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Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary National GAR Records Program - Historical Summary of Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Posts by State ILLINOIS Prepared by the National Organization SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR INCORPORATED BY ACT OF CONGRESS No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 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 IL Org. 12 July 1866 Department organized 12 July 1866. The Department stood at Beath, 1889; Carnahan, 1893 330 Posts in 1869, 25 in 1870, and 1 in 1871. By 1872, four Posts were reported in working order. 001 Post No. 1 Decatur Macon IL No namesake. Known only by its Chart'd 6 Apr. Twelve charter members. Also known as "Old Post No. 1," it was Facsimile of original charter; number. 1866 the first chapter of the Grand Army of the Republic. Nat'l Encampment Proceedings, 1892 001 G. L. Nevius Rockford Winnebago IL COL Garrett L. Nevius ( ?-1863), Org. 1 June 1866; Originally chartered as Post No. 124. It was the only surviving Beath, 1889; Rockford Public 11th IL Inf., KIA at Vicksburg, MS, Chart'd 3 Oct. Post in the Department of Illinois by 1871 (out of 330 reported in Library on 23 May 1863. Resident of 1866 1869). The roster in the Journal of the Department Encampment Rockford, local hero. (1918) notes the charter date as 6 September 1866. 002 Post No. 2 Springfield Sangamon IL No namesake. Known only by its Chart'd Apr. 1866 Nat'l Encampment number. Proceedings, 1892 002 210 Cerro Gordo Cerro Gordo Piatt IL Named for the community in which the Post was based. 003 Post No. 3 Morris Grundy IL No namesake. Known only by its Chart'd 13 Apr. Nat'l Encampment number. 1866 Proceedings, 1892 003 Burrell Plainfield Will IL CPT John A. Burrell (1829-1864), Sur. Jan. 1879 Dept. Proceedings, 1880 Co. D, 100th IL Inf., KIA near Dallas, GA, on 30 May 1864. Resident of Plainfield, local hero. 004 Post No. 4 Ottawa LaSalle IL No namesake. Known only by its Chart'd 23 Apr. Nat'l Encampment number. 1866 Proceedings, 1892 004 Ransom Chicago Cook IL NW cor. LaSalle and Adams Org. June 1870 Listed as Ransom Post, No. 1, in the 1876 Lakeside Directory of The Lakeside Annual Directory (1876) Chicago. of Chicago, 1876; Beath, 1889 005 Post No. 5 Freeport Stephenson IL No namesake. Known only by its Chart'd 24 Apr. Nat'l Encampment number. 1866 Proceedings, 1892 005 006 George H. Thomas Chicago Cook IL MG George Henry Thomas (1816- Leonard's Hall, 998 West Madison Chart'd 20 Aug. A Post by this name was organized in Chicago in the fall of 1868, The Lakeside Annual Directory 1870), famous Civil War leader. St. (first permanent meeting 1873; Re- but "after a short and uneventful life was disbanded." The second of Chicago, 1876; Gooke, place) numbered 1 Sept. Thomas Post was originally chartered as George H. Thomas Post, Henry G., 1898, History of 1876 No. 6. It was assigned to No. 5 on 1 September 1876. Gen. Phil George H. Thomas Post, No. 5; Sheridan was mustered into this Post on 23 Oct. 1879, and Dept. Proceedings, 1918 remained a member until his death in 1888. 006 Post No. 6 Bunker Hill Macoupin IL No namesake. Known only by its Chart'd 21 Apr. Nat'l Encampment number. 1866 Proceedings, 1892 006 Bartleson Joliet Will IL COL Frederick A. Bartleson Chart'd 12 July Listed as defunct in 1880. Dept. Proceedings, 1880, (c.1834-1864), 100th IL Inf., KIA 1866; Re-org. 25 1883, 1918 at Kennesaw Mountain, GA, on Oct. 1882 23 June 1864. Resident of Joliet, local hero. 007 Post No. 7 Hillsboro Montgomery IL No namesake. Known only by its Chart'd 28 Apr. Nat'l Encampment number. 1866 Proceedings, 1892 007 GEN W. B. Hazen Chicago Cook IL MG William Babcock Hazen (1830- Chart'd 21 May Dept. Proceedings, 1918 1887), famous Civil War leader. 1886 007 Whittier Chicago Cook IL CPL George L. Whittiers (? - Cor. State and Thirty-first (1876) Org. Nov. 1873 The bullet which killed the Post's namesake, was mounted in gold The Lakeside Annual Directory 1863), Battery A, 1st IL Light Art., and placed on display in the beak of an eagle, which surmounted of Chicago, 1876; History of KIA at the siege of Vicksburg, MS, the rostrum in the Post meeting room. Chicago, vol. 3, 1886 on 23 May 1863. 008 Post No. 8 Carlinville Macoupin IL No namesake. Known only by its Chart'd 18 Apr. Nat'l Encampment number. 1866 Proceedings, 1892 008 Wyman Chicago Cook IL COL John Baker Wyman (1817- 54 N. Clark (1876) Listed as defunct in 1880. The Lakeside Annual Directory 1862), 13th IL Inf., KIA at of Chicago, 1876; Dept. Chickasaw Bayou, MS, on 28 Proceedings, 1880 Dec. 1862. Buried at Rose Hill Cem., Chicago. SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Illinois Page 1 of 29 Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 009 Post No. 9 Pana Christian IL No namesake. Known only by its Chart'd 7 May Nat'l Encampment number. 1866 Proceedings, 1892 009 Lyon Chicago Cook IL BG Nathaniel Lyon (1818-1861), North side, Turner Hall (1876) Chart'd 27 Apr. Listed as Lyons Post, No. 13, in the 1876 Lakeside Directory of The Lakeside Annual Directory KIA at Wilson's Creek, MO, 10 1874 Chicago. of Chicago, 1876; History of August 1861. Chicago, vol. 3, 1886; Dept. Proceedings, 1918 010 Post No. 10 Shelbyville Shelby IL No namesake. Known only by its Chart'd 3 May Nat'l Encampment number. 1866 Proceedings, 1892 011 Post No. 11 Chandlerville Cass IL No namesake. Known only by its Chart'd 14 May Nat'l Encampment number. 1866 Proceedings, 1892 011 Sam G. Ward Elgin Kane IL CPT Samuel G. Ward ( -1862), Re-org. Dec. Sur. Apr. 1879 Described as 'the fruitless seed of discord." Dept. Proceedings, 1880 Co. A, 7th IL Inf., KiA at Shiloh, 1878 TN, on 6 Apr. 1862. Resident of Elgin, local hero. 012 Post No. 12 Litchfield Montgomery IL No namesake. Known only by its Chart'd 24 Apr. Nat'l Encampment number. 1866 Proceedings, 1892 012 Potter Sycamore DeKalb IL Dr. Horace S. Potter (1825-1864), Chart'd 14 July Dept. Proceedings, 1903 Surgeon, 105th IL Inf., KIA by a 1874 bursting shell at Acworth, GA, on on 2 June 1864. 013 Phil Kearney Braidwood Will IL MG Philip Kearny, Jr. (1815- 1862), KIA at Chantilly, VA, on 1 Sept. 1862. Famous Civil War leader. 014 Post No. 14 Bloomington McLean IL No namesake. Known only by its Chart'd 19 May Nat'l Encampment number. 1866 Proceedings, 1892 014 Bob McCook Chicago Cook IL BG Robert Latimer McCook (1827- 1862), died of wounds at Huntsville, AL, on 6 August 1862. Famous Civil War leader. One of the "fighting McCooks." 015 Post No. 15 Pontiac Livingston IL No namesake. Known only by its Chart'd 20 Ma Nat'l Encampment number. 1866 Proceedings, 1892 015 W. H. Harvey Arrowsmith McLean IL CPT William H. Harvey (1828- Re-org. and Organized as Arrowsmith Post, No. 15. Changed its namesake to Dept. Proceedings, 1883; The 1862), Co. K, 8th IL Inf., KIA at Must'd 9 Oct. W. H. Harvey Post in August 1883. Inter Ocean newspaper, Shiloh, TN, on 6 Apr. 1862. 1882 Chicago, 5 Aug. 1883 Resident of McLean County, local hero and 1st commissioned officer from McLean County. 016 Lincoln Sterling Whiteside IL Armory of the City Guards Must'd 15 June Twenty-three charter members. "Meetings were held for some Sterling Standard, 18 June (Farwell Hall); AOUM Hall, 1874 years, but finally it ceased to exist." 1874; History of Whiteside Boynton Block; Stoeckle Building, County, 1877; Portrait and Third St. (1877) Biographical Album of Whiteside County, 1885 016 McPherson Homer Champaign IL 017 Bowen Wilmington Will IL MAJ Rodney S. Bowen (1832- Chart'd 23 Apr. Dept. Proceedings, 1918 1864), 100th IL Inf., died at 1875 Nashville, TN, on 20 July 1864 from wounds received at Franklin, TN. Resident of Wilmington, local hero. 018 Lytle Millington Kendall IL In existence in December 1875. Noted as Lytle Post, No. 24. 019 Post No. 19 Watseka Iroquois IL No namesake. Known only by its Chart'd 4 June Nat'l Encampment number. 1866 Proceedings, 1892 019 Phil H. Sheridan Chicago Cook IL MG Philip Henry Sheridan (1831- Listed as defunct in 1880. Dept. Proceedings, 1880 1888), famous Civil War leader. 020 Post No. 20 Monticello Piatt IL No namesake. Known only by its Chart'd 4 June Nat'l Encampment number. 1866 Proceedings, 1892 020 Aurora Aurora Kane IL Named for the community in Chart'd 10 June Twenty-three charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1918; which the Post was based. 1875 History of Kane County, Ill., 1908 021 Post No. 21 Danville Vermilion IL No namesake. Known only by its Chart'd 1 June Nat'l Encampment number. 1866 Proceedings, 1892 021 Bob McCook Chicago Cook IL BG Robert Latimer McCook (1827- Canalport Ave,, cor. Union (1876) The Lakeside Annual Directory 1862), died of wounds at of Chicago, 1876 Huntsville, AL, on 6 August 1862. Famous Civil War leader. One of the "fighting McCooks." SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Illinois Page 2 of 29 Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary No.