceedings, 1919

538 S. J. Rosenberry / Rosenberg Eau Claire Butler PA PVT Samuel Jack Rosenberry,

Co. D, 40th PA Inf., died of

typhoid fever at Washington, D.C,

3 June 1862.

Must'd 29 Dec.

1886

The name of the Post was frequently misspelled as "Rosenberg" in

Proceedings of the Department Encampments.


539 Foster Brook Derrick City / Gillmore McKean PA Named for the community of

Foster Brook in McKean County,

PA.

Must'd 23 Oct.

1886

According to "The Times" newspaper (Philadelphia, 1 March

1891), the Post had recently changed its headquarters from

Gilmore to Derrick City.

National Tribune, 4 Nov. 1886

539 LT J. C. Kuhn Hooker Butler PA 2LT John C. Kuhn (? -1862), Co.

C, 40th PA Inf., died 17 Dec.




local hero.

540 George Hill Moosic Lackawanna PA Must'd 23 Oct.

1886

Twenty-one charter members. National Tribune, 28 Oct. 1886,

4 Nov. 1886



No. Alt.

No.


541 Jerry Jones Smithfield Fayette PA (presumably) PVT Jeremiah B.

Jones (? -1862), Co. G, 37th PA

Inf., died 16 Nov. 1862, from

wounds received at an unknown

location. Resident of Fayette

County, local hero.

Org. 25 Oct. 1886 Nineteen charter members. Nelson's Biographical

Dictionary and Historical

Reference Book of Fayette

County, 1900

542 Hilliard Hilliard Butler PA Named for the community in


Must'd 28 Dec.

1886


543 Samuel Baker Blain Borough Perry PA PVT Samuel Baker (1836-1865),

Co. C, 9th PA Cav., died 13 Apr.


Raleigh, NC, on 12 Apr. 1865.

Buried Blain Union Cem., Blain.

Must'd 4 Jan.

1887

Twenty-three charter members. National Tribune, 13 Jan. 1887

544 MAJ Gaston Gastonville Washington PA MAJ James Morrison Gaston

(1830-1885), 1st PA Cav. Buried

Mingo Cem., Finleyville,

Washington County.

Must'd 1887 Twenty-four charter members. National Tribune, 3 Feb. 1887

545 GEN A. A. Humphreys Millvale Allegheny PA MG Andrew Atkinson Humphreys


leader.

Must'd 30 Dec.

1886


546 John C. Schnure Laurelton Union PA SGT John C. Schnure (1834-


of disease as a POW at

Andersonville, GA, on 7 Nov.

1864. Native of Union County,

local hero.

Must'd 1887 National Tribune, 26 May 1887

547 Upton Nycum Clearville Bedford PA SGT Upton Nycum (1838-1863),

Co. E, 2nd PA Cav., died 12 Dec.

1863 in hospital in Arlington, VA,

from wounds received in battle.

Buried Bethel Frame Church

Cem., Clearville.

Must'd 21 May

1887

Seventeen charter members. National Tribune, 2 June 1887

548 MAJ W. G. Lowry Wilkinsburg Allegheny PA MAJ William Gustin Lowry (1835-

1863), 62nd PA Inf., KIA at


Must'd 14 May

1887

Dis. 25 Oct.

1928

Thirty-one charter members. National Tribune, 2 June 1887;


549 William. H. Weller Rockwood Somerset PA CPL William H. Weller (1844-

1864), Co. C, 54th PA Inf., died 9

July 1864. Buried Union Cem.,

New Centerville, Somerset

County.

Must'd 1887 National Tribune, 2 June 1887

550 Philip Gump Jollytown Greene PA PVT Philip Gump (1830-1886),

Co. C, 18th PA Cav., died at

Deep Valley in 1886, from the

effects of wounds received at

Cedar Creek, VA, on 19 Oct.

1864.

Must'd 8 June

1887

Twenty-eight charter members. National Tribune, 23 June 1887

551 Peter Miller York Springs Adams PA PVT Peter Miller (? -1862), Co. K,

30th PA Inf., KIA at South


Buried Sunnyside Cem., York

Springs.

Must'd July 1887 The last member of the Post was James Alexander Spealman,

who died in York Springs on 17 Jan. 1931.


552 William Hunnell / CPT G. S.

Mullen

Hyndman Bedford PA 1) William Hunnell, service not

known; 2) CPT George Shannon

Mullin (1821-1891), Co. H, 55th

PA Inf. Buried Mt. Olivet Cem.,

Bedford County.

Dis. 1916 Originally named for William Hunnell. It changes its name to Mullin

Post in 1899.


553 Joseph McLaren Osceola Mills Clearfield PA PVT Joseph McLaren, service not

known.

Must'd 26 July

1887

Twenty-seven charter members. National Tribune, 11 Aug.

1887, 12 Sept. 1888

554 Kellogg Monroeton Bradford PA 1LT Charles Henry Kellogg (1836-

1862), Co. K, 50th PA Inf., died 1

Sept. 1862, from wounds received

at 2nd Bull Run, VA, on 29 Aug.

1862. Buried Kellogg Cem.,

Bradford County.

Must'd July 1887 Dis. 1921 Twenty-nine charter membres. National Tribune, 4 Aug. 1887;


555 Patterson Jobes Claysville Washington PA PVT Patterson Jobes (1837-



Buried Pleasant Grove Baptist

Church Cem., East Finley,

Washington County.

Must'd 5 Aug.

1887

Twenty-four charter members. National Tribune, 18 Aug. 1887



No. Alt.

No.


556 CPT John M. Jones Ebensburg Cambria PA CPT John M. Jones (1837-1862),



1862. Resident of Cambria

County, local hero. A cenotaph in

his honor was placed in the Lloyd

Cem., Ebensburg.

Must'd 2 Aug.

1887


557 Clarksville Clarksville Mercer PA Named for the community in


Org. 4 Aug. 1887 Eighteen charter members. National Tribune, 18 Aug.

1887; A Twentieth Century

History of Mercer County, PA,

v.1, 1909

558 Alfred Flory (Flury) Manchester York PA PVT Alfred Flory (1835-1865), Co.

B, 200th PA Inf., KIA at Fort

Stedman, VA, on 25 Mar. 1865.

Buried Manchester Union Cem.

Must'd 23 July

1887

Fifteen charter members. National Tribune, 4 Aug. 1887

559 J. R. Callahan Rays Hill Bedford PA SGM Jacob R. Callahan (? -



Resident of Bedford County, local

hero.

560 Daniel T. Stineman South Fork Cambria PA PVT Daniel T. Stineman (1839-


Battle of Hatcher's Run (Dabneys'

Mill), VA, on 9 Feb. 1865. Local

hero, buried at South Fork

Cemetery.

Must'd 29 July

1887


1887; Judith Stineman

Marseglia, 2015

561 William T. Dickson West Sunbury Butler PA Rev. William Turner Dickson

(1812-1977), Chaplain, 40th PA

Inf. Headed the West Sunbury

Academy at several times. Buried

West Sunbury Union Cem.

Must'd 23 Sept.

1887

Dis. 1916 The Times (Philadelphia), 16

Oct. 1887; Dept. Proceedings,

1917

562 Theodore Fenner Sciota Monroe PA CPL Theodore Fenner (1843-

1863), Co. G, 142nd PA Inf., died

at Washington, DC, on 12 Jan.




is present in Mount Zion Cem.,

Sciota.

Must's 20 Sept.

1887

The Times (Philadelphia), 16

Oct. 1887

563 LTC Solomon Stair Conyngham Luzerne PA 2LT Gideon Solomon Stair (1834-

1867), Co. F, 147th PA Inf.

Buried Brainard Presbyterian

Cem., Conyngham.


564 Philip Sheridan Dravosburg Allegheny PA MG Philip Henry Sheridan (1831-


565 William Stauffer Burnside Clearfield PA

566 Stewart Rawlinsville Lancaster PA Must'd 3 Nov.

1887

Dis. 1930 Thirty-three charter members. National Tribune, 17 Nov.

1887; Glenn Knight, SUVCW

PA Dept.

567 LT Charles H. Riley Wyoming Luzerne PA (presumably) 1LT Charles H.

Riley (? -1864), Co. A, 143rd PA

Inf., KIA at Spotsylvania Court


Must'd 5 Nov.

1887

Fifteen charter members. The last surviving member was L. G.

Widoner, who died in June 1935.

National Tribune, 17 Nov.

1887; Wilkes-Barre Record, 25

May 1936

568 John and Martin Bowman Tylersburg Clarion PA Brothers: 1) PVT John R.

Bowman (c.1841-1862), Co. A,

103rd PA Inf., died at Mill Creek,

VA, on 27 July 1862, from

wounds received at Fair Oaks,

VA, on 31 May 1862. 2) PVT

Martin Bowman (c.1843-1862),

Co. A, 103rd PA Inf., died of

disease at Suffolk, VA, on 20 Oct.

1862.

Must'd 5 Jan.

1888

Forest Republican, 11 Jan.

1888

569 Ralph Clapp Grand Valley Warren PA Rev. Ralph Clapp (1801-1865),

former resident of Warren County,

"one of the Union's most earnest

and able supporters and

advocates."

570 James Skinner Ohiopyle Fayette PA Sur. 1908/9 Dept. Proceedings, 1909



No. Alt.

No.


571 CPT George H. Hess Safe Harbor Lancaster PA CPT George Hoffman Hess (1828-

1862), Co. D, 30th PA Inf., died a

POW at Richmond, VA, on 4 July



30 June 1862. Buried Christ

Covenant Church, Millersville.

Org. 4 July 1884 Dis. 1923 Glenn Knight, SUVCW PA

Dept.

572 Thomas Armstrong Webster Schuylkill /

Westmoreland

PA Must'd Sept. 1888 National Tribune, 13 Sept.

1888

573 513 CPT William Stewart Evans City Butler PA CPT William Stewart (1834-1862),




was placed in Evans City Cem.

Chart'd 23 Apr.

1888

Twenty charter members. Formerly Post No. 513. Changed its

number in 1894 to 573.


574 Peter Shoeman Martinsburg Blair PA PVT Peter Shoeman ( ? -1864),

Co. H, 49th PA Inf., died at

Washington, D.C., on 18 May




Morrison Cove, Blair County, local

hero.

Org. 1 May 1888;

Chart'd 18 May

1888

Dis. 1916 Sixteen charter members. Last surviving member was John H.

Nicodemus, died 17 Feb. 1935. The name is misspelled on the

Post charter as Shoeuman. One of the charter members, David

Shoeman, was Peter's brother.



575 SGT Charles D. Waltz Newfoundland Wayne PA SGT Charles D. Waltz (1838-

1881), Co. L, 13th PA Cav.

Buried Albright Bennett Cem.,

Newfoundland.

Must'd Sept. 1888 Dis. 1927 National Tribune, 13 Sept.


576 LT William McKean South Easton Northampton PA 1LT William M. McKean (? -1872),

Co. K, 118th PA Inf. Died at

South Easton.

Must'd Sept. 1888 Sur. 1922 National Tribune, 13 Sept.


577 David Acheson Washington Washington PA CPT David Acheson (1841-1863),

Co. C, 140th PA Inf., KIA at


Buried Washington Cem.


(Gannon, 2011).


578 COL James G. Elder St. Thomas Franklin PA COL James Gettys Elder (1822-

1992), 126th PA Inf. Buried

Cedar Grove Cem.,

Chambersburg, Franklin County.

579 Ezekiel J. Houck Broad Top City Huntingdon PA PVT Ezekiel J. Houck (c.1833-

1864), Co. C, 53rd PA Inf., died

17 June 1864, from wounds

received near Petersburg, VA.

Resident of Huntingdon County,

local hero.

Genealogy of the Woodcock

Valley (website), 2011

580 SGT D. M. Milligan Madison Westmoreland PA 1SGT Daniel Murtland Milligan

1843-1869), Co. A, 15th PA Cav.,

died 19 Apr. 1869 from wounds

received in NC on 10 Apr. 1865.

Buried Sewickley Union Cem.,

West Newton, Westmoreland

County.

Biographical and Historical

Cyclopedia of Westmoreland

County, 1890

581 J. Edgar Parkhurst / COL

Owen Jones

Elkland Tioga PA 1) 1LT John Edgar Parkhurst

(c.1841-1865), Co. H, 207th PA

Inf., died in Alexandria, VA, on 24

May 1865. Buried Highland

Cem., Elkland. 2) COL Owen

Jones (1819-1878), 1st PA Cav.

Name changed to COL Owen Jones in November 1889. National Tribune, 7 Nov. 1889

582 LT Eames Gillette Bradford PA (presumably) 2LT Benjamin F.

Eames (1827-1864), Co. D, 6th

PA Cav., died in hospital in

Washington, DC, on 31 May

1864, from wounds received near

the North Anna River, FL, on 24

May 1864. Resident of Bradford

County, local hero.

Must'd 12 Jan.

1889

National Tribune, 7 Feb. 1889



No. Alt.

No.


583 CPT Devereaux East Springfield Erie PA (presumably) CPT Charles

Wesley Devereaux (1836-1864),

Co. K, 145th PA Inf., KIA at


12 May 1864. Resident of Erie

County, local hero.

584 McKee West Franklin Bradford PA

585 John S. Melvin Bradford Bradford PA PVT John S. Melvin (1845-1864),

Co. F, 42nd PA Inf. He was

mustered out with his company on

11 June 1864. Buried in Oak Hill

Cem., Bradford.

Must'd 21 June

1889

Name changed to John S. Melvin Post in November 1889.

Formed by members of Bradford Post, No. 141, and consolidated

with Post No. 141 in the 1890's.




Potter, 1890

586 Thomas Harris Valley Huntingdon PA

587 CPT Robert Kirk Horton Indiana PA CPT Robert Kirk (1830-1863), Co.

F, 105th PA Inf., KIA at


1863. Resident of Indiana

County, local hero.

Must'd Sept. 1889 National Tribune, 26 Sept.

1889

588 Irvin Big Run Jefferson PA Must'd Sept. 1889 National Tribune, 26 Sept.

1889

589 John Q. Taylor Lashley Fulton PA PVT John Q. Taylor (1824-1862),

Co. B, 126th PA Inf., KIA at


1862. Buried Buck Valley Zion

Lutheran Church Cem., Buck

Valley, Fulton County.

Lashley Hall (1902) Must'd 5 Oct.

1889

Sur. 1911 National Tribune, 7 Nov. 1889;

Fulton County News, 17 Apr.


589 J. I. Adams Buck Valley Fulton PA

590 John Telford Westover Clearfield PA John Telford (c.1841-1884), Co.

F, 5th PA Inf. Service unverified,

based on obituary of his widow,

Lavina.

Must'd Sept. 1889 National Tribune, 26 Sept.

1889; Indiana Weekly

Messenger, 27 Jan. 1938

591 COL Owen Jones Bryn Mawr Montogomery PA COL Owen Jones (1819-1878),

1st PA Cav.

593 George H. Elliott Uniontown Fayette PA Must'd 14 Oct.

1889


(Gannon, 2011).



Dept.

594 Hiram Warner Wilcox Elk PA CPL Hiram Warner (1833-1862),

2nd US Sharp Shooters, KIA at


Resident of Wilcox, buried Wilcox

Cem.

Org. Dec. 1889 Twelve charter members. History of Counties of McKean,

Elk and Forest, 1890

595 M. E. Richards Pottstown Montogomery PA MAJ Matthias Edgar Richards

(1830-1876), 9th PA Inf., Adjutant

to GEN Bartlett. Buried Pottstown

Cem.

596 Stahlstown Stahlstown Westmoreland PA Named for the community in


Org. 10 Jan. 1890 Dis. 1918 About 24 charter members. The Ligonier Echo, 15 Jan.


597 GEN George Crook Boyertown Berks PA MG George R. Crook (1828-


Indian Wars leader.

598 E. L. Dana West Nanticoke Luzerne PA COL(Bvt. BG) Edmund Lovell

Dana (1817-1889), 143rd PA Inf.

Buried Hollenback Cem., Wilkes-

Barre, Luzerne County.

599 Daniel C. Reed Coatesville Chester PA (presumably) CPL Daniel C. Reed

( ? - ? ), Co. D, 3rd US Colored

Inf.

Org. 20 Oct. 1890 Sixteen charter members. An African American GAR Post

according to the 1897 directory. Asociated with Daniel C. Reed

Corps, No. 150, WRC.

Pocket Directory and Business

Guide of Coatesville, 1897;

Chester County and its People,

1898

600 Robert Aston Saulsburg Huntingdon PA PVT Robert G. Aston (c.1809-

1863), Co. C, 49th PA Inf., died in

Virginia on 19 Apr. 1863, after

being medically discharged on 11

Apr. 1863. Buried Manor Hill

Methodist Church Cem., Manor

Hill, Huntingdon County.

601 William Wray Marienville Forest PA Org. 11 Sept.

1890

Forest Republican, 17 Sept.

1890



No. Alt.

No.


602 GEN Sherman Felton York PA MG William Tecumseh Sherman


leader.

603 CPT William C. Lindsey Jefferson Greene PA CPT William C. Lindsey (? -1863),

Co. A, 18th PA Cav., killed at

Hagerstown, MD, on 6 July 1863.

Buried Cumberland Presbyterian

Cem., Jefferson.


604 Henry Williard Hegins Schuylkill PA Chart'd 10 Oct.

1891

Thirteen charter members. Post charter.

605 J. D. Barker Littlestown Adams PA CPL John D. Barker (1834-1862),

Co. E, 3rd MD Home Guard Inf.,

died at Monocacy, MD, on 9 July


on the same date. Buried Mt.

Carmel Cem., Littlestown.

606 CPT Lewis Hermany Steinsville Lehigh PA CPT Lewis Hermany (1836-1888),

Co. I, 176th PA Inf. Buried

Jacobs Union Church Cem., New

Tripoli, Lehigh County.

607 SGT Benn Lancaster / Columbia Lancaster PA SGT Joel Benn (? - 1863), Co. B,

3rd US Colored Inf., KIA at Marion

County, FL, on 10 March 1865.

Resident of Lancaster County,

local hero.

42 N. Queen St.; Bethel's Hall,

525 Chester St.; 503 North St.

(1900); IOOF Hall, Columbia

(1909)

Org. 28 Jan. 1892 Sur. 31 Dec.

1909


(Gannon, 2011). Organized in Lancaster, and later relocated its

headquarters to Columbia.



Dept.

608 Levi Coleman Jenners Cross Roads Somerset PA PVT Levi Coleman (1831-1864),

Co. G, 93rd PA Inf., KIA at Cedar

Creek, VA, on 19 Oct 1864.

Buried Hoffman Zion Lutheran

Church Cem., Jenners, Somerset

County.

609 COL Joseph Steel Hazen Beaver /

Jefferson

PA

610 Levi McFadden Richardsville Jefferson PA PVT Levi B. McFadden (? -1862),

Co. K, 40th PA Inf., died of

disease at Washington, DC, on

19 Dec. 1862. Resident of

Jefferson County, local hero.

611 GEN Wayne Honeybrook Chester PA MG "Mad" Anthony Wayne (1745-

1796), famous militry leader in the

American Revolution and early

Indian Wars. Native of Chester

County.

612 384 MAJ William H. Byers Beaver Springs Snyder PA CPT (Bvt. MAJ) William H. Byers

(? - 1877), Co. I, 49th PA Inf.

Reorganized from Post 384 after about a 1 to 1-1/2 year hiatus. History of Juniata and

Susquehanna Valleys, 1886;

History of Beaver Springs,

1906

613 Strongstown / William Graham Strongstown Indiana PA

614 William Hunter Jermyn Hartford PA

615 J. W. Baker Spring Creek Warren PA (presumably) 1LT Joshua W.

Baker (? -1864), Co. E, 145th PA

Inf., KIA at Spotsylvania Court


Resident of Warren County, local

hero.


616 CPT E. R. Backer Roseville Tioga PA CPT Elmer R. Backer (1840-

1920), Co. A, 207th PA Inf.

(previously, 1LT, Co. D, 16th PA

Cav.). Buried at Woodlawn Cem.,

Elmira, NY.

Org. 6 Sept. 1892 The Post's namesake was a living individual, which was generally

not permitted by the GAR. The case of this Post is an unusual

exception.


617 Benjamin Armstrong Richfield Juniata PA PVT Benjamin Armstrong (1844-

1863), Co. D, 151st PA Inf., died

at McKim's Hospital in Baltimore,

MD, on 6 Sept. 1863, from

wounds received at Gettysburg,

PA, on 1 July 1863. Resident of

Richfield, local hero.



No. Alt.

No.


618 CPT B. X. Blair Shade Gap Huntingdon PA CPT Brice X. Blair (1820-1890),

Co. I, 149th PA Inf. Buried

Riverview Cem., Huntingdon,

Huntingdon County.

619 LT Milton Black Addison Somerset PA 2LT Milton C. Black (1839-1862),

Co. H, 85th PA Inf., died of

typhoid fever at White Oak

Swamp, VA, on 23 June 1862.

Buried Newbury Cem., Somerset

County.

Chart'd 6 Dec.

1892

Twenty-five charter members. Post charter.

620 Harvey S. Rice Harford Susquehanna PA CPL Harvey Sibley Rice (1840-

1864), Co. Co. B, 17th PA Cav.,

KIA at Trevilian Station, VA, on 12

June 1864. Buried Harford Cem.

Sur. 1908/9 Dept. Proceedings, 1909

621 Jesse L. Pryer Rockland Venango PA 1SGT Jesse L. Pryer (1823-

1889), Co. C, 39th PA Inf. Buried

Rockland Cem.

622 Washington G. Dengler Perkasie Bucks PA PVT Washington G. Dengler

(c.1843-1864), Battery M, 5th US

Light Art. Died of starvation as a

POW at Andersonville, GA, on 6

May 1864.

Chart'd 31 Mar.

1894

Eighteen charter members. Gretzinger Genealogy, 2002

(edited 2012)

623 J. C. Markle West Newton Westmoreland PA 2LT Joseph C. Markle (1838-



Buried Mill Grove Cem.,

Westmoreland County.

624 Post No. 624 Spangler Cambria PA No namesake. Known only by its

number.

Dis. 1896/7 Dept. Proceedings, 1897

625 Thos. M. Carnegie Homestead Allegheny PA Thomas Morrison Carnegie (1843-

1886), American industrialist.

Buried in Allegheny Cem.,

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County.

626 John R. Russell Spartansburg Crawford PA

627 Andrew Madison Lairdsville Wyoming PA Dis. 1916 Dept. Proceedings, 1917

628 Taylor West Finley Washington PA

629 Eli Berlin East Hickory Forest PA PVT Eli Berlin (1828-1863), Co.

G, 83rd PA Inf., KIA at


Must'd 25 Jan.

1895

The last surviving member of the Post was Walter Riley Smail,

who died 3 Sept. 1927.

Forest Republican, 30 Jan.

1895

630 Gracey Newburg Cumberland PA (presumably) PVT Robert Gracey,

Sr. (1813-1865), Co. G, 202nd PA

Inf., died of disease at Fairfax

Station, VA, on 14 Jan. 1865.

Buried Spring Hill Cem.,

Shippensburg, Cumberland

County.

Must'd 1895 National Tribune, 12 Dec. 1895

631 Isaac Decker Morrellville /

Johnstown

Cambria PA (presumably) PVT Isaac Decker

(1840-1881). Co. A, 54th PA Inf.

Buried Sandyvale Cem.,

Johnstown


632 Robert A. Kinnear Youngsville Warren PA PVT Robert Alexander Kinnear

(1839-1895), Co. D, 42nd PA Inf.

Warren County resident.


633 LT Peter Kaylor Patton Cambria PA 1LT Peter Kaylor (1826-1863),

Co. F, 28th PA Inf., died 4 Dec.


Ringgold, GA, on 27 Nov. 1863.

Buried Saint Michael Cem.,

Loretto, Cambria County.


634 Abraham Lincoln Lima Peru, South

America

PA Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865),

16th President of the United

States.

Must'd 10 June

1897


635 Mathew G. Isett Marklesburg Huntingdon PA 1SGT Matthew G. Isett (1838-

1863), Co. C, 53rd PA Inf., KIA at


Resident of Huntingdon County,

local hero.

Must'd 1 May

1897


636 New Kensington New Kensington Westmoreland PA Named for the community in


Must'd 4 Sept.

1897




No. Alt.

No.


637 COL John Irwin Mahaffey Clearfield PA COL John Irvin (1836 -1897),

149th PA Inf. Native of Clearfield

County, local hero. Buried Oak

Hill Cem., Curwensville.

Must'd 29 Oct.

1897


638 Joseph Shields Covode Indiana PA PVT Joseph Shields (1826-1893),

Co. C, 206th PA Inf. Buried

Mount Pleasant Cem. of Covode.

Must'd 8 Mar.

1900

Dept. Proceedings. 1901

639 GEN Charles L. Leiper Norwood Delaware PA COL (Bvt. BG) Charles Lewis

Leiper (1842-1899), 6th PA Cav.

Chart'd and

Must'd 10 Jan.

1903


640 CPL A. J. Grimm Spring City Chester PA (presumably) CPL Andrew J. Grim

(? -1864), Co. C, 51st PA Inf.,

died at Campbell Hospital,



Spotsylvania Court House, VA.

Must'd 4 Nov.

1905

Re-organized after CPL A. J. Grimm Post, No. 152, which was

based in Spring City.


641 Thomas P. Dumm Hastings Cambria PA PVT Thomas Patrick Dumm (1839-

1901), Co. D, 9th PA Cav.

Previous service in Co. A, 40th

PA Inf. Buried Saint Nicholas

Cem., Nicktown, Cambria County.

Must'd 31 Dec.

1907


642 CPT LaFayette Westbrook Matamoras Pike PA CPT LaFayette Westbrook (1824-

1908), Co. B, 151st PA Inf.

Resident of Pike County, local

hero.

Org. about 1909 Sur. 1913 The Post appeared for the first time in the 1910 Department

Proceedings, but no mention was made regarding its muster in the

officer reports.


643 Reuben Delamater Guys Mills Crawford PA PVT Reuben Smalley Delamater

(? -1862), Co. F, 83rd PA Inf.,

died 2 July 1862, from wounds

received at Malvern Hill, VA, on 1

July 1862. Resident of Crawford

County, local hero.

Org. about 1913 The namesake is also spelled Delameter. Dept. Proceedings, 1914

644 CPT Jacob Bolard Cambridge Springs Crawford PA CPT Jacob Boland (1837-1912),

Co. B, 197th OH Inf.

Pennsylvania politician, banker,

and businessman. Buried

Conneautville Cem., Crawford

County.

Org. about 1913 Dept. Proceedings, 1914

645 Conneaut Lake Conneaut Lake Crawford PA Named for the community in


Org. about 1914 Dept. Proceedings, 1915

? Marion West Middlesex Mercer PA Org. 1869 Dis. 1872 First commander was H. H. Warren. A Twentieth Century History of


List of Abbreviations: Org. = Organized Chart'd = Chartered Must'd = Mustered In Dis. = Disbanded Sur. = Surrendered Charter

For sources of Post names, refer to the SUVCW GAR Records Catalog

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