Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary

National GAR Records Program - Historical Summary of Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Posts by State 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. Reviewed to 1884-1889, 1891-1901. 000 (Department) N/A N/A IN Org. 20 Aug. Ended 1949 Department of Indiana organized 20 August 1866. Although it Beath, 1889; Carnahan, 1893; 1866; Re-org. 3 numbered as many as 300 Posts, it made no reports and paid no National Encampment Oct. 1879 dues to National HQ, causing it to soon dissolve. An attempt to Proceedings, 1949; Dept. reorganize a Provisional Department was made in 1871, but failed. Proceedings, 1901 A new Provisional Department was organized 11 August 1879, becoming a Permanent Department on 3 October 1879. The Department came to an end with the death of its last member in 1949. ? Corydon Harrison IL Chart'd 23 May Described only as the "Post of Corydon" in the Harrison District of Nat'l Encampment 1866 the GAR. Proceedings, 1892 001 Post No. 1 Porter IL No namesake. Known only by its Org. 13 Dec. Dis. about 1869 Thirty-three charter members. Disbanded three years after being Vidette-Messenger, 18 Aug. number. 1866 chartered. 1936 001 051 Oliver P. Morton Terre Haute Vigo IN, IL Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Org. 11 May Originally organized as Post No. 51, Department of . Beath, 1889; Dept. Morton (1823-1877), Governor of 1879; Chart'd 12 Transferred to the Dept. of Indiana in 1879. Proceedings, 1901 Indiana during the Civil War. May 1879 002 052 GEN Canby Brazil Clay IN, IL MG Edward Richard Sprigg Org. 1881 Dis. 1930 Twenty-two charter members (1881). Originally organized as IL Dept. Proceedings, 1880; Canby (1817-1873), famous Civil Canby Post No. 52, Department of Illinois. Transferred to the SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR War leader, KIA in the Modoc Dept. of Indiana in 1879 web pages Indian Wars, CA, 11 April 1873.

003 054 John A. Logan Lafayette Tippecanoe IN, IL MG John Alexander Logan (1826- Org. 1879 Originally organized as Post No. 54, Department of Illinois. IL Dept. Proceedings, 1880; 1886), famous Civil War leader. Transferred to the Dept. of Indiana in 1879 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 004 056 John C. Fremont Covington Fountain IN, IL MG John Charles Frémont (1813- Org. 1879 Originally organized as Post No. 56, Department of Illinois. IL Dept. Proceedings, 1880; 1890), famous Civil War and Transferred to the Dept. of Indiana in 1879 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR Mexican War leader. web pages 004 John W. Copner Covington Fountain IN 005 057 Pap Thomas Greensburg Decatur IN, IL MG George Henry "Pap" Thomas Org. 1879 Originally organized as Pap Thomas Post 57, Department of IL Dept. Proceedings, 1880; (1816-1870), famous Civil War Illinois. Transferred to the Dept. of Indiana in 1879 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR leader. web pages 006 Post No. 6 Marion IN No namesake. Known only by its Org. before May The National Memorial Day, number. 1869 1869 006 059 James H. Emmett Wabash Wabash IN, IL PVT James H. Emmitt ( ? -1861), Org. 18 June Fifty-five charter members. Originally organized as Post No. 59, IL Dept. Proceedings, 1880; Co. K, 8th IN Inf., KIA at Rich 1883 Department of Illinois. Transferred to the Dept. of Indiana in 1879 Indiana Historical Society Mountain, WV, on 11 July 1861. Resident of Wabash County, local hero. 007 061 McPherson Crawfordsville Montgomery IN, IL Org. 1879 Originally organized as Post No. 61, Department of Illinois. IL Dept. Proceedings, 1880; Transferred to the Dept. of Indiana in 1879 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 008 001, Auten South Bend St. Joseph IN, IL PVT John Auten (? -1861), Co, I, IOOF Hall (1866) Org. 31 Aug. Originally organized as Post No. 1, District of St. Joseph. Beath, 1889; South Bend and 064 9th IN Inf., KIA at Bealington, WV, 1866 (as Post No. Renumbered as Post No. 17 when the District system was the Men Who Made It, 1901 on 10 July 1861. First Indiana 1); abandoned by the GAR. On 18 August 1879 this Post was soldier killed in the Civil War. attached to the Department of Illinois and numbered 64. When Indiana became a Provisional Department, the Post was returned to Indiana as Post No. 8. 009 Steele Rockville Parke IN Org. 1879; Re- Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW instated 12 June Dept. of Indiana GAR web 1889 pages 010 CPT Floyd Annapolis Parke IN Org. 1879 Dis. 1921 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 011 Lindsay Spencer IN 011 Greencastle Greencastle Putnam IN Named for the community in Org. 1879 Dis. 1933 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR which the Post was based. web pages 012 Sugar Creek Macksville Vigo IN Named for Sugar Creek Township Org. 1879 Dis. 1881 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR which includes Macksville. web pages

013 Keith Isham Columbus Bartholomew IN Org. 1880 Dis. 1934 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages

SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana 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. 014 Logansport Logansport Cass IN Named for the community in GAR Hall, 424-6 Market Street Org. 26 Feb. Fifty-six charter members. Powell, 1913, History of Cass which the Post was based. (1913) 1880 County, v.1; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 015 Morgan / Merchant Petersburg Pike IN Org. 1880; Re- Sur. Q1 1888 Surrendered charter 1888. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW instated 21 Jan. Dept. of Indiana GAR web 1889 pages 016 Jeff C. Davis Vincennes Knox IN BG Jefferson Columbus Davis Org. 1880 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR (1828-1879), famous Civil War web pages leader. 017 George H. Thomas Indianapolis Marion IN MG George Henry Thomas (1816- Org. 1880 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR 1870), famous Civil War leader. web pages

018 Dumont Shelbyville Shelby IN Org. 1880 Dis. 1935 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 019 New Waverly New Waverly Cass IN Named for the community in Org. 1880 Dis. 1908 Powell, 1913, History of Cass which the Post was based. County, v.1; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 020 Ellsworth Seymour Jackson IN COL Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth Org. 1880 Dis. 1933 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR (1837-1861), in the New web pages 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.

021 George B. McClellan Coal Creek Fountain IN MG George Brinton McClellan Re-org. Q3 1885; Dis. Q1 1881; Dept. Proceedings (1826-1885), famous Civil War Re-org. 21 Aug. Dis. 1899 leader. 1899 022 Eugene Eugene Vermillion IN Named for the community in Re-org. June Surrendered Dept. Proceedings which the Post was based. 1888; Re-org. 31 Charter Q1 Oct. 1893 1888; Suspended 1895 023 GEN Schenck Marion Grant IN Org. 1880 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 024 Abe Lincoln Mace Montgomery IN (1809-1865), Org. 1880 Dis. 1914 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR 16th President of the United web pages States. 025 Benton Fowler Benton IN Org. 1880 Dis. 1921 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 026 A. O. Bachman Madison Jefferson IN LTC Alois O. Bachman (1839- Org. 1880 Dis. 1930 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR 1862), 19th IN Inf., KIA at web pages Antietam, MD, on 17 Sept. 1862. Resident of Madison, local hero.

027 Farragut Evansville Vanderburgh IN ADM David Glasgow Farragut Chart'd 30 June Dis. 1936 Forty-six charter members. Original Post charter; SUVCW (1801-1870), famous Civil War 1881 Dept. of Indiana GAR web leader and former Commandant pages; La Porte, IN, of Mare Island Naval Shipyard. USGenWeb page 028 Archer Princeton Gibson IN 1LT William Archer (? -1864), Co. Org. 13 Jan. 1883 Thirty-two charter members. History of Gibson County, 1915 A, 80th IN Inf., KIA at Resaca, GA, on 14 May 1864. Resident of Princeton, local hero.

029 Aaron Hobson Marshall Parke IN PVT Aaron Hobson ( ? -1865), Org. 1881 Dis. 1926 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR Co. K, 1st IN Heavy Art., died at web pages New Orleans, LA, on 14 Jan. 1865. Resident of Parke County, local hero. 030 Thomas J. Harrison Kokomo Howard IN COL (Bvt. BG) Thomas Jefferson Org. 1881 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR Harrison (1824-1871), 8th IN web pages Cav., died at Nashville, TN, on 28 Sept. 1871. Resident of Kokomo.

031 Boothroyd Delphi Carroll IN (presumably) PVT Dyson Org. 1881 Dis. 1936 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR Boothroyd (1839-1861), Co. A, web pages 9th IN Inf., died 17 July 1861 from wounds received at Laurel Hill, WV, on 8 July 1861. Resident of Carroll County, local hero.

SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 2 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. 032 Garfield Boswell Benton IN Org. 1881 Re-org. 24 Mar. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1888; Dis. 1923 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 033 Lew Dailey / Daily Bluffton Wells IN 1LT Lewis Dailey ( ? -1862), Co. I, Org. 1881 Dis. 1926 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR 22nd IN Inf., died of wounds at web pages Cassville, MO, on 2 March 1862. Resident of Bluffton, local hero. 034 GEN Lyons Otwell Pike IN BG Nathaniel Lyon (1818-1861), Must'd 18 Jan. Dis. Q2 1885, Dept. Proceedings KIA at Wilson's Creek, MO, 10 1882 Re-org. 31 Dec. Aug. 1861. 1887 035 R. J. Templeton Oxford Benton IN CPT Robert Jasper Templeton Org. 1881; Re- Dis. 1899; Dis. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW (1840-1862), Co. D, 15th IN Inf. org. 2 Aug. 1901 1923 Dept. of Indiana GAR web KIA at Stones River pages (Murfreesboro), TN, on 31 Dec. 1862. Resident of Oxford, local hero. 036 McKeehan North Vernon Jennings IN Org. 1881 Dis. 1932 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 037 Elmer / Frank Baldwin Elkhart Elkhart IN 2nd namesake: 2LT Frank Org. 1881; Must'd Dis. 1936 Associated with Elmer Corps, No. 15, WRC. Name changed to Deahl, 1905, 20th Century Baldwin (1844-1862), Co. I, 44th 8 Nov. 1881 Frank Baldwin Post, No. 37, in 1919. History & Biographical Record IN Inf., KIA at Stones River of Elkhart County; SUVCW (Murfreesboro), TN, on 31 Dec. Dept. of Indiana GAR web 1862. Resident of Elkhart, local pages hero. A monument to his memory was erected in Elkhart by his father in 1889. 038 Sedgwick Union City Randolph IN MG John Sedgwick (1813-1864), Org. 1881 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR famous Civil War leader, KIA web pages Spotsylvania Co., VA, 9 May 1864. 039 COL Asbury Steele Marion Grant IN COL Asbury Steele (1813-1889), Org. 1907 Dis. 1920 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR 34th IN Inf., resident of Marion web pages and founder of the Soldiers Home in Marion. 039 West Point West Point Tippecanoe IN Named for the community in Org. 1882 Dis. 1891 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR which the Post was based. web pages 040 Sion S. Bass Fort Wayne Allen IN COL Sion S. Bass ( ? -1862), 30th Org. 1882 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR IN Inf., died 13 April 1862 at web pages Paducah, KY, from wounds received at Shiloh, TN, on 7 April 1862. Resident of Fort Wayne, local hero. 041 Veteran Winamac Pulaski IN Named in honor of the Civil War Org. 1882 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR Veteran. web pages 042 Rich Mountain Lebanon Boone IN Rich Mountain, Randolph County, Org. 1882 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR WV, site of Civil War battle in July web pages 1861. 043 Burnside Edwardsport / Sanbirn Knox IN MG Ambrose Everett Burnside Org. 1882 Dis. 1912 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR (1824-1881), famous Civil War web pages leader. 044 Meade Butler DeKalb IN MG George Gordon Meade (1815- Org. 1882 Dis. 1930 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR 1872), famous Civil War leader. web pages

045 Judson Kilpatrick Fremont Steuben IN MG Hugh Judson Kilpatrick (1836- Org. 1882 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR 1881), famous Civil War leader. web pages

046 Phil Kearney La Porte LaPorte IN MG Philip Kearny, Jr. (1815- Org. 1882 Dis. 1886-87 Last listed by this name in the 1886 Dept. Proceedings. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1862), KIA at Chantilly, VA, on 1 Dept. of Indiana GAR web Sept. 1862. Famous Civil War pages leader. 046 George V. Rawson Michigan City LaPorte IN SGT George V. Rawson ( ? - Renamed in 1889 Formerly MAJ John E. Simpson Post. Renamed to honor their Dept. Proceedings 1889), Co. H, 18th IN Inf., Past recently deceased Post Commander. Post 46 Commander. 046 MAJ John E. Simpson Michigan City LaPorte IN CPT (MAJ, not mustered) John E. Re-org. 16 Sept. Renamed 1889 Replaced Phil Kearney Post, No. 46. Changed namesake to Dept. Proceedings, 1888 Simpson (1839-1880), Co. H, 59th 1887 George V. Rawson Post in late 1889, to honor their late Post IN Inf., resident of Michigan City, Commander who died 30 June 1889. local. 047 Kenesaw Independence Warren IN Kennesaw Mountain, GA, site of Org. 1882 Dis. 1913 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR major Civil War battle. web pages

SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 3 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. 048 Chickamauga Kirklin Clinton IN Chickamauga, GA, site of a series Org. 1882 Dis. 1910 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR of major Civil War battles in 1863. web pages

049 Shiloh Newport Vermillion IN Shiloh, TN, site of major Civil War Org. 1882 Dis. 1921 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR battle, 1862. web pages 050 Dan Pratt Galveston Cass IN CPL Daniel Darwin Pratt (1813- Org. 23 Mar. Dis. 1920 Twenty-six charter members. Powell, 1913, History of Cass 1877), Co. H, 110th IN Inf. 1882 County, v.1; SUVCW Dept. of Resident of Cass County, Indiana Indiana GAR web pages politician and Commissioner of Internal Revenue under President Grant. 051 Tippecanoe Monticello White IN Named for the Tippecanoe River, AOUW Hall (1883) Org. 31 Mar. Dis. 1928 Twelve charter members. Battey & Co., 1883, Counties which borders Monticello. 1882 of White and Pulaski (history); SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 052 Waterloo Waterloo DeKalb IN Named for the community in Org. 1882 Dis. 1927 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR which the Post was based. web pages 053 Jackson Idaville White IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1886-1887 Charter reported surrendered in 1887 Encampment Journal. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 054 GEN Burnside / Attica Attica Fountain IN MG Ambrose Everett Burnside Org. 1882 Dis. 1899 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW (1824-1881), famous Civil War Dept. of Indiana GAR web leader. pages 055 Sol. Meredith Richmond Wayne IN BG Solomon "Sol" Meredith (1810- Org. 1882 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR 1875), famous Civil War leader. web pages

056 William B. Reyburn Peru Miami IN CPT William B. Reyburn (1830- Kumler's Hall (first mtg.); Chart'd 10 Apr. Fifty-seven charter members. History of Miami County, 1914 1882), Co. A, 20th IN Inf., resident Courthouse, ground floor 1881 of Peru. 057 Goodland Goodland Newton IN Named for the community in Org. 1882 Dis. 1912 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR which the Post was based. web pages 058 H. Judson Kilpatrick Harmony Clay IN MG Hugh Judson Kilpatrick (1836- Org. 13 Feb. Dis. Q3 1885 Twelve charter members. Associated with Corps No. 58, WRC. The War for the Union, 1861- 1881), famous Civil War leader. 1882; Must'd 11 1865: A Record of Its Apr. 1882 Defenders, Living and Dead, from Steuben County, Indiana; and History of Veteran Organizations and Kindred Associations, 1889; Dept. Proceedings 059 COL Benton / Summers Xenia Miami IN BG (Bvt MG) William Plummer Org. 12 Apr. 1882 Dis. 1912 Thirty-eight charter members. Surrendered charter before 1914. National Tribune, 29 Apr. 1882; Benton (1828-1867), formerly History of Miami County, 1914; COL 8th IN Inf. SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 060 Nelson Trusler Winchester Randolph IN COL Nelson Trusler (1823-1880), Moorman Building, corner Main Org. 15 Apr. 1882 History of Randolph County, 84th IN Inf. Many soldiers from St. and Washington St. (first 1882 Randolph County served under meeting); Reed Building, Franklin him. St. 061 Elwood Elwood Madison IN Named for the community in Org. 1882 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR which the Post was based. web pages 062 Bryant Williamsport Warren IN Org. 1882; Re- Dis. 1923 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW org. 19 June Dept. of Indiana GAR web 1894 pages 063 Samuel Henry Decatur Adams IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1926 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 064 238 Hackleman Brookville Franklin IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1932 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 065 Stone River Frankfort Clinton IN Stones River (Murfreesboro), TN, Org. 1882 Dis. 1936 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR site of major Civil War battle, web pages 1862. 066 Jeremiah Brower Denver Miami IN (presumably) 1LT Jeremiah Org. 1882 Dis. 1903 Listed as Josiah Brower Post in the 1914 History of Miami County. History of Miami County, 1914; Brower (? -1864), Co. B, 40th IN Disbanded before 1914. SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR Inf., KIA at Franklin, TN, on 30 web pages Nov. 1864. Resident of the nearby town of Mexico, IN. 067 DeLong Auburn DeKalb IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1936 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 068 Shively Huntingburg Dubois IN CPT Lewis Biram Shively (1825- Chart'd 2 June Dis. 1926 Twenty-seven charter members. Associated with Shively Corps, History of Dubois County from 1864), Co. F, 53rd IN Inf., KIA at 1882 No. 103, WRC. Its Primitive Days to 1910, Atlanta, GA, on 22 July 1864. 1910; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana Resident of Huntingburg, local GAR web pages hero.

SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 4 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. 069 Nelson Kendallville Noble IN Org. 1882 Sur. Oct. 1907 The Post voted to surrender its charter at a meeting held on 19 Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, Oct. 1907. The decision was made so as not to compete with the 23 Oct 1907; SUVCW Dept. of newly organized C. C. Browand Post, No. 505, which was also Indiana GAR web pages based in Kendallville. 070 Martin R. Delaney / Broos Indianapolis Marion IN MAJ Martin Robison Delany (1812- Org. 1882 Dis. 1932 Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR 1885), 104th US Colored Inf. First (Gannon, 2011). web pages African-American field officer in the US Army. 071 Charles Waite Macy Miami IN PVT Charles A. Wait (? -1865), Org. June 1882 Dis. 1896 Nineteen charter members. The Post declined due to dissensions National Tribune, 4 Oct. 1883; Co. E, 11th IN Inf., died a POW at and the withdrawal of members, which checked the growth and History of Miami County, 1914; Salisbury, NC, on 6 Jan. 1865. prosperity of the Post. SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 072 Post No. 72 Fort Wayne Allen IN No namesake. Known only by its Org. before May The National Memorial Day, number. 1869 1869 072 Garber Washington Daviess IN Org. 1882 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 072 U. S. Grant Washington Daviess IN Gen. Ulysses Simpson Grant 1822-1885), famous Civil War leader, later US President. 073 Abram D. Sholtz Windsor Randolph IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1904 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 074 Ellsworth Remington Jasper IN COL Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth Must'd 29 Jan. Dis. Q2 1885 Dept. Proceedings (1837-1861), colonel in the New 1882; reorg. 21 York Fire Zouaves (11th N.Y. Inf.), Sept. 1886 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.

075 David K. Stopher Harlan Allen IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1893 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 076 Henry S. Lane Francisville Pulaski IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1915 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 077 Perry M. (H. M.) Blankenship Martinsville Morgan IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1935 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 078 Williams Muncie Delaware IN Org. 1884 Dis. 1930 Dept. Proceedings 079 CPT Conover Harveysburq Fountain IN Must'd 29 June Dis. Q2 1885 Dept. Proceedings 1882; reorg. Q4 1885 080 C. R. Burton Mitchell Lawrence IN 2LT Caswell R. Burton (? -1862), History of Lawrence, Orange Co. G, 50th IN Inf., died 30 Sept. and Washington Counties, 1862 from wounds received at 1884 Munfordsville, KY, on 16 Sept. 1862. Resident of Lawrence County, local hero. 080 Shannon Mount Vernon Posey IN Org. 1882 Sur. 1887 Charter surrendered 1887. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 081 Joel Wolfe Rushville Rush IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1930 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 082 John A. Platter Aurora Dearborn IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1928 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 083 John P. Porter Geneva Adams IN Org. 1882 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 084 Rensselaer Rensselaer Jasper IN Named for the community in Org. 1882 Dis. 1927 Also reported as McPherson Post (SUVCW, Indiana). SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR which the Post was based. web pages 085 Paul E. Slocum Bloomington Monroe IN Org. 1882 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 086 John Craig / Jeffersonville Jeffersonville Clark IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1935 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 087 Samuel Reid Salem Washington IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1918 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 088 Richard Spottswood Perryville Vermillion IN Org. 1882 Sur. Q2 1889 Charter surrendered 1889. Dept. Proceedings 089 Robert Huff Lawrenceburg Dearborn IN Org. 1882 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 090 Charles W. Howell Goshen Elkhart IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1936 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 091 Worthington Worthington Greene IN Named for the community in Org. 1882 Dis. 1929 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR which the Post was based. web pages

SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 5 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. 092 Samuel H. Dunbar Greenfield Hancock IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1936 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 093 Gettysburg Spencer Owen IN Gettysburg, PA, site of major Civil Org. 1882 Dis. 1934 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR War battle, 1863. web pages 094 Ben North Rising Sun Ohio IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1930 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 095 McClung Rochester Fulton IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1934 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 096 Straber - Harris / Portersville Portersville Dubois IN Org. Sept. 1882 Dis. 5 Apr. 1905 Twenty charter members. History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910, 1910; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 097 Joe Hooker Scircleville Clinton IN MG Joseph Hooker (1814-1879), Org. 1882 Dis. 1899 Listed as Post 97, so could have been McPherson Post. Not sure Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW famous Civil War leader. which came first. Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 097 McPherson Scircleville Clinton IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1899 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 098 Charles C. Wheeler Versailles Ripley IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1933 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 099 John Coons Monroe City Knox IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1903 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 100 COL William Jones Gentryville Spencer IN Org. 1882; Re- Suspended Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW org. 5 Aug. 1896 1894 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 101 Girard Monon White IN Org. 1882; Re- Dis. 1925 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW org. 14 July 1887; Dept. of Indiana GAR web Re-org. 15 June pages 1895 102 McHolland Kentland Newton IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1931 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 103 William Smith Sheridan Hamilton IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1936 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 104 J. H. Danseur La Grange Lagrange IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1923 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 105 Van Buren Pike's Peak Brown IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1927 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 106 Chaplain Brown Valparaiso Porter IN Rev. James Caldwell Brown, D.D. Org. 24 Oct. 1882 Twenty-six charter members. Porter County Indiana Genweb (1815-1862), Chaplain, 48th site; Vidette-Messenger, 18 Indiana Inf., died from typhoid Aug. 1936 fever at Paducah, KY, on 14 July 1862. Buried at Old City Cem., Valparaiso. Founder of First Presbyterian Church in Valparaiso, local hero. 107 John A. Hendricks Big Creek / Jinesville / Jefferson IN Org. 1882; Re- Dis. 1899; Dis. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Faulkner org. 1900 1900 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 108 Francis D. Mathews Elletsville Monroe IN Org. Nov. 1882 Dis. 1911 Twenty-four charter members. National Tribune, 26 Apr. 1883; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 109 Charles W. Heath East Enterprise Switzerland IN CPL Charles W. Heath (c.1836- Org. 26 Oct. 1882 Dis. 1917 Twenty-two charter members. Switzerland County IN ?), Co. H, 6th IN Inf., died (date GenWeb; SUVCW Dept. of unknown) of wounds received at Indiana GAR web pages Dallas, GA, on 27 May 1864. 110 Hathaway Rolling Prairie LaPorte IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1918 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 111 Morocco Morocco Newton IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1923 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 112 John M. Wilson Bunker Hill Miami IN COL John M. Wilson ( ? - ? ), Org. 1 Nov. 1882 Dis. 1912 About thirty charter members. Surrendered its charter near the History of Miami County, 1914; 155th IN Inf., "one of Miami close of the Nineteenth Century. SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR county's best known volunteer web pages soldiers and a veteran of both the Mexican and Civil wars. 113 Gustavus Abbott Waymansville Bartholomew IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1902 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 114 Kosciusko Warsaw Kosciusko IN Named for the county in which the Chart'd 11 Nov. Merged 1916 Merged with Post 442 on 3 April 1916. Dept. Proceedings Post was based. 1882 115 Deacon New Carlyle St. Joseph IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1919 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 116 Andrews Andrews Huntington IN Named for the community in Org. 1882 Dis. 1919 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR which the Post was based. web pages

SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 6 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. 117 Harrison Bristol Cathcart Bristol Elkhart IN Org. 1882; Re- Dis. 1914 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW org. 8 Aug. 1892 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 118 Boylston Boylston Clinton IN Named for the community in Org. 1882 Dis. 1883 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR which the Post was based. web pages 119 George W. Rader Middletown Henry IN SGT George Washington Rader Org. 12 Dec. Dis. 1934 Twenty-eight charter members. National Tribune, 20 Sept. (1841-1863), Co. E, 8th IN Inf., 1882 1883; History of Henry County, died at the Ferguson House, 1906; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana Vicksburg, MS, on 27 May 1863, GAR web pages from wounds received at Vicksburg on 22 Ma 1863. Resident of Middletown, local hero. 120 Masters Boonville Warren IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1933 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 121 C. L. Guild Medaryville Pulaski IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1925 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 122 GEN Reynolds Middlefork Clinton IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1901 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 123 James C. Veatch / Spencer Rockport Spencer IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1931 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 124 John Murray Pierceton Kosciusko IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1924 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 125 Stansbury / Stansberry Ligonier Noble IN Org. 1882 Dis. 1936 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 126 Connersville Connersville Fayette IN Named for the community in Org. 1882 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR which the Post was based. web pages 127 Wadsworth Franklin Johnson IN Org. 1882 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 128 Houghton Mishawaka St. Joseph IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1936 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 129 William A. Boyd Dublin Wayne IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1911 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 130 Dan Griffin English Crawford IN LTC ( BG Daniel F. Griffin Org. 1883 Daniel F. Griffin Papers, (1833-1865), 38th IN Inf., died of National Park Service; SUVCW typhoid fever while tending to ill Dept. of Indiana GAR web relatives in New Albany on 14 pages Feb. 1865. 130 W. A. Adams Spearsville Brown IN Org. 1905 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 131 Henry C. Coulter Russiaville Howard IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1906 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 132 LaFayette Gordon Argos Marshall IN Org. 1883 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 133 Lookout Noblesville Hamilton IN Org. 1883 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 134 Owens Sardinia Decatur IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1901 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 135 English Ormas (Etna Hecla Whitley IN Org. 10 Feb. Twenty-nine charter members. National Tribune, 1 Mar. 1883 PO) 1883 136 Houston Houston Jackson IN Named for the community in Org. 1883 Dis. 1890 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR which the Post was based. web pages 137 James R. Slack Huntington Huntington IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1936 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 138 S. C. Aldrich Hudson Steuben IN LTC Simeon C. Aldrich (1816- Org. 1883 Dis. 1928 The War for the Union, 1861- 1863), 44th IN Inf., died at home 1865: A Record of Its on 15 Aug. 1864 while on sick Defenders, Living and Dead, leave. from Steuben County, Indiana; and History of Veteran Organizations and Kindred Associations, 1889; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 139 Armor Reed Folsomville Warrick IN Org. 1883; Re- Sur. 1887; Dis. Charter surrendered 1887. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW org. 29 Mar. 1888 1911 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 140 Lookout Mountain New Corner / Gaston Delaware IN Lookout Mountain, near Must'd 1 Apr. Dis. 1921 Sixteen charter members. National Tribune, 28 June Chattanooga, TN, site of major 1883 1883; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana Civil War battle. GAR web pages

SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 7 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. 141 Charles Tyler Wolcottville Lagrange IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1895 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 142 Silas Davis Burlington Carroll IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1895 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 143 Shiloh Boxleytown Hamilton IN Shiloh, TN, site of major Civil War Org. 1883 Dis. 1884 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR battle, 1862. web pages 143 O. S. Blood Newville DeKalb IN Must'd 24 Mar. Dis. 1899 Dept. Proceedings 1891 144 John C. Carnes St. Joe DeKalb IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1916 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 145 Lott Bloomfield Hammond Lake IN Org. 1883; Re- Sur. Q2 1888; Surrendered charter 1888. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW instated 16 Aug. Dis. 1897 Dept. of Indiana GAR web 1889 pages 146 Ellsworth Jackson Tipton IN COL Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth Org. 1883 Disbanded circa 1888. SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR (1837-1861), colonel in the New web pages 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.

146 Putt Evans Sharpsville Tipton IN Dis. 1926 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 147 Patton La Porte LaPorte IN 1LT (Adjutant) Thomas Jefferson Org. 1883 Forty-five charter members. Associated with Patton Corps, No. Original Post charter; SUVCW Patton (1836-1862), 9th IN Inf., 16, WRC. According to research by William Radell, the Post Dept. of Indiana GAR web KIA at Shiloh, TN, on 7 April 1862. convened a meeting on 27 Feb. 1883, for the purpose of adopting pages; La Porte, IN, Resident of La Porte, local hero. a namesake. The three names that were considered were Patton, USGenWeb page His brother, CPT William H. Donley, and Harding. Patton received the most votes. Patton (c.1837-1870), Co. H, 109th IN Inf., also lived in La Porte. 148 George W. Lennard Newcastle Henry IN LTC George W. Lennard, 36th IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1935 History of Henry County, 1906; Inf., died of wounds 15 May 1864. SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR Resident of Newcastle, local hero. web pages

149 Charles Cruft Carbon Clay IN Must'd 29 Mar. Dis. Q2 1885 Dept. Proceedings 1883 149 MAJ Carter Carbon Clay IN Org. 13 July 1895 Dis. 1902 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 150 B. J. Crosswait Angola Steuben IN LTC Baldwin J. Crosswait (1821- Chart'd 29 Mar. Dis. 1928 Twenty-three charter members. Associated with Corps No. 37, The War for the Union, 1861- 1862), 44th IN Inf., died in Angola 1883 WRC. 1865: A Record of Its while on medical leave on 20 Feb. Defenders, Living and Dead, 1862. Resident of Angola, local from Steuben County, Indiana; hero. and History of Veteran Organizations and Kindred Associations, 1889; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 151 Simonson Churubusco Whitley IN Org. 1883 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 152 De La Hunt Cannelton Perry IN MAJ Thomas James De La Hunt Org. 18 Aug. Dis. 1923 Perry County: A History, 1916; (1835-1872), originally served as 1883 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR 1LT, 26th IN Inf., later served on web pages staff of GEN A. P. Hovey. Prominent citizen in Cannelton. 153 Freetown Freetown Jackson IN Named for the community in Org. 1883 Dis. 1900 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW which the Post was based. Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 154 Stephen J. Bailey Portland Jay IN Org. Feb. 1883 Dis. 1916 History of Jay County, 1922; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 155 Selvin / Heilman Selvin Warrick IN Org. 1883 Sur. 1887 Charter surrendered 1887. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 156 John Brandt Eaton Delaware IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1905 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages

SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 8 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. 157 MAJ Patton Vevay Switzerland IN MAJ William Patton (1818-1882), Chart'd 9 Apr. Dis. 1935 Switzerland County IN 3rd IN Cav., buried Vevay Cem. 1883; Must'd 3 GenWeb; SUVCW Dept. of May 1883 Indiana GAR web pages 158 Topping Youngstown Vigo IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1896 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 159 Gordon Tanner Brownstown Jackson IN MAJ Gordon Tanner (1829-1861), Must'd 16 Apr. Dis. Q2 1885; Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 22nd IN Inf., died 30 Sept. 1861 1883; Re-org. Q3 Dis. 1920 Dept. of Indiana GAR web from wounds received near 1885 pages Glasgow, MO, on 18 Sept. 1861. "First field officer of the state."

160 Elliott Dayton Tippecanoe IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1912 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 161 John Wheeler Crown Point Lake IN COL John Wheeler (? -1863), Org. 1883 Dis. 1930 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR 20th IN Inf., KIA at Gettysburg, web pages PA, on 2 July 1863. Resident of Crown Point, local hero. 162 Antietam Jamestown Boone IN Antietam, MD, site of major Civil Org. 1883 Dis. 1917 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR War battle. web pages 163 Jacob Hoops Macksville / West Vigo IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1925 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR Terre Haute web pages 164 George H. Chapman / Danville Danville Hendricks IN BG George Henry Chapman Must'd 23 Apr. Dis. 1936 Fifty-three charter members. The Post was originally named for National Tribune, 17 May 1883; (1832-1882), famous Civil War 1883 George H. Chapman, the recently deceased commander of SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR leader. George H. Thomas Post. It reconsidered this name at an ensuing web pages meeting, and adopted Jesse S. Ogden as its namesake.

164 Jesse S. Ogden Danville Hendricks IN CPL Jesse S. Ogden (1839- Must'd 23 Apr. Dis. 1936 The Post adopted Ogden as its namesake within a month of its National Tribune, 17 May 1883; 1877), Co. H, 7th IN Inf., lawyer in 1883 being chartered as George H. Chapman Post. SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR Danville after the war. Buried web pages Danville East Cem. 165 George P. Buell Brightwood Marion IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1885 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 165 John F. Ruckle Indianapolis Marion IN Org. 1885 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 166 D. C. Mitchell San Jacinto Jennings IN Chart'd 23 Apr. Dis. Q2 1885 Dept. Proceedings; Jennings 1883; Must'd 28 County IN GenWeb Apr. 1883 167 William M. McGinnis Roanoke Huntington IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1914 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 168 Jerry B. Mason Knightstown Henry IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1933 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 169 William M. Swain (Swaim) Ossian Wells IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1919 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 170 COL Dunham Cortland Jackson IN Must'd 16 May Dis. Q2 1885 Dept. Proceedings 1883 171 Champion Hill Brookstown White IN Champion Hill, MS, site of major Org. 1883 Dis. 1920 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR Civil War battle. web pages 172 O. M. Foster Middlebury Elkhart IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1893 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 173 Middleton Perfect Pleasant Lake Steuben IN 1LT Middleton Perfect (1827- Chart'd 17 May Dis. 1893 Twenty-seven charter members. Associated with Corps No. 99, The War for the Union, 1861- 1869), Co. H, 74th IN Inf. A well 1883 WRC. 1865: A Record of Its respected resident of Pleasant Defenders, Living and Dead, Lake after the war. from Steuben County, Indiana; and History of Veteran Organizations and Kindred Associations, 1889; Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 174 Charles Hawes Rockport Spencer IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1901 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 175 August Willich Batesville Ripley IN BG August Willich, aka, Johann Org. 1883 Dis. 1933 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR August Ernst von Willich (1810- web pages 1878), famous Civil War leader. 176 Stephen Hamlin Etna Green Kosciusko IN PVT Stephen Hamlin (1841- Org. 1883 Dis. 1900 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1862), Co. F, 74th IN Inf., died of Dept. of Indiana GAR web disease on 27 Dec. 1862 at pages Gallating, TN. Resident of Etna Green, local hero.

SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 9 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. 177 James N. Waggener Greenwood Johnson IN 1LT James N. Waggener (1823- Org. May 1883 The name of the Post is incorrectly listed in the 1885 Department Franklin Evening Star, 10 Aug. 1875), Co. D, 17th IN Inf., resident Proceedings as "Jos. M. Magner Post." The namesake was also 1964; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana of Greenwood, buried in frequently misspelled "Waggoner" and "Wagner." The last GAR web pages Greenwood Cem. member of the Post was George Winlock (1847-1939), who died 17 June 1939. 178 Lynnville Lynnville Warrick IN Named for the community in Org. 1883 Dis. 1919 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR which the Post was based. web pages 179 Cambridge City Cambridge City Wayne IN Named for the community in Org. 1 June 1883 Dis. 1935 Forty charter members. National Tribune, 28 June which the Post was based. 1883; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 180 Minor Padgett Bennington Switzerland IN Chart'd 30 May Dis. 1915 Twenty-eight charter members. History of Dearborn, Ohio and 1885 Switzerland Counties, 1885; Dept. Proceedings, 1916 181 George W. Stough Columbia City Whitley IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1929 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 182 McPheeters Fredericksburg Washington IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1904 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 183 Bennett Kewanna Fulton IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1933 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 184 Lookout Thorntown Boone IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1912 Also noted as Lookeout Valley Post (SUVCW, Indiana). SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 185 George W. Wright Clark's Hill Tippecanoe IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1901 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 186 Virgil H. Lyon Plainfield Hendricks IN Org. 1883; Re- 1886-1887; Dis. Charter reported surrendered in 1887 Encampment Journal. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW org. 21 July 1888 1933 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 187 Stephen Mead Fort Branch Gibson IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1925 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 188 Duvall Liberty Union IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1929 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 189 William Spears Dillsborough Dearborn IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1930 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 190 Mart. Ballenger / Ballinger Williamsburg Wayne IN Must'd 15 June Dis. Q3 1885; Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1883; Re-org. 18 Dis. 1914 Dept. of Indiana GAR web Jan. 1894 pages 191 W. L. Sanderson New Albany Floyd IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1931 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 192 542 LT Yakey / Linton Linton Greene IN Must'd 23 June Dis. Q2 1885; Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1883; Re-org. 14 Dis. 1897; Dis. Dept. of Indiana GAR web May 1886 1909 pages 193 Newton Rea Medora Jackson IN Org. 1883 Suspended Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1892 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 194 Mooney Mooney Jackson IN Named for the community in Org. 1883; Re- Sur. Q2 1889; Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW which the Post was based. instated 20 Aug. Suspended Dept. of Indiana GAR web 1889; Re-org. 10 1895; Dis. 1900 pages Oct. 1896 195 William Cuppy South Whitley Whitley IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1925 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 196 Jasonville Jasonville Greene IN Named for the community in Org. 1883 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR which the Post was based. web pages 197 Albion A. Williams / Joseph North Liberty St. Joseph IN PVT Albion A. Williams (1838- Org. 1883 Dis. 1913 Nineteen charter members. Originally chartered as Albion A. National Tribune, 13 Sept. Bowen 1861), Co. F, 29th IN Inf., died at Williams Post, its name was changed about 1892 to Joseph 1883; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana Louisville, KY, on 21 Nov. 1861. Bowen Post. GAR web pages Resident of North Liberty, local hero and first soldier from the township to die in the service. 198 Shiloh Field Elkhart Elkhart IN Org. 26 June Dis. 1934 Associated with Shiloh Field Corps, No. 5, WRC. Deahl, 1905, 20th Century 1883 History & Biographical Record of Elkhart County; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 199 GEN John A. Logan North Manchester Wabash IN MG John Alexander Logan (1826- Org. 1883 Dis. 1932 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR 1886), famous Civil War leader. web pages 200 Samuel D. Webb Green's Fork / Wayne IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1897 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Washington Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 201 J. R. T. Gordon Haney's Corner / Ripley IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1912 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR Beham's Store web pages 202 Boone Zionsville Boone IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1926 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages

SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 10 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. 203 Jos. Price Tipton Tipton IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1929 Also noted as James Price Post (SUVCW, Indiana). SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 204 David N. Kimball Blountsville Henry IN Org. 1883 Sur. Q1 1888 Surrendered charter. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 205 Worden Albion Noble IN PVT George E. Worden / Wordon Org. 5 July 1883 The Post had about forty-six new members when organized. Fort Wayne Daily Gazette, 8 (1837-1864), Co. B, 12th IN Inf., July 1883; SUVCW Dept. of died of disease at Scottsboro, AL, Indiana GAR web pages on 22 Mar. 1864. Resident of Albion, local hero. Buried at Rose Hill Cem., Albion.

206 Reed Fulton Fulton IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1927 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 207 Cicero Cicero Hamilton IN Named for the community in Org. 25 July 1883 Dis. 1932 Twenty-four charter members. National Tribune, 20 Sept. which the Post was based. 1883; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 208 A. B. Wade / Chesterton Chesterton Porter IN Org. 14 July 1883 Dis. 1917 Also noted as Hathaway Post (SUVCW, Indiana). Vidette-Messenger, 18 Aug. 1936; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 209 George H. Chapman Indianapolis Marion IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1936 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 210 Frank Beitzelle Centerville Wayne IN Org. 1883 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 211 Monroe Layman Warren Huntington IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1898 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 212 Perryville Broadripple Marion IN Perryville, KY, site of major Civil Org. 1883 Dis. 1896 The Dept. of Indiana, SUVCW, notes that Post 212 existed under Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW War battle. several names: Kiplatrick and Perryville. It was also noted as Dept. of Indiana GAR web being based variously at Nora, Broadripple, and Castleton. pages

212 Nora Nora Marion IN Named for the community in which the Post was based. 213 Alexander Trimble Redkey Jay IN Org. 1883; Re- Dis. 1899; Dis. Eighteen charter members. History of Jay County, 1922; org. 19 Oct. 1901 1929 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 214 William F. Davis Patriot Switzerland IN CPT William Ford Davis (1841- Org. 3 Aug. 1883 Dis. 1925 National Tribune, 16 Aug. 1863), Co. D, 18th IN Inf., resident 1883; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana of Patriot. Resigned 6 June 1863, GAR web pages and died of disease at home soon thereafter. Reportedly buried Davis (Mumford Hills) Cem., Posey Twp.

215 Robert Nunn Richland Spencer IN Must'd 15 Aug. Dis. Q2 1885 Dept. Proceedings 1883 216 Martin Westville LaPorte IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1925 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 217 R. M. Kelley Edinburg Johnson IN Org. Aug. 1883 Dis. 1927 Twenty charter members. National Tribune, 16 Aug. 1883; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 218 J. S. Hester Nashville Brown IN Org. 1883 Sur. Q2 1889 Charter surrendered 1889. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 219 Harrison Velpen Pike IN Must'd 16 Oct. Dis. Q2 1885 Dept. Proceedings 1883 220 279 H. D. Washburn Dana Vermillion IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1923 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 221 Harry McAllister DuPont Jefferson IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1929 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 222 Freedom Freedom Owen IN Named for the community in Org. 1883; Re- Sur. 1887; Dis. Charter surrendered 1887. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW which the Post was based. instated 6 Sept. 1919 Dept. of Indiana GAR web 1889 pages 223 James Moffat / Moffit Elizabethtown Bartholomew IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1926 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 224 Marling Crothersville Jackson IN Org. 1885 Dis. 1902 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 224 Garfield Uniontown Jackson IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1885 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages

SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 11 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. 225 Staunton Staunton Clay IN Named for the community in Org. 1883 Dis. 1896 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW which the Post was based. Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 226 Samuel Simonson Charlestown Clark IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1927 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 227 Jacob Stahl Hartford City Blackford IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1935 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 228 Sol. D. Kempton Fortville Hancock IN LTC Soloman D. Kempton (1830- Org. 1883 Dis. 1930 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR 1863), 12th IN Inf. Suffering from web pages ill health, he resigned his commission and died at the home of his brother in Indianapolis on 17 Oct. 1863. 229 Walters Hebron Porter IN Org. 1 Sept. 1883 Dis. 1932 Vidette-Messenger, 18 Aug. 1936; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 230 MAJ Samuel Henry Pendleton Madison IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1936 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 231 Hammond Marengo Crawford IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1920 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 232 Custer Wakarusa Elkhart IN MG George Armstrong Custer Org. 1883 Dis. 1929 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR (1839-1876). KIA at Little web pages Bighorn, MT, on 25 June 1876. Famous Civil War (and Indian Wars) leader. 233 Garrett DeKalb IN Org. 1883 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 234 Magnus Brucker Troy Perry IN Dr. Magnus Brucker (1828-1874), Org. 1883 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR Surgeon, 23rd IN Inf. Prominent web pages citizen in Troy. 235 C. C. Mason Grandview Spencer IN Org. 7 Sept. 1883 Sur. 1887; Dis. Charter surrendered 1887. National Tribune, 20 Sept. 1912 1883; Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 236 Thomas Cox Webster Wayne IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1894 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 237 John Layton / Gettysburg Coatsville Hendricks IN Gettysburg, PA, site of major Civil Must'd 14 Sept. Dis. Q2 1885; Re-organized as John Layton Post in 1886. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW War battle, 1863. 1883; Re-org. 9 Dis. 1923 Dept. of Indiana GAR web Dec. 1886 pages 238 GEN P. Hackelman Hackelman Grant IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1893 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 238 064 Hackleman Brookville Franklin IN 239 Miletus McGowan Orland Steuben IN CPL Miletus McGowan (1838- Chart'd 28 Sept. Suspended Eighteen charter members. The War for the Union, 1861- 1864), Co. A, 29th IN Inf., died 11 1883 1895 1865: A Record of Its June 1865 at Annapolis, MD, after Defenders, Living and Dead, being released from a CS prison from Steuben County, Indiana; in the spring of 1864. The history and History of Veteran of the Post refers to him as a Organizations and Kindred Sergeant. Associations, 1889; Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 240 Fairfax Westfield Hamilton IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1924 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 241 R. S. Thomas / Champion Hill Mount Etna Huntington IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1918 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 242 John A. Hollett Brownsburg Hendricks IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1922 Also listed as Hallet Post (SUVCW, Indiana). SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 243 Lew Taylor / Alexandria Alexandria Madison IN Must'd 17 Sept. Dis. Q2 1885; Thirteen charter members. Re-organized as Lew Taylor Post. National Tribune, 4 Oct. 1883; 1883; Re-org. 7 Dis. 1912 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Apr. 1886 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 244 MAJ May Anderson Madison IN Org. 18 Sept. Eighty-six charter members. National Tribune, 4 Oct. 1883; 1883 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 245 Steedman Whitlock Montgomery IN MG James Blair Steedman 1817- Org. 1883 Dis. 1914 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR 1883), famous Civil War leader. web pages 246 Lake View Syracuse Kosciusko IN Org. 1883 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 246 546 Joseph W. Beeber Tiosa Fulton IN

SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 12 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. 247 E. C. Newland Bedford Lawrence IN 1LT Elihu Columbus Newland Org. 1883 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR (1832-1877), Co. G, 4th IN Cav., web pages resident of Bedford. 248 Alexander Unionville Monroe IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1901 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 249 Frank Jones Huntsville Randolph IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1916 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 249 F. Jones Trenton Randolph IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1916 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 250 Bowman / Hagerstown Hagerstown Wayne IN Must'd 19 Oct. Dis. Q2 1885; Re-organized as Bowman Post. Also reportedly went by the name Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1883 Re-org. 31 Mar. of Hackelman Post (SUVCW, Indiana). Dept. of Indiana GAR web 1888; Dis. 1925 pages

251 McCarty Alfordsville Daviess IN CPT Eli McCarty (1826-1864), Co. Org. 1883 Dis. 1914 History of Daviess County, G, 42nd IN Inf., "killed by eight 1915; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana Peace Democrats while notifying GAR web pages draft men." 252 Custer / Spicely Orleans Orange IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1923 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 253 Rose Lawn Rose Lawn Newton IN Named for the community in Org. 1883 Dis. 1916 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR which the Post was based. web pages 254 Adams Moores Hill Dearborn IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1917 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 255 GEN Jefferson C. Davis Tampico Jackson IN BG Jefferson Columbus Davis Must'd 29 Oct. Dis. Q2 1885 Dept. Proceedings (1828-1879), famous Civil War 1883 leader. 256 Harter / Steedman Newtonville Spencer IN Org. 1883; Re- Dis. 1927 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW org. Dec. 1887 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 257 Roann Roann Wabash IN Named for the community in Must'd 31 Oct. Dis. Q2 1885; Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW which the Post was based. 1883; Re-org. Q3 Dis. 1916 Dept. of Indiana GAR web 1885 pages 258 Nevins Fontanet Vigo IN Must'd 8 Nov. Dis. Q2 1885; Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1883 Dis. 1891 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 259 Thomas Burch Arthur Pike IN Org. 1883; Re- Dis. 1898; Dis. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW org.? 1908 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 260 Miles H. Tibbets Plymouth Marshall IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1929 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 261 Moses Heron Farmland Randolph IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1916 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 262 P. S. Warrick Newburg Warrick IN Org. Dec. 1883 Dis. 1925 National Tribune, 10 Apr. 1884; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 263 John C. Jenks Toronto Vermillion IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1913 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 264 Summit Underwood Scott IN Org. 1883; Re- Sur. 1887 Charter surrendered 1887. SUVCW Dept. of Indiana notes that Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW org? the Post disbanded in 1889. Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 265 Erie Alexander Stilesville Hendricks IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1897 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 266 E. R. Hawn Birdseye Dubois IN Chart'd 28 Dec. Dis. 1915 Eleven charter members. History of Dubois County from 1883; Re-org. 9 Its Primitive Days to 1910, Feb. 1901 1910; Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 267 COL Samuel J. Williams Selma Delaware IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1906 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 268 Swan Augusta Pike IN Must'd 20 Dec. Dis. Q2 1885; Dept. Proceedings 1883; Re-org.? Dis. 1901 269 Erwin Sylvania / Tangiers Parke IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1905 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 270 Hambright Arcadia Hamilton IN Org. 1883 Re-org. 28 Feb. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1888; Dis. 1917 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 271 530 Anthony Wayne / Lawton Fort Wayne Allen IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1925 An early Post existed in Fort Wayne as early as May 1867. It met Fort Wayne Daily Gazette, 1 in the old IOOF Hall on Calhoun Street. May 1867; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages

SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 13 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. 272 CPT I. E. Fouts Lexington Scott IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1885 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 272 CPT I. E. Fouts Saluda Jefferson IN Org. 1885 Dis. 1913 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 273 Bruce Ladoga Montgomery IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1918 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 274 Felix G. Welman Valeen Orange IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1898 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 275 579 George Ridlin / Redlin Scottsburg Scott IN Org. 1883; Must'd Dis. Q2 1885; [Consolidated with Post 579 in 1896] Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 2 Jan. 1884; Re- Dis. 1913 Dept. of Indiana GAR web inst. 7 May 1889 pages

276 Burnham Lowell Lake IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1917 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 277 Otterbein / Union Otterbein Benton IN Org. 1883 Dis. 1926 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 278 S. K. Harryman Mooresville Morgan IN Org. 1884 Dis. 1923 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 279 220 H. D. Washburn Metamora / Dana Franklin IN Org. 1884 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 280 C. R. Burton Mitchell Lawrence IN Org. 1884 Dis. 1912 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 281 Joseph R. Gordon Indianapolis Marion IN Org. 1884 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 282 Aaron Conley / Conly Economy Wayne IN Org. 1884 Sur. 1887 Charter surrendered 1887. SUVCW Dept. of Indiana notes that Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW the Post disbanded in 1889. Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 283 Ira G. Grover Newpoint Decatur IN COL (Brevet BG) Ira G. Grover Org. 1884 Dis. 1916 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR (1832-1876), 7th IN Inf., "Decatur web pages County's most illustrius soldier." 284 GEN Cruft Centerville / Lewis Vigo IN Org. 1884 Dis. 1934 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 285 McCarty Spurgeon / Pike IN Must'd 28 Mar. Dis. Q2 1885; Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Pleasantville 1884; Re-org.? Dis. 1898 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 285 Fowler Spurgeon Pike IN Dis. 1898 Dept. Proceedings 286 GEN Charles Cruft Sandford / Lewis Vigo IN Org. 1884 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 287 CPT Louis Frey Tell City Perry IN CPT Louis (aka, Lewis) Frey Org. 1884 Dis. 1911 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR (1805-1876), Co. I, 28th OH Inf., web pages led the first company of Perry County volunteers in the Civil War. The company departed Tell City aboard the steamer Grey Eagle on 17 May 1861. The company was unable to attach to a regiment, but most of the volunteers eventually saw service in other units. 288 R. M. Welman Ireland Dubois IN Richard M. Welman (c.1827- Must'd 19 Apr. Dis. Q2 1885 Re-organized in 1891 as Ireland Post. History of Dubois County from 1884), Surgeon, 9th IN Cav., 1884 Its Primitive Days to 1910, buried Shiloh Cem., Ireland. 1910; Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 288 Ireland Ireland Dubois IN Named for the community in Must'd 21 Mar. Dis. 31 Dec. Re-organized after Welman Post, No. 288 failed. Eleven charter History of Dubois County from which the Post was based. 1891 1900 members. Its Primitive Days to 1910, 1910; Dept. Proceedings 289 Benjamin Shields Dunkirk Jay IN Org. 7 Feb. 1884; 1886-1887; Dis. Twenty-five charter members. History of Jay County, 1922; Re-instated 7 after 1936 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR Mar. 1889 web pages

290 George Chapmen Indianapolis Marion IN 290 William Landon Knox Starke IN Org. 1884 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 291 William A. Garrison / La La Fontaine Wabash IN Must'd 20 Feb. Dis. Q2 1885; Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Fontaine 1884; Re-org. 1 Dis. 1921 Dept. of Indiana GAR web Feb. 1887 pages 292 B. A. Reid Clayton Hendricks IN Org. 1884 Dis. 1915 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 293 Burnt Hickory Fisher's Switch Hamilton IN Org. 1884 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages

SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 14 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. 294 Acton Acton Marion IN Named for the community in Org. 1884 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR which the Post was based. web pages 295 Joseph Forsha West Newton Marion IN Org. 1884 Dis. 1902 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 296 Joe Cook Lynn Randolph IN Org. 1884; Re- Dis. 1932 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW org. Dec. 1887 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 297 Wasson Owensville Gibson IN Org. 1884; Re- Dis. 1894 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW org. 25 Apr. 1888 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 298 Mount Ayr Mount Ayr Newton IN Named for the community in Org. 1884 Dis. 1896 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW which the Post was based. Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 298 Pilot Grove Pilot Grove Newton IN Named for the community in Org. 1884; Re- Sur. Q2 1888 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW which the Post was based. org. 15 Dec. 1887 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 299 C. F. Nelson Disko Wabash IN Org. 1884 Dis. 1894 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 300 Francis M. Ford Southport Marion IN Must'd 18 Feb. Dis. Q4 1885 Dept. Proceedings 1884 301 Barnhart Monroeville Allen IN Must'd 18 Feb. Dis. Q3 1885 Disbanded as Barnhart Post 301. Dept. Proceedings 1883 301 William H. Link Monroeville Allen IN Re-org. Q4 1885 Formerly Barnhart Post 301, reorganized as William H. Link Post Dept. Proceedings 301 in 1885. 302 Oakland City Oakland City Gibson IN Named for the community in Must'd 27 Feb. Dis. Q4 1885 Dept. Proceedings which the Post was based. 1884 303 McKinley Rono Perry IN CPT (Bvt. MAJ) William McKinley Must'd 22 Mar. Dis. Q2 1885 Dept. Proceedings (1843-1901), soldier, 23rd Ohio 1884 Infantry, later US President, assassinated 14 Sept. 1901.

304 Thomas G. Hall Andersonville Franklin IN Org. 1884 Dis. 1923 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 305 Scott Portland Mills Parke IN 1SGT William H. Scott (1839- Chart'd 15 Mar. Dis. 1912 Sixteen charter members. Original Post charter. 1876), Co. H, 21st IN Inf., also 1884 (authorized Bat. H, 1st IN Heavy Art. One of 19 Feb. 1884) four brothers from Portland Mills who served in the war (one KIA). The Post name possibly honors the entire family. 306 Herrendeen Silver Lake Kosciusko IN Must'd 4 Mach Dis. 1897 Dept. Proceedings 1884 306 Ord Silver Lake IN MG Edward Otho Cresap Ord (1818-1883), famous Civil War leader. 307 Frank Neff Sullivan Sullivan IN Must'd 25 Feb. Dis. 1933 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1884 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 308 James B. Wright Losantville Randolph IN Must'd 4 Mar. Dis. Q2 1885 Dept. Proceedings 1884 309 Dr. Garrish Moore's Vineyard Bartholomew IN Must'd 6 Mar. Dis. 1903 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1884 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 310 John Stewart Cammack / Yorktown Delaware IN Must'd 3 Mar. Dept. Proceedings 1884 311 Howard Summitville Madison IN Must'd 13 Mar. Dis. 1895 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1884 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 312 Si Ralston Nineveh Johnson IN Must'd 10 Mar. Sur. 1887 Charter surrendered 1887. SUVCW Dept. of Indiana reports that Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1884 the Post disbanded in 1889. Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 313 Thomas K. Karnes Parker Randolph IN PVT Thomas K. Karnes ( ? - Must'd 7 Mar. 1886-1887 Charter reported surrendered in 1887 Encampment Journal. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1865), Co. C, 9th IN Inf., 1884 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana reports that the Post disbanded in 1890. Dept. of Indiana GAR web reportedly died in the Sultana pages Disaster in May 1865, resident of Randolph County, local hero. 314 Jacob Barton Inwood Marshall IN Org. 14 Mar. Sur. Q4 1888 Dept. Proceedings 1884 315 Pleasant Mathes / Harrison / Corydon Harrison IN Org. 5 Apr. 1884 Dis. Q2 1885 Disbanded as Corydon Post in 1885. Dept. Proceedings Corydon

SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 15 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. 315 Nevin Nevin Harrison IN Named for the community in Re-org. Q3 1885 Dis. 1897 Formerly Corydon Post 315, reorganized 1885. Dept. Proceedings which the Post was based. 316 W. B. Fleming West Lebanon Warren IN Org. 21 Mar. Dis. 1916 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1884 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 317 Lyon Buena Vista / Shielville Hamilton IN Org. 22 Mar. Sur. 1887 Charter surrendered 1887. SUVCW Dept. of Indiana reports that Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1884 the Post disbanded in 1889. Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 318 CPT Wilshire (William) W. English Crawford IN CPT Wilshire W. Sloan, aka, Org. 21 Mar. Dis. 1912 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Sloan William W. Sloan (1862), Co. E, 1884 Dept. of Indiana GAR web 1st IN Cav., KIA at Round Hill, pages AR, on 7 July 1862. Brother of local, George W. "Dutch" Sloan. 319 Hiram Spencer Elizabeth Harrison IN Org. 3 Apr. 1884 Dis. 1912 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 320 Randall Millersburg Elkhart IN Org. 2 Apr. 1884 Dept. Proceedings 321 Picket Hazleton Gibson IN Org. 19 Mar. Dis. Q4 1885; Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1884; Re-org.? Dis. 1916 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 322 Thomas (Henry?) J. Brooks Loogootee Martin IN Org. 5 Apr. 1884 Dis. 1919 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 323 Dan Griffin Sellersburg Clark IN Org. 24 Mar. Dis. 1901 Dept. Proceedings 1884 324 Huron Huron Lawrence IN Named for the community in Org. 6 May 1884 Dis. Q2 1885 Dept. Proceedings which the Post was based. 325 Jeff Riddell Knightsville Clay IN Org. 1 Apr. 1884 Sur. 1887 Charter surrendered 1887. SUVCW Dept. of Indiana reports that Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW the Post disbanded in 1890. Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 326 Lovell H. Rousseau Bloomfield Greene IN MG Lovell Harrison Rousseau Org. 10 Apr. 1884 Dis. 1925 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW (1818-1869), famous Civil War Dept. of Indiana GAR web leader. pages 327 Joe Kearns / Kerns Merone Sullivan IN Org. 10 Apr. 1884 Dis. 1929 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 328 DeMotte DeMotte Jasper IN Named for the community in Org. 12 Apr. 1884 Dis. Q2 1885 Dept. Proceedings which the Post was based. 329 P. R. Owens Clinton Vermillion IN Org. 15 Apr. 1884 Dis. 1929 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 330 George W. Robinson Somerset Wabash IN Org. 14 Apr. 1884 Dis. 1894 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 331 Myron Baker Bourbon Marshall IN 10 Apr. 1884 Sur. Q3 1888 Dept. Proceedings 332 William C. Jackson Dale Spencer IN Must'd 4 Apr. Dis. 1925 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1884; Re-org. 18 Dept. of Indiana GAR web May 1895 pages 333 Winchester Gosport Owen IN Org. 1884 Dis. 1918 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 334 Basil B. Decker French Lick Orange IN Org. 12 Apr. 1884 Dis. 1930 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 335 Crecilious / Crecelons Leavenworth Crawford IN Org. 12 Apr. 1884 Dis. 1904 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 336 Ben H. Myers Osgood Ripley IN Org. 16 Apr. 1884 Dis. 1903 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 337 W. S. Hancock Veedersburg Fountain IN BG Winfield Scott Hancock (1824- Org. 24 Apr. 1884 Dis. 1911 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1886), famous Civil War and Dept. of Indiana GAR web Mexican War leader. pages 338 J .A. Canfield / Campfield Leesburg Kosciusko IN Org. 26 Apr. 1884 Dis. 1891 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 339 William H. Hamilton Morgantown Morgan IN Org. 30 Apr. Dis. Q4 1885 Dept. Proceedings 1884; Re-org. 15 Apr. 1899 340 Baldwin Vernon Jennings IN Chart'd 29 Apr. Dept. Proceedings; Jennings 1884 County IN GenWeb

SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 16 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. 341 Harrison Bales St. Bernice Vermillion IN Org. 26 Apr. 1884 Dis. 1914 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 342 McLain Salem Center Steuben IN Four brothers of Post charter Chart'd 3 May Dis. 1912 The namesake was listed as "S. McLain" in the 1885 Department The War for the Union, 1861- member, L. M. McLain: PVT 1884 Proceedings, however, the namesake was intended to honor the 1865: A Record of Its Ambrose McClain (c.1840-1863), members of a family. Sixteen charter members. Defenders, Living and Dead, Co. B, 100th IN Inf., died at home from Steuben County, Indiana; 4 weeks after discharge; Sylvester and History of Veteran McLain (c.1862- ?), Co. M, 2nd MI Organizations and Kindred Cav., died of disease contracted Associations, 1889; Dept. in service; Charles W. McLain (? - Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of 1864), Co. E, 65th IL Inf., died Indiana GAR web pages Mar. 1864 while home sick on furlough; and John W. McLain, Co. E, 75th IL Inf., died of measles in Nashville, TN.

343 James Lucas Atwood Kosciusko IN Org. 6 May 1884; Sur. Q1 1889; Charter surrendered 1889. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Re-instated Dis. 1894 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 344 CPT Benjamin Beason / Jalapa / Sweetzer Grant IN Org. 15 May 1884 Dis. 1894 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Beeson Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 345 Waynetown Waynetown Montgomery IN Named for the community in Org. 7 May 1884; Dis. 1896; Dis. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW which the Post was based. Re-org. 28 Nov. 1902 Dept. of Indiana GAR web 1896 pages 346 Putnamville Putnamville Putnam IN Named for the community in Org. 24 May Dis. Q2 1885; Dept. Proceedings which the Post was based. 1884; Re-org. Q3 Dis. 1896 1885 347 George Haney Morristown Shelby IN Org. 22 May 1884 Dis. Q2 1885 Dept. Proceedings

348 Union Union Pike IN Named for the community in Org. 27 May 1884 Dis. Q2 1885 Dept. Proceedings which the Post was based. 349 Frankton Frankton Madison IN Named for the community in Org. 14 May 1884 Dis. 1892 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW which the Post was based. Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 350 Elijah T. Wood Ridgeville Randolph IN Org. 15 May 1884 Dis. 1915 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 351 Frederick Penny Jeffersonville Clark IN Org. 19 May 1884 Dis. 1925 Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW (Gannon, 2011). Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 352 Hamilton Clay City Clay IN Org. 2 June 1884; Dropped Dept. Proceedings Re-org. 1892 c.1891; Dis. 1900 353 Newark Newark Greene IN Named for the community in Org. 31 May 1884 Dept. Proceedings which the Post was based. 354 Russell West Fork Crawford IN Org. 12 June Dis. 1913 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1884 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 355 Robert Cromwell Winslow Pike IN Org. 5 June 1884; Dis. Q2 1885; Dept. Proceedings Re-org. 9 June Dis. 1896 1894 356 Henry Apple Young's Creek Orange IN Org. 14 June Dis. 1908 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1884 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 357 Addleman Whitewater Wayne IN Org. 14 June Dis. 1916 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1884 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 358 James B. Cartwright Pennville Jay IN Org. 14 June Dis. 1896; Dis. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1884; Re-org. 17 1921 Dept. of Indiana GAR web Mar. 1897 pages 359 George Miller Windfall Tipton IN Org. 13 June Dis. 1919 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1884 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 360 Harmon Rayle Spiceland Henry IN Org. 14 June Dept. Proceedings 1884 361 James W. Courtney Mifflin / Eckerty Crawford IN Org. 25 June Dis. 1899 Dept. Proceedings 1884 362 R. J. Showers / Shavers Cynthiana Posey IN Org. 26 July 1884 Dis. 1911 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages

SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 17 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. 363 Cornwell Campbellsburg / Washington IN Org. 21 June Dis. 1896 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Saltilloville 1884 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 364 Williamson Paoli Orange IN Org. 12 July 1884 Dis. 1928 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 365 George D. Wagner Pine Village Warren IN Org. 1 July 1884 Dis. 1911 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 366 Hiram G. Fisher Fishersburg / Lapel Madison IN Org. 27 June Dis. 1916 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1884 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 367 James Shields Tippecanoetown Marshall IN Org. 8 July 1884 Dis. 1891 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 368 Johnson Montpelier Blackford IN Org. 10 June Dis. Q2 1885; Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1884; Re-org. 20 Dis. 1927 Dept. of Indiana GAR web Apr. 1887 pages 369 MAJ Robert Anderson Indianapolis Marion IN MAJ (Bvt. MG) Robert Anderson Org. 10 Jan. 1884 Dis. after 1936 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW (1805-1871), commander of the Dept. of Indiana GAR web garrison at Fort Sumter when it pages was bombarded at the outset of the Civil War. 370 MAJ Arn / Hillsdale Hillsdale Vermillion IN Org. 1884 Dis. 1918 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 371 James B. McPherson Koleen Greene IN BG James Birdseye McPherson Org. 13 Aug. Dis. 1926 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW (1828-1864), famous Civil War 1884 Dept. of Indiana GAR web leader, KIA at the Battle of pages Atlanta, GA, 22 July 1864. 372 Edward (Elwood) Hill Carthage Rush IN Org. 14 Aug. Dis. 1904 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1884 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 373 Bowling Green Bowling Green Clay IN Named for the community in Org. 14 Aug. Dis. 1912 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW which the Post was based. 1884 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 374 Mill Spring / Mill's Springs Moran Clinton IN Org. 31 Aug. Sur. 1887 Charter surrendered 1887. SUVCW Dept. of Indiana notest that Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1884 the Post disbanded in 1889. Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 375 Stillwell Colfax Clinton IN Org. 14 Aug. Dis. 1913 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1884 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 376 Guy Taylor Harrodsburg Monroe IN Org. 27 Aug. Sur. 1887; Dis. First charter surrendered 1887. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1884; Re-org. 18 1889; Sur. 1898 Dept. of Indiana GAR web Jan. 1889 pages 377 Deen / Branchville Branchville Perry IN Org. 1884; Re- Dis. Q1 1885; Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW org. 15 Dec. 1887 Dis. 1902 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 378 Jesse Coppock Walkerton St. Joseph IN Org. 16 Sept. Dis. 1923 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1884 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 379 Charles Swindell Larville (Larwill) Whitley IN Org. 20 Aug. Dis. 1896 Dept. Proceedings 1884 380 James Gavin / Garvin St. Paul Decatur IN Org. 10 Sept. Dis. 1901 Dept. Proceedings 1884 381 J. W. Poole Newton Stewart Orange IN Org. 13 Sept. Sur. 1887; First charter surrendered 1887. Dept. Proceedings 1884; Re-org. 9 Suspended Aug. 1888 1892 382 J. P. Stewart Goldsmith Tipton IN Org. 10 Sept. Dis. 1886-1887; Charter reported surrendered in 1887 Encampment Journal. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1884; Re-org.? Dis. 1904 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana lists the Post's namesake as J. T. Dept. of Indiana GAR web Steward. pages 383 583 Joe Fleece North Salem Hendricks IN Org. 13 Sept. Dis. 1896 Dept. Proceedings 1884 384 John Secrest Laurel Franklin IN Org. 4 Oct. 1884 Dis. 1919 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana lists the Post's namesake as John Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Secrist. Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 385 M. D. Manson Shoals Martin IN Org. 1884 Dis. 1895 Changed name? SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 385 William Z. Smith Shoals Martin IN Org. 4 Oct. 1884 Dis. 1895 Changed name? Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages

SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 18 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. 386 Beesom / Beeson / Bedon Fairmount Grant IN Org. 26 Sept. Dis. 1916 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1884 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 387 Baron Steuben / Leamon Hamilton Steuben IN 1) Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Chart'd 13 Dec. Dis. 1926 Fourteen charter members. Originally chartered as "Baron The War for the Union, 1861- Griffith Steuben (1730-1794), famous 1884 Steuben Post," to honor Baron von Steuben of American 1865: A Record of Its leader in the American Revolution fame (and namesake of Steuben County). The name Defenders, Living and Dead, Revoluation and namesake of was changed to "Leamon Griffith Post" in 1889 to honor a local from Steuben County, Indiana; Steuben County; 2) CPL Leamon soldier. Associated with Corps No. 111, WRC. and History of Veteran Griffith (1839-1866), Co. H, 74th Organizations and Kindred IN Inf., died at home on 8 Apr. Associations, 1889; Dept. 1866 as a result of wounds Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of suffered in the war. Indiana GAR web pages 388 Robert Wilson Stout / Reed / Harrison Delaware IN Org. 27 Oct. 1884 Dis. 1894 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Twp. Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 389 Langwell Milan Ripley IN Org. 6 Oct. 1884 Dis. 1912 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 390 Oliver Short Rossville Clinton IN Org. 27 Oct. 1884 Dis. 1913 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 391 Huckleberry Butlerville Jennings IN Chart'd 29 Oct. Sur. 1 June Dept. Proceedings; Jennings 1884; Must'd 22 1918 County IN GenWeb Nov. 1884 392 C. B. Wheeler Rome Perry IN Org. 22 Nov. Dis. 1892 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1884 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 393 Carroll Stockwell Tippecanoe IN Org. 10 Nov. Dis. 1920 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1884 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 394 Blinn Prairietown Vigo IN Org. 1885 Dis. 1929 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 395 Ed Temple South Milford Lagrange IN Org. 1885 Dis. 1894 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 396 James W. Scott North Webster Kosciusko IN Org. 19 Mar. Dis. 1893 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1885 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 397 Fahler Star City Pulaski IN Org. 1 Apr. 1885 Dis. 1915 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 398 Joseph F. Morris Riley Vigo IN Org. 9 May 1885 Sur. Q2 1889 Charter surrendered 1889. Dept. Proceedings 399 Jeff. Goodwin Ambia Benton IN Org. 1 June 1885 Sur. 1887 Charter surrendered 1887. Listed as Morris Post, No. 399, based Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW in Ambia, in the 1888 GAR Department Encampment Proceedings. Dept. of Indiana GAR web SUVCW Dept. of Indiana notes that this Post disbanded in 1889. pages

400 Hartzog Bremen Marshall IN Org. 24 June Dis. 1914 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1885 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 401 Simon Miller Akron Fulton IN Org. 27 June Dis. 1901 Dept. Proceedings 1885 402 Berlin Nappanee Elkhart IN Org. 15 July 1885 Dis. 1934 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 403 John R. McCormack Cadiz Henry IN Org. 14 July 1885 Dept. Proceedings

404 Bradrick Sweetzer Grant IN Org. 23 July 1885 Sur. Q1 1889 Charter surrendered 1889. Dept. Proceedings

405 H. L. Townsend Metz Steuben IN PVT Hiram L. Townsend (1846- Chart'd 8 Aug. Dis. 1893 Sixteen charter members. The War for the Union, 1861- 1882), Co. A, 129th IN Inf. Died 1885 1865: A Record of Its at Metz on 26 Nov. 1882 due to Defenders, Living and Dead, health issues related to his war from Steuben County, Indiana; service. and History of Veteran Organizations and Kindred Associations, 1889; Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 406 John Ruess Upland Grant IN Org. 13 Aug. Dis. after 1936 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1885 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages

SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 19 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. 407 Altoona Pass Waterman Parke IN Org. 15 Aug. Sur. 1887; Dis. Orginal charter surrendered 1887. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1885 1919 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 408 Edwin Lennox Swayzee Grant IN Org. 5 Sept. Dis. 1897; Dis. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1885; Re-org.? 1922 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 409 Magnolia / Wick Spence Jonesboro Grant IN Org. 5 Sept. 1885 Dis. after 1936 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 410 Leslie Seelyville Vigo IN LTC Joseph P. Leslie (? -1864), Org. 12 Sept. Dis. 1909 Twenty charter members. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 4th IN Cav., KIA at Fair Garden, 1885 Dept. of Indiana GAR web East TN, on 27 Jan. 1864. pages; National Tribune, 1 Oct. 1885 411 Hobart Hobart Lake IN Named for the community in Org. 19 Sept. Dis. 1914 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW which the Post was based. 1885 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 412 COL Adams Bean Blossom Brown IN Org. 25 Sept. Dis. 1896 Dept. Proceedings 1885 413 S. A. Claycomb Alton Crawford IN Org. 1 Oct. 1885 Dis. 1899 Dept. Proceedings 414 J. B. Hager Switz City Greene IN Org. 2 Oct. 1885 Dis. 1926 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 415 John K. Highman New Harmony Posey IN Org. 9 Oct. 1885 Dis. 1919 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 416 GEN Lytle Bethlehem/Otto Clark IN Org. 10 Oct. 1885 Dis. 1904 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 417 John Dahlgren Poland Clay IN Rear ADM John Adolphus Org. 12 Oct. Sur. Q4 1889; First charter surrendered 1889. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Bernard Dahlgren (1809-1870), 1885; Re-org. Dis. 1893 Dept. of Indiana GAR web famous Civil War leader. pages 418 Hubbard Crandall Harrison IN Org. 17 Oct. 1885 Dis. 1891 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 418 Pennington Crandall Harrison IN Org. 18 Nov. Dis. 1907 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana lists the Post's name as Bennington. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1899 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 419 John H. Wilson Albany IN Org. 17 Oct. 1885 Dept. Proceedings

420 Fountain City Fountain City Wayne IN Named for the community in Org. 24 Oct. 1885 Dis. 1923 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW which the Post was based. Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 421 Francis M. Hatfield Owensburgh Greene IN Org. 27 Oct. 1885 Dept. Proceedings

422 GEN Frank White / Cloverdale Cloverdale Putnam IN 1) Named for the community in Org. 29 Oct. Dis. 1912 Twenty-six charter members. Originally chartered as Cloverdale Dept. Proceedings; Original which the Post was based. 2) 1885; Chart'd 3 Post. Post charter COL (Bvt. BG) Frank White (1832- Nov. 1885 1879), 17th IN Inf. 423 Garland Waveland Montgomery IN Org. 29 Oct. 1885 Dis. 1917 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 424 Hugh H. Willits Greentown Howard IN Org. 12 Nov. Dis. 1936 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1885 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 425 E. R. Mitchell New Providence Clark IN Org. 12 Nov. Dis. 1911 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1885 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 426 McAdams Tennyson Warrick IN Org. 13 Nov. Sur. Q1 1888 Surrendered charter in 1888. SUVCW Dept. of Indiana notes that Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1885 the Post disbanded in 1889. Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 427 J. P Graves / Grace Land Whitley IN Org. 25 Nov. Dis. 1895 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1885 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 428 Mount Olive Ditney / Stanley Warrick IN Org. 27 Nov. Dis. 1894 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1885 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 429 William Raber Mentone Kosciusko IN Org. 8 Dec. 1885 Suspended Dept. Proceedings 1895 430 William Johnson Little York Washington IN Org. 9 Dec. 1885 Dis. 1909 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages

SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 20 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. 431 Reuben Masten / Masters Amo Hendricks IN Org. 9 Dec. 1885 Dis. 1925 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 432 Robert Spencer Wolcott White IN Org. 15 Jan. 1886 Dis. 1900 Dept. Proceedings

433 James Beard Lawrence Marion IN Org. 4 Feb. 1886 Dept. Proceedings 434 James Shepherd Hymera Sullivan IN Must'd 5 Feb. Dis. 1896 Dept. Proceedings 1886; Re-org. 28 May 1892 435 Silvers New Lebanon Sullivan IN Org. 6 Feb. 1886 Dis. 1925 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 436 Clendening Leavenworth Crawford IN Org. 6 Feb. 1886 Dis. 1906 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 437 R. C. Kise Darlington Montgomery IN Org. 8 Feb. 1886; Dis. 1901; Dis. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Re-org.? 1916 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 438 Lorenzo Fort Willow Branch Hancock IN Org. 9 Feb. 1886 Dis. 1893 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 439 Franklin Hortonville Hamilton IN Org. 11 Feb. Dept. Proceedings 1886 440 Benjamin R. Dunn New Cumberland Grant IN Org. 12 Feb. Dis. 1926 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1886 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 441 Kendrick Scipio Jennings IN Must'd 13 Feb. Dis. 1916 Dept. Proceedings; Jennings 1886 County IN GenWeb; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 442 Henry Chipman Warsaw Kosciusko IN Org. 31 Mar. Merged 1916 Merged with Post 114 on 3 April 1916. Dept. Proceedings 1886 443 Will Thompson Shelburn Sullivan IN Org. 22 Jan. 1886 Dis. 1896 Dept. Proceedings

444 Mitch (Michael?) Campbell Spartansburg Randolph IN Org. 2 Mar. 1886 Dis. 1915 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 445 George W. Rotramel Carlisle Sullivan IN Org. 1886 Sur. Q1 1888 Surrendered charter. Dept. Proceedings 446 MAJ Clark Willis Bruceville Knox IN Org. 1886 Dis. 1911 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 447 W. W. Millines Chrisney Spencer IN Org. 19 Mar. Dis. 1899; Dis. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1886; Re-org. 6 1925 Dept. of Indiana GAR web Jan. 1900 pages 448 Guckes - Welman Jasper Dubois IN Chart'd 23 Apr. Dis. 1921 Twenty-three charter members. History of Dubois County from 1886 Its Primitive Days to 1910, 1910; Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 449 Henry Howard New Ross Montgomery IN Org. 20 Apr. 1886 Dis. 1899 Dept. Proceedings

450 Henry Clay Deitz Memphis Clark IN Org. 22 Apr. 1886 Dis. 1901 Dept. Proceedings

451 Thomas Ashley Pittsboro Hendricks IN Org. 25 Mar. Dis. 1912 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1886 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 452 MAJ Gordon North Indianapolis Marion IN Org. 4 May 1887 Dis. 1895 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 453 Moses D. Leeson Jacksonburg Wayne IN Org. 1886 Dis. 1913 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 454 William E. Hart Gem Hancock IN Org. 17 Apr. 1886 Dis. 1890 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 454 Jonathan J. Burge Prairie Creek Vigo IN Must'd 1 Aug. Dis. 1925 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1891 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 455 W. T. Sherman Bridgeport Marion IN MG Must'd 18 Sept. Dis. 1889 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW (1820-1891), famous Civil War 1891 Dept. of Indiana GAR web leader. pages 455 David R. Barnes Michigantown Clinton IN Org. 7 May 1886 Sur. Q2 1889 Charter surrendered 1889. Dept. Proceedings

SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 21 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. 456 F. F. Swain Milroy Rush IN Org. 8 May 1886 Dis. 1916 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 457 William H. Gordon Brinckley Randolph IN Org. 7 May 1886 Sur. Q1 1888 Charter surrendered 1888. Dept. Proceedings 458 Spiegel Huntertown Allen IN Org. 13 May 1886 Sur. Q1 1889 Charter surrendered 1889. Dept. Proceedings

459 Freeman Cass P.O. (Lyonton) Sullivan IN Must'd 24 Feb. Dis. 1894 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1886; Re-org. 12 Dept. of Indiana GAR web July 1892 pages 460 Wiley Anderson Van Buren Grant IN Org. 11 June Dis. 1896; Dis. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1886; Re-org. 16 1912 Dept. of Indiana GAR web July 1898 pages 461 Henryville Henryville Clark IN Named for the community in Org. 29 June Dis. 1930 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW which the Post was based. 1886 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 462 A. C. Winterroad Flat Rock Shelby IN Org. June 1886 Dis. 1911 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana lists this Post as A. C. Winterrowd. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 463 A. J. Hawn Bainbridge Putnam IN Org. 30 June Dis. 1914 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1886 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 464 Battleground Battleground Tippecanoe IN Named for the community in Org. 26 June Dis. 1899 Dept. Proceedings which the Post was based. 1886 465 Hiram W. Williamson Florence Switzerland IN Org. 24 June Dept. Proceedings 1886 466 Downey Patoka Gibson IN Org. 4 Aug. 1886 Sur. 1887 Charter surrendered 1887. SUVCW Dept. of Indiana notes that Dept. Proceedings the Post disbanded in 1889. 467 A. J. Downin Montezuma Parke IN Org. 1886; Re- Sur. Q4 1888; Dept. Proceedings org. 15 July 1893 Dis. 1901 468 J. W. Rutledge Hobbieville Greene IN Org. 17 July 1886 Dis. 1895 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 468 Rutledge Solsberry IN Org. 1886 Dis. 1894 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 469 Charles Porter Hope Bartholomew IN Org. 25 July 1886 Dis. 1919 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 470 Ulrich Dahlgren Laconia Harrison IN COL Ulric Dahlgren (1842-1864), Org. 7 Aug. 1886 Dis. 1924 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW US Vols. Aide-de-Camp, killed in Dept. of Indiana GAR web an unsuccessful raid on pages Richmond, VA, on 2 March 1864. Son of ADM John A. Dahlgren.

471 Buskirk Paragon Morgan IN Org. 18 Aug. Sur. 1887 Charter surrendered 1887. SUVCW Dept. of Indiana notest that Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1886 the Post disbanded in 1889. Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 472 GEN Soloman Meredith / John Mount Auburn Shelby IN BG Solomon "Sol" Meredith (1810- Org. 5 Aug. 1886 Dis. 1895 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW R. Cooper 1875), famous Civil War leader. Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 473 James L. Crittenden Hartsville Bartholomew IN Org. 31 July 1886 Dis. 1901 Dept. Proceedings

474 J. W. Thornburg Odon Daviess IN Org. 13 Aug. Dis. 1924 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1886 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 475 Marsh B. Taylor Lafayette / Chauncy Tippecanoe IN Org. 24 Sept. Dis. 1919-1920 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1886 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 476 Henry T. McClurg Pleasantville Sullivan IN Org. 15 Oct. 1886 Dis. 1926 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 477 Cory Cory Clay IN Org. 29 Oct. 1886 Dis. 1917 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 478 Seeley Wolf Lake Noble IN Org. 6 Nov. 1886 Dis. 1892 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 479 George A. Hopple Six Mile Jennings IN Org. 13 Nov. Dis. 1893 Dept. Proceedings; Jennings 1886 County IN GenWeb; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages

SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 22 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. 480 John W. Dunn Hanover Jefferson IN Org. 16 Nov. Dis. 1901 Dept. Proceedings 1886 480 Lincoln New Albany Floyd IN Org. 1901 Dis. 1913 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 481 Jerimiah Crook Schuellville Dubois IN Org. 4 Dec. 1886 Dis. 30 June Twelve charter members. History of Dubois County from 1903 Its Primitive Days to 1910, 1910; Dept. Proceedings 482 Coal City Coal City Owen IN Named for the community in Org. 11 Oct. 1886 Dis. 1911 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW which the Post was based. Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 483 Eminence Eminence Morgan IN Named for the community in Org. 11 Dec. Dis. 1895 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW which the Post was based. 1886 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 484 Elberfeld Elberfeld Warrick IN Named for the community in Must'd 28 Aug. Dis. 1917 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW which the Post was based. 1891 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 484 John M. Drake Lima Lagrange IN Org. 1886 Dis. 1891 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 485 W. F. Butler Camden Carroll IN Must'd 8 Jan. Dis. 1914 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1887 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 486 COL William Orr Cowan Delaware IN Org. 1887 Sur. Q4 1888 Dept. Proceedings 486 John R. Land Mifflin Crawford IN Org. 28 May 1892 Dis. 1896 Dept. Proceedings

487 Milton Carter Monrovia Morgan IN Org. 9 Feb. 1887 Dept. Proceedings 488 James C. Jay Bryant Jay IN Dr. James C. Jay, of Bryant. Must'd 26 Feb. Dis. 1899 Sixteen charter members. History of Jay County, 1922; 1887 Dept. Proceedings 488 Albert J. Guthridge Rensselaer Jasper IN Org. 13 May 1901 Dis. 1934 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 489 Henry Speyer Culver Marshall IN Org. 12 Dec. Dis. 1919 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1900 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 489 Martz Martz Clay IN Named for the community in Org. 7 July 1892 Dis. 1896 Dept. Proceedings which the Post was based. 489 W. C. Kice Whitestown Boone IN Org. 10 Feb. Sur. Q4 1889 Charter surrendered 1889. Dept. Proceedings 1887, Must'd 26 Feb. 1887 490 Frank White Huron Lawrence IN Must'd 26 Feb. Dis. 1930 Dept. Proceedings 1887 491 Harrow Mount Vernon Posey IN Must'd 26 Feb. Dis. after 1936 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1887 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 492 Wildcat Quincy Owen IN Must'd 26 Feb. Dis. 1899 Dept. Proceedings 1887 493 Jesse Adams New Haven Allen IN Must'd 12 Mar. Dept. Proceedings 1887 494 B. A. James Walton Cass IN Must'd 4 Mar. Dis. 1896 Dept. Proceedings 1887 495 Jesse B. Holman Holton Ripley IN Must'd 26 Mar. Dept. Proceedings 1887 496 Waymire Buck Creek Tippecanoe IN Must'd 7 Mar. Dis. 1890 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1887 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 496 Tom F. Chambers Freelandville Knox IN Must'd 1 Aug. Dis. 1900 Dept. Proceedings 1891 497 Cumberland Cumberland Marion IN Named for the community in Must'd 19 Mar. Dis. 1896 Dept. Proceedings which the Post was based. 1887 497 Ashbaugh Stinesville Monroe IN Org. 16 June Dis. 1916 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1897 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 498 Joseph C. Miller Avon Hendricks IN Must'd 2 Apr. Dis. 1914 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1887 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 499 George A. Kendall Lizton Hendricks IN Must'd 13 Apr. Dis. 1917 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1887 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 500 Eli Guthrie Fort Ritner Lawrence IN Must'd 9 Sept. Dis. 1898 Dept. Proceedings 1891

SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 23 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. 500 Edward A. Cover Gilead Miami IN Must'd 13 Apr. Dis. 1890 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1887 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 500 George Clayton Lintop Greene IN Org. 1905 Dis. 1909 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 501 Royal Centre Royal Centre Cass IN Named for the community in Must'd 9 Apr. Dis. 1899; Dis. Described as being "in a state of suspended animnation" in Powell, 1913, History of Cass which the Post was based. 1887; Re-org. 18 1912 Powell's 1913 History of Cass County. County, v.1; Dept. June 1900 Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 502 William H. Calkins Hammond Lake IN Org. 1902 Dis. after 1936 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 502 Clemens G. Davis New Middletown Harrison IN Must'd 19 Apr. Dis. 1898 Dept. Proceedings 1887 503 W. I. Flynn Raglesville Daviess IN Must'd 15 Apr. Dis. 1899 Dept. Proceedings 1887 504 Robert Calloway Milton Wayne IN Must'd 30 Apr. Dis. 1902 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1887 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 505 Cassius M. Leonard Dalton Wayne IN Must'd 24 May Dis. 1899 Dept. Proceedings 1887 505 C. C. Browand Kendallville Noble IN Org. 1907 Dis. 1933 Nineteen charter members. The Post briefly coexisted with Nelson Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, Post, No. 69, based in Kendallville, which chose to disband in 23 Oct 1907; SUVCW Dept. of 1907 so as not to compete with this post. Indiana GAR web pages 506 GEN Russell Princeton Gibson IN Org. 10 Sept. Dis. 1916 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1897 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 506 Waverly Waverly Morgan IN Named for the community in Must'd 7 June Dis. 1892 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW which the Post was based. 1887 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 507 John Timberlake Mauckport Harrison IN Must'd 8 July Dept. Proceedings 1887 507 509 MAJ John L. Roe North Madison Jefferson IN Org. 4 Aug. 1898 Dis. 1902 See Post 509. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 508 William McLaughlin Milford Kosciusko IN Must'd 1887 Dis. 1925 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 509 Bryant Bryantsville Lawrence IN Must'd 9 July Dis. 1897 Dept. Proceedings 1887 509 507 MAJ John L. Roe North Madison Jefferson IN Org. 1898 Dis. 1901 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 510 James Clem Burr Oak Marshall IN Org. 16 Oct. 1896 Dis. 1900 Dept. Proceedings

510 Francis M. Reed New Corydon Jay IN Must'd 11 July Dis. 1891 Also known as Frank Reed Post. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1887 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 511 James R. Kelly Payne / Salt Creek Monroe IN Must'd 29 July Dept. Proceedings Twp. 1887 512 Jackson Woods Belmont Brown IN Org. 15 Mar. Dis. 1930 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1892 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 512 Henry J. Lane Freelandville Knox IN Must'd 12 July Sur. Q1 1889 Charter surrendered 1889. Dept. Proceedings 1887 513 John Cashow Parkersburg Montgomery IN Must'd 5 Aug. Dis. 1927 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1887 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 514 Kesterson Ellsworth Dubois IN Org. 17 Sept. Dis. 31 Dec. Ten charter members. History of Dubois County from 1887 1903 Its Primitive Days to 1910, 1910; Dept. Proceedings 515 Melville (Melvin?) Thomas Paris Jennings IN Chart'd 12 Aug. Dis. 1923 Dept. Proceedings; Jennings 1887; Must'd 20 County IN GenWeb; SUVCW Aug. 1887; Dept. of Indiana GAR web Charter re-issued pages 18 Sept. 1887 516 Henry McLaughlin Salamonia Jay IN Must'd 2 Sept. Dis. 1923 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1887 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 517 John C. Daniels Milltown Crawford IN Org. 28 Apr. 1896 Dis. 1898 Dept. Proceedings

517 William T. Jones New Amsterdam Harrison IN Must'd 6 Sept. Dis. 1894 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1887 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages

SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 24 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. 518 Tom Green Ashley Steuben IN Org. 1896 Dis. 1901 Dept. Proceedings 518 Noah Ring Hymera Sullivan IN Org. 1910 Dis. 1919 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 518 R. V. Murray Zanesville Wells IN Must'd 24 Sept. Dis. 1892 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1887 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 519 Marion Barton Vivalia / Mansfield Parke IN Must'd 20 Sept. Dis. 1926 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1887 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 520 A. H. Cockrum Oakland City Gibson IN Must'd 20 Sept. Dis. 1923 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1887 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 521 Thomas Grinstead Brooklyn / Centreton Morgan IN Must'd 22 Sept. Dis. 1911 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1887 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 522 MAJ William L. Carter Corydon Harrison IN Org. 27 May 1898 Dept. Proceedings

522 Hagerman Tripp Queenville Jennings IN Chart'd 19 June Dis. 1897 Dept. Proceedings; Jennings 1891; Must'd 2 County IN GenWeb July 1891 522 Add Dunn Terhune Boone IN Must'd 29 Oct. Sur. Q1 1889 Charter surrendered 1889. Dept. Proceedings 1887 523 559 George W. Friedley Fayettville Lawrence IN Org. 7 Sept. 1895 Dis. 1897 Dept. Proceedings

523 MAJ George H. Thompson Madison Jefferson IN Must'd 10 Nov. Dis. 1893 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1887 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 523 532 Warren Cole Perkinsville Madison IN Org. 31 Mar. Dis. 1904 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1898 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 524 Advance Advance Boone IN Named for the community in Must'd 3 Nov. Dis. 1923 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW which the Post was based. 1887 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 525 Joseph Beatum Clarksburg Decatur IN Must'd 22 Nov. Dis. 1899 Dept. Proceedings 1887 526 Charles Russell New Albany Floyd IN Org. 30 Aug. Dis. 1900 Dept. Proceedings 1897 526 Tillman (Tilghman) A. Howard Rosedale Parke IN Must'd 21 Dec. Dis. 1896 Dept. Proceedings 1887; Re-org. 25 May 1893 527 John T. Benson Breckenridge / Harrison IN Must'd 30 Dec. Dis. 1925 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Lanesville 1887 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 528 George P. Buell Montgomery Daviess IN Org. 1887 Dis. 1894 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 528 George W. Hendrix Roachdale Putnam IN Org. 27 June Dis. 1902 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1896 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 529 Augustus L. Saford Daleville Delaware IN Must'd 16 Feb. Dis. 1900 Dept. Proceedings 1888 529 Kerr Rome City Noble IN Org. 1902 Dis. 1917 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 530 271 George Humphrey Fort Wayne Allen IN Must'd 18 Feb. Consolidated Consolidated with Post 271 in 1896. Dept. Proceedings 1888 1896 530 Joseph Landiss Grantsburgh Crawford IN Org. 4 Apr. 1896 Dis. 1906 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 531 Fred Small Westport Decatur IN Must'd 22 Mar. Dis. 1918 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1888 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 532 523 Warren Cole Perkinsville Madison IN Must'd 5 May Dis. 1890 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1888 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 532 Plainville Plainville Daviess IN Named for the community in Must'd 20 July Dis. 1901; Dis. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW which the Post was based. 1891; Re-org.? 1915 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 533 Richard Burton Graysville Sullivan IN Must'd 28 Apr. Dis. 1899 Dept. Proceedings 1888 534 Charles A. Kirkhoff New Palestine Hancock IN Must'd 9 June Dis. 1907 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1888 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages

SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 25 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. 535 Shirley New Goshen Vigo IN Must'd 25 Apr. Dis. 1914 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1888 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 536 Jake Jackson Carlos City Randolph IN Must'd 28 June Dis. 1893 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1888 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 536 Phillip Carter Trinity Springs Martin IN Org. 1 Sept. 1893 Dis. 1901 Dept. Proceedings

537 Milton B. Culter / Cutler Elnora Daviess IN Must'd 10 July Dis. 1914 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1888 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 538 Hagen Buffaloville Spencer IN Must'd 4 Aug. Dis. 1913 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1888 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 539 Phil H. Sheridan Indianapolis / Marion IN MG Philip Henry Sheridan (1831- Must'd 30 Aug. Dis. 1902 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Haughville 1888), famous Civil War leader. 1888 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 540 COL Joseph Lane Heltonville Lawrence IN Must'd 7 Sept. Dis. 1916 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1888 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 541 COL John F. Grill Evansville Vanderburgh IN Must'd 26 Nov. Dis. 1900 Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause Dept. Proceedings 1888 (Gannon, 2011). 542 Ira J. Chase DeSoto Delaware IN Org. 20 Aug. Dis. 1907 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1895 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 542 Paul Grinstead Nebraska Jennings IN Chart'd and Dis. 1894 Dept. Proceedings; Jennings Must'd 29 Dec. County IN GenWeb; SUVCW 1888 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 542 192 LT Yakey Linton Greene IN Org. 22 Feb. Dept. Proceedings 1898 543 GEN Willich Haubstadt Gibson IN BG August Willich, aka, Johann Must'd 19 Jan. Dis. 1909 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW August Ernst von Willich (1810- 1889 Dept. of Indiana GAR web 1878), famous Civil War leader. pages 544 COL Robert Heath Hammond Lake IN Org. 29 Aug. Dept. Proceedings 1897 544 Marion Hindman Newberry Greene IN Must'd 25 Jan. Dis. 1896 Dept. Proceedings 1889 545 George W. Landis Charlottesville Hancock IN Must'd 9 Feb. Dis. 1898 Dept. Proceedings 1889 546 246 Joseph W. Beeber Tiosa Fulton IN Must'd 9 Feb. Dis. 1892 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1889 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 546 Tom Bennett Marion Soldiers Home Grant IN Org. 30 June Dis. 1900 Dept. Proceedings 1893 547 Warren Banta Liberty Mills Wabash IN Must'd 1 Mar. Dis. 1900 Dept. Proceedings 1889 548 Ira B. Harrell Vallonia Jackson IN Must'd 30 Mar. Dis. 1901 Dept. Proceedings 1889 549 Boss Wible Livonia Washington IN Must'd 10 Apr. Dis. 1899 Dept. Proceedings 1889 550 John Harris Bloomington Monroe IN 550 Hazlett Russellville Putnam IN Must'd 19 Apr. Dis. 1913 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1889 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 551 Frederick Decker Knox IN Must'd 22 Apr. Dept. Proceedings 1889 552 Patten Bicknell Knox IN Must'd 23 Apr. Dis. 1923 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1889 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 553 Alfred H. Hardy Burrows Carroll IN Must'd 25 Apr. Dis. 1899 Dept. Proceedings 1889 554 John Simons Lyons Greene IN Org. 2 Sept. 1893 Dis. 1901 Dept. Proceedings

554 Jake Apple Oaklandon Marion IN Must'd 8 June Dis. 1893 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1889 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 555 GEN Harker Oaktown Knox IN BG Charles Garrison Harker Must'd 29 June Dis. 1912 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW (1835-1864), KIA at Kennesaw 1889 Dept. of Indiana GAR web Mountain, GA, on 27 June 1864. pages Famous Civil War leader.

SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 26 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. 556 King David Mount Vernon Posey IN Must'd 3 July Dis. 1912 Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1889 (Gannon, 2011). Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 557 Samuel Stewart Flora Carroll IN Must'd 10 July Dis. 1919 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1889 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 558 John Gann Bloomington Monroe IN Org. 29 July 1895 Dis. 1899 Dept. Proceedings

558 Elijah Dome New Salisbury Harrison IN Must'd 13 July Dis. 1893 Listed as Post 557, based in New Salisbury, in the 1894 Annual Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1889 Encampment Proceedings. Suspect typo in post numeral. Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 559 523 George W. Friedley Fayettville Lawrence IN Must'd 18 July Dis. 1890 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1889 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 559 Alvin P. Hovey Indianapolis Marion IN MG (1821- Org. 26 June Dept. Proceedings 1891), famous Civil War leader, 1892 post-war politician in Indiana. 560 Glendale Glendale Daviess IN Named for the community in Must'd 20 July Dis. 1894 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW which the Post was based. 1889 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 560 A. J. Barlow Markle Huntington IN Org. 31 July 1895 Dis. 1912 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 561 Cyrus J. Long Elizaville Boone IN Must'd 20 July Dis. 1900 Dept. Proceedings 1889 562 MAJ John Gerber Canaan Jefferson IN Must'd 7 Sept. Dis. 1914 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1889 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 563 John Keitzer Monterey Pulaski IN Must'd 12 Sept. Dis. 1920 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1889 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 564 Washington Johns Farmersburg Sullivan IN Must'd 31 Oct. Dis. 1921 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1889 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 564 Gaskins Farmersburg Sullivan IN Org. 1889 Dis. 1921 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 565 CPT William Lewis Wheeling Delaware IN Must'd 9 Nov. Dis. 1901 Dept. Proceedings 1889 566 Isaac Van Winkle Bristow Perry IN Org. 1890 Dis. 1901 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 567 Johnston Elkinsville Brown IN Org. 1 Sept. 1894 Dis. 1898 Dept. Proceedings

567 Jerry Odell Fairland Shelby IN Org. 1890 Dis. 1894 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 568 CPT Henry M. Scott Moore's Vineyard Bartholomew IN Org. 1890 Dis. 1902 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 569 Maccuel Heck Burns City Martin IN Org. 9 Jan. 1892 Dis. 1896 Dept. Proceedings 569 Notre Dame Notre Dame St. Joseph IN Named for the community in Org. 5 Oct. 1897 Dis. 1916 The eleven organizing members were all brothers and priests of Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW which the Post was based. the Order of the Holy Cross, University of Notre Dame. Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 569 Jack Flynn Waldron Shelby IN 570 COL Snodgrass Crothersville Jackson IN Org. 17 May 1893 Dis. 1900 Dept. Proceedings

570 Spencer L. Bryant Washington Greene IN Org. 1890 Dis. 1893 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 571 Daniel Lake North Judson Starke IN Org. 1890 Dis. 1914 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 572 Marion Kelley Bridgetown Parke IN Org. 1890 Dis. 1917 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 573 Jefferson Smith Paragon Morgan IN Org. 1890 Dis. 1894 Re-organized under the same name and number in Paragon, Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Morgan County, in 1895. Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 573 Jefferson Smith Hindustan / Bryant's Monroe IN Re-org. 30 Apr. Dis. 1899 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR Creek 1895; Re-org. 9 web pages Mar. 1900 574 Willis Hubbard Cataract Owen IN Org. 1890 Dis. 1911 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 575 LT Thomas Chambers Edwardsport Knox IN Org. 1890 Dis. 1913 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages

SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 27 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. 576 Franklin Allen Pikeville Pike IN Org. 1890 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 577 L. B. Ward Kempton Tipton IN Org. 1890 Dis. 1904 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 578 John W. Brooks Brooksburg Jefferson IN Org. 1890 Dis. 1902 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 579 275 Wiley Whitson Austin Scott IN Org. 1890 Consolidated Consolidated with Post 275 in 1896. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1896 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 579 South Bend St. Joseph IN COL Norman Eddy (1810-1872), Org. 27 Apr. 1897 Dis. 1930 South Bend and the Men Who 48th IN Inf. "the heroic soldier, Made It, 1901; SUVCW Dept. wise statesman and honored of Indiana GAR web pages citizen of South Bend." 580 Joel R. Spahr Jeffersonville Clark IN Org. 1904 Dis. 1920 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 580 W. S. Scott Lexington Scott IN Org. 1890 Dis. 1899 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 581 Fort Wagner Evansville Vanderburgh IN Fort Wagner, Morris Island, South Org. 6 Sept. 1900 Dis. 1936 Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Carolina, site of two Civil War (Gannon, 2011). Dept. of Indiana GAR web battles in 1863. pages 581 Robert Sage New Albany Floyd IN Org. 1889 Dis. 1898 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 582 James A. Mount Center Point Clay IN Org. 1903 Dis. 1914 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 582 Georgetown Georgetown Floyd IN Named for the community in Org. 1890 Dis. 1898 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW which the Post was based. Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 582 John T. Stewart Goldsmith Tipton IN 583 383 Joseph Fleece North Salem Hendricks IN Re-org. 15 Apr. Dept. Proceedings 1893 583 Jabez Farrington Jerome Howard IN Org. 7 Jan. 1895 Dis. 1900 Dept. Proceedings 583 Mineral City Mineral City Greene IN Named for the community in Org. 1890 Dis. 1894 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW which the Post was based. Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 584 Martin Rutter Pittsburgh Carroll IN Org. 1890 Dis. 1917 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 585 John Brown Charlestown Clark IN John Brown (1800-1859), famous Org. 1890 Dis. 1900 Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW abolitionist. He was the leader of (Gannon, 2011). Dept. of Indiana GAR web a raid on the arsenal at Harpers pages 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. 585 George G. Reily Vincennes Knox IN Org. 1903 Dis. 1916 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 586 Benjamin J. Spooner Yorkville Dearborn IN Org. 1890 Dis. 1922 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 587 John W. McCune San Pierre Starke IN Must'd 20 Mar. Dis. 1903 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1891 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 588 598 Brook Brook Newton IN Named for the community in Must'd 21 Mar. Dis. 1932 Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW which the Post was based. 1891 Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 589 Alford B. Rude Chalmers White IN Must'd 24 Mar. Dis. 1897 Disbanded in 1897 as Post 589, based in Reynolds (White Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1891 County). SUVCW Dept. of Indiana lists the name as Alforde B. Dept. of Indiana GAR web Reed/Reede Post. pages 589 Lafayette Tippecanoe IN 589 John S. Roberts Lafayette (Soldiers Tippecanoe IN Org. 13 Jan. 1898 Dis. 1929 Dept. Proceedings; Vigo Home) County Public Library 590 David Welty / Weltz Deer Creek Carroll IN Must'd 18 May Dis. 1898 Dept. Proceedings 1891 590 GEN Lawton Fort Wayne Allen IN LTC (post-war MG) Henry Ware Org. 12 May 1900 Dept. Proceedings Lawton (1843-1899), 30th IN Inf., KIA in the Battle of Paye (Span- Am War, Philippines) 19 Dec. 1899. Medal of Honor recipient. 591 Lucerne Lucerne Cass IN Named for the community in Org. 24 Aug. Fourteen charter members. Listed as Lucerne Post, No. 593, in Powell, 1913, History of Cass which the Post was based. 1893 Powell's History of Cass County, it had disbanded by 1913. County, v.1; Dept. Proceedings

SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 28 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. 592 John Pierson Baird Terre Haute Vigo IN COL John Pierson Baird (1830- Hall, Savings Bank Block (1898); Org. 26 Aug. Dis. after 1936 Dept. Proceedings; Vigo 1881), 85th IN Inf., prominent 413 1/2 Wabash Ave. (1901, 1893; Must'd 2 County Public Library attorney in Terre Haute. 1903); 411 1/2 Wabash Ave. Sept. 1893 (1901-1902, 1904-1906); 628 1/2 Wabash Ave. (1907-c.1915); Memorial Hall, 219 Ohio St.

593 William A. Ketcham Gary Lake IN Dis. after 1936 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 593 A. R. Simpson State Line Warren IN Org. 10 May 1894 Dis. 1897 Dept. Proceedings

598 588 Brook Brook Newton IN Named for the community in which the Post was based.

List of Abbreviations: Org. = Organized Chart'd = Chartered Must'd = Mustered In Dis. = Disbanded Sur. = Surrendered Charter

SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 29 of 29