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. 000 (Department) N/A N/A PA Org. 16 January Dis. 1947 Provisional Department organized 22 November 1866. Permanent Beath, 1889; Carnahan, 1893; 1867 Department 16 January 1867 with 19 Posts. The Department National Encampment closed in 1947, and its remaining members were transferred to "at Proceedings, 1948 large" status. 001 GEN George G. Meade Philadelphia PA MG George Gordon Meade (1815- Wetherill House, Sansom Street Chart'd 16 Oct. Originally chartered by National HQ. It was first commanded by Beath, 1889; History of the 1872), famous Civil War leader. above Sixth (1866); Home Labor 1866; Must'd 17 COL McMichael. Its seniority was challenged by other Posts George G. Meade Post No. League Rooms, 114 South Third Oct. 1866 named No. 1 in Philadelphia and . It was found to be One, 1889; Philadelphia in the Street (1866-67); NE cor. Broad the ranking Post in the Department and retained its name as Post Civil War, 1913 and Arch Streets (1867); NE cor. No. 1. It adopted George G. Meade as its namesake on 8 Jan. Tenth and Chestnut Streets 1873. President Ulysses S. Grant became a member of this Post (1867); 1316 Chestnut Street on 16 May 1877, and remained a member until his death. (1867); 809 & 811 Chestnut Street (1869); Parkway Building (1913) 001 002 Post No. 1 (later changed) Philadelphia Philadelphia PA No namesake. Known only by its Chart'd 29 Oct. Originally chartered by the Department of as Post No. Beath, 1889 number. 1866 1. It was first commanded by COL Mitchell. When its seniority was challenged by a Post No. 1 in Pittsburgh and the other Post No. 1 in Philadelphia, its rank was reassigned to No. 2.

001 003 Post No. 1 (later changed) Pittsburgh Allegheny PA No namesake. Known only by its Apollo Building, 4th Street (1867) Chart'd 3 Nov. Original Charter issued by National HQ. The Post was renamed Pittsburgh Daily Commercial, number. 1866 Post, No.3 when its seniority was challenged by the other Posts 16 Oct. 1867; Beath, 1889 named No. 1. It later became GEN Post, No. 3.

002 001 Post No. 2 Philadelphia Philadelphia PA No namesake. Known only by its 667-669 N. Twelfth Street (1913) Chart'd 29 Oct. Originally charted as Post No. 1, chartered by the Department of Beath, 1889; Philadelphia in number. 1866 Wisconsin. Its seniority was challenged by two other Posts, and the Civil War, 1913 its rank was changed to No. 2. It continued to use the name Post No. 2 for the remainder of its existence. 002 004 Post No. 2 (later changed) Pittsburgh Allegheny PA No namesake. Known only by its Chart'd Nov. 1866 Original Charter issued by National HQ. The Post was renamed Beath, 1889 number. Post No. 4 when its seniority was challenged. It was a short-lived Post. 002 005 Post No. 2 (later changed) Philadelphia Philadelphia PA No namesake. Known only by its Chart'd 7 Nov. Organized in 3rd Ward. The Post was renamed Post No. 5 when Beath, 1889 number. 1866 its seniority was questioned. It later became GEN U. S. Grant Post, No. 5. 003 001 GEN Alexander Hays Pittsburgh Allegheny PA BG Alexander Hays (1819-1864), Chart'd 3 Nov. Originally chartered as Post No. 1 in Pittsburgh. Thirteen charter Beath, 1889; Courier-Journal famous Civil War leader, KIA at 1866 members. (Louisville, KY), 9 Sept. 1895 Wilderness, VA, on 5 May 1864. Resident of Pittsburg, local hero.

003 006 Post No. 3 (later changed) Philadelphia Philadelphia PA No namesake. Known only by its Chart'd 16 Nov. Organized in 22nd Ward. The Post was renamed Post No. 6 Beath, 1889 number. 1866 when its seniority was questioned. It later became Ellis Post, No. 6. 004 007 Post No. 4 (later changed) Philadelphia Philadelphia PA No namesake. Known only by its Chart'd 19 Nov. Organized in 18th Ward. The Post was renamed Post No. 7 when Beath, 1889 number. 1866 its seniority was questioned. It later became CPT William S. Newhall Post, No. 7. 004 002 Post No. 2 (later changed) Pittsburgh Allegheny PA No namesake. Known only by its Chart'd Nov. 1866 Originally chartered as Post No. 2 in Pittsburgh. It was a short- number. lived Post. Its members were mainly transferred to Post No. 3 in 004 MAJ John B. Keenan Greensburg Westmoreland PA MAJ John B. Keenan (1832- Org. 18 Apr. 1874 Name changed OrganizedPittsburgh. as MAJ John B. Keenan Post, No. 4, in Greensburg in Albert, 1882, History of the 1864), 11th PA Inf., KIA at Laurel April 1880 1874, being the first GAR Post in Westmoreland County. The County of Westmoreland, vol. 1 Hill (Spotsylvania Court House), Post headquarters was moved to Latrobe in April 1880 and the VA, on 8 May 1864. Resident of name changed to P. A. Williams Post, No. 4. See entry for P. A. Westmoreland County, local hero. Williams Post, No. 4.

004 P. A. Williams Latrobe Westmoreland PA SGT Patrick A. Williams (1843- Org. 18 Apr. 1874 Name changed from MAJ John B. Keenan Post, No. 4, in April Albert, 1882, History of the 1862), Co. K, 53rd PA Inf., KIA at 1880. County of Westmoreland, vol. Fair Oaks, VA, on 1 June 1862. 1; headstone, Sgt. Patrick A. Resident of Latrobe and first Williams soldier from Latrobe to die in the Civil War, local hero.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 005 008 Post No. 5 (later changed) Philadelphia Philadelphia PA No namesake. Known only by its Chart'd 20 Nov. Organized in 19th Ward. The Post was renamed Post No. 8 when Beath, 1889 number. 1866 its seniority was questioned. It later became GEN E. D. Baker Post, No. 8. 005 002 GEN U. S. Grant Philadelphia Philadelphia PA GEN Ulysses Simpson Grant 1706 South Street (1913) Chart'd 7 Nov. Originally chartered as Post No. 2, 3rd Ward, Philadelphia. The Beath, 1889; Philadelphia in 1822-1885), famous Civil War 1866 Post established a cadet corps in the late 1870's, which was one the Civil War, 1913 leader, later US President. of the organizations to eventually consolidate as the SUVCW.

006 003 Ellis Germantown Philadelphia PA PVT John Ellis (1839-1861), Co. Town Hall (1899, 1913) Chart'd 16 Nov. Originally chartered as Post No. 3, 22nd Ward, Philadelphia. Beath, 1889; Philadelphia in H, 3rd NJ Inf., accidentally shot 1866 the Civil War, 1913; while on sentry duty at Camp Stackhouse, 2010, Olden, Trenton, NJ, on 17 July Germantown in the Civil War 1861. First soldier from Germantown killed in the Civil War, local hero. 007 004 CPT Walter S. Newhall Philadelphia Philadelphia PA CPT Walter Symonds Newhall Dicke's Hall, Eyre Street (1899); Chart'd 19 Nov. Originally chartered as Post No. 4, 18th Ward, Philadelphia Beath, 1889; Philadelphia in (1841-1863), Co. A, 3rd PA Cav., Girard Ave. and Eyre Street 1866 the Civil War, 1913 accidentally drowned at (1913) Rappahannock Station, VA, on 18 Dec. 1863, while attempting to ford the river on horseback. 008 005 GEN E. D. Baker Philadelphia Philadelphia PA COL Edward Dickinson Baker 1417 Columbia Ave. Chart'd 20 Nov. Originally chartered as Post No. 5, 19th Ward, Philadelphia. In National Tribune, 10 May 1888; (1811-1861), KIA at Ball's Bluff, 1866 1888, this Post adopted a plan to accept "contributing members" Beath, 1889; Philadelphia in VA, 20 October 1861. Resident of who were "worthy and liberal citizens" who didn't qualify for regular the Civil War, 1913 Philadelphia. Buried in San membership in the GAR. Francisco. Promoted to BG, but didn't accept appointment. 009 CPL Skelly Gettysburg Adams PA CPL Johnston H. Skelly, Jr. ( ? - Org. 1867 Dis. 1930 The Post Hall is still in use as a public meeting place, located at 53 Historic Gettysburg Adams 1863), Co. F, 87th PA Inf., died 12 E.Middle Street in Gettysburg. County website, 2016 July 1863 at Winchester, VA, from wounds received there on 16 June 1863. Resident of Gettysburg, local hero. 010 LT John T. Greble Philadelphia Philadelphia PA LTC John Trout Greble (1834- 721 Wharton Street Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1861), 2nd US Lt. Art. KIA at Big 1913 Bethel, VA, on 10 June 1861.

011 GEN S. K. Zook Norristown Montgomery PA BG (Bvt. MG) Samuel Kosciuszko Org. 12 Dec. Thirteen charter members. History of Montgomery County, Zook (1821-1863), famous Civil 1866; Chart'd 1 1884 War leader. Died 3 July 1863 at Dec. 1866; Must'd Gettysburg, PA, from wounds 14 Dec. 1866 received there on 2 July 1863.

012 Hetty A. Jones Roxborough Philadelphia PA Hetty Ann Jones (1807-1864), One of only two Pennsylvania Posts named in honor of a woman. The National Memorial Day, beloved Civil War nurse, died of The Post (known then as Post No. 12) was in existence by May 1869 disease in her tent at City Point, 1869, when it observed Memorial Day. VA, on 21 Dec. 1864. 013 Yeager Allentown Lehigh PA MAJ Thomas Yeager (1825- Org. 10 Dec. Nineteen charter members (1866). Twenty charter members History of the Counties of 1862), KIA at Fair Oaks, VA, on 1 1866; Re-org. 24 (1874). One of the first organizers of a "cadet corps," which Lehigh and Carbon, 1884 June 1862. Resident of Oct. 1874 ultimately became the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Allentown, local hero. 014 COL Ulrich Dahlgren Philadelphia Philadelphia PA COL Ulric Dahlgren (1842-1864), 2434 Kensington Ave. (1913) Philadelphia in the Civil War, US Vols. Aide-de-Camp, killed in 1913 an unsuccessful raid on Richmond, VA, on 2 March 1864. Son of ADM John A. Dahlgren.

015 GEN G. K. Warren Manayunk Philadelphia PA MG Gouverneur Kemble Warren Carson Street (1913) Sur. 1923-1924 Philadelphia in the Civil War, (1830-1882), famous Civil War 1913; Dept. Proceedings, 1924 leader. 016 McLean Reading Berks PA LTC Joseph A. McLean (1823- Org. 17 Dec. Twenty-nine charter members. The namesake of the Post was Reading Eagle, 19 March 1862), 88th PA Inf., KIA at 2nd 1866; Chart'd 15 selected at a meeting on 19 July 1869. 1916, p. 7 (McLean Post Bull Run, VA, on 30 August 1862. Feb. 1867; history) Local hero, a cenotaph was Charter corrected erected in his honor in Charles 1 Feb. 1868 Evans Cem., Reading.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 017 CPT George J. Lawrence Minersville Schuylkill PA CPT George J. Lawrence ( ? - The Post (known then as Post No. 17) was in existence by May The National Memorial Day, 1863), Co. A, 129th PA Inf., died 1869, when it observed Memorial Day. 1869 4 Jan. 1863 at , D.C., from wounds received at Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 Dec. 1862. Native of Schuylkill County, local hero. 018 COL William L. Curry Philadelphia Philadelphia PA LTC William L. Curry ( ? -1864), 317 N. Twentieth Street (1913) Philadelphia in the Civil War, 106th PA Inf., died 7 July 1864 1913 from wounds received at Spotsylvania Court House, VA, on 11 May 1864. Buried South Laurel Hill Cem., Philidelphia. 019 COL Fred. Taylor Philadelphia Philadelphia PA COL Charles Frederick "Fred" 1431 Brown Street (1913) Org. Jan. 1867 The Post (known then as Post No. 29) was in existence by May The National Memorial Day, Taylor (1840-1863), 42nd PA Inf., 1869, when it observed Memorial Day. 1869; National Tribune, 12 Jan. KIA at Gettysburg, PA, on 2 July 1888; History of "The 1863. Bucktails," 1906; Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1913 020 Robinson Hazleton Luzerne PA Reportedly for CPT Isaac IOOF Hall; later Smith, Deisroth & Chart'd 26 Dec. Hazleton Standard-Speaker, 20 Robinson, KIA at the Battle of Lauderburn Building; Hazle Hall 1866; Must'd (?) 2 June 1963; History of Luzerne, Cedar Creek, VA. Details of his Jan. 1867 Lackawanna, and Wyoming service are not known. He was a Counties, 1880; Yearbook of relative of the local Pardee family. the Pennsylvania Society, 1918

021 Courtland Saunders Philadelphia Philadelphia PA CPT Courtland Saunders (1840- Thirty-ninth Street, above Market Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1862), Co. G, 118th PA Inf., KIA Street (1913) 1913 at Shepherstown, VA, on 20 Sept. 1862. From a prominent Philadelphia family, buried at Woodlands Cem., Philadelphia. 022 Goodrich Danville Montour PA 1LT Maximillian B. Goodrich, Co. Org. June 1870; Dis. June 1873 An earlier Post at Danville was in existence as early as 2 Febuary Sunbury American, 2 Feb. H, 93rd PA Inf., died 14 June re-org. 22 Apr. 1867. Its number isn't known. It met in the Assembly Buildings. 1867; History of Columbia and 1864 from a severe leg wound 1879 Montour Counties, PA received 5 May 1864 in the . Resident of Montour County. Local hero.

023 Gowen Pottsville Schuylkill PA 024 Post No. 24 Chambersburg Franklin PA No namesake. Known only by its number. 024 ADM Dupont Philadelphia Philadelphia PA Rear ADM Samuel Francis Du Broad and Federal Streets (1913) Dis. 1926 Dept. Proceedings, 1927; Pont (1803-1865), famous Civil Philadelphia in the Civil War, war naval leader, died while 1913 visiting Philadelphia. 025 Wilde Chester Delaware PA 2LT Isaac Edward Wilde (1842- Org. 29 Jan. Chester (and its Vicinity,) 1864), Co. H, 188th PA Inf. 1867; Must'd (?) Delaware County in Penna., (formed from extra men of the 3rd 27 July 1867 1877; Yearbook of the PA Heavy Art.), died of disease at Pennsylvania Society, 1918 Broadway Landing, VA, on 26 July 1864. Resident of Chester County, local hero. 026 Jere Helms Schuylkill Haven Schuylkill PA Jeremiah "Jere" Helms (c.1845- Org. 30 Jan. Schuylkill Haven Call 1862), Drummer boy, Co. C, 50th 1867; Must'd (?) 8 newspaper, 19 May 1906 PA Inf., took up a musket at Feb. 1867 (reprinted in History of Co. C, Antietam, MD, on 17 Aug. 1862, PA Veteran Volunteer Inf., and was mortally wounded by a 2006); Yearbook of the musket ball to the head, on 24 Pennsylvania Society, 1918 Aug. 1862. Jere's oldest brother was intrumental in naming the Post in his honor. Local hero.

027 John W. Jackson Philadelphia Philadelphia PA 409 South Eleventh Street (1899, Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause The National Memorial Day, 1913) (Gannon, 2011). The Post (known then as Post No. 27) was in 1869; Souvenir hand book and existence by May 1869, when it observed Memorial Day. guide, complimentary to the colored veterans, Grand Army Republic, 1899; Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1913 028 Indiana Indiana PA Named for the community in Org. 28 June Nineteen charter members. History of Indiana County, which the Post was based. 1878 1880; Indiana County, 1913

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 029 Dentzer Cressona Schuylkill PA Presumably named for the Org. 20 Feb. Yearbook of the Pennsylvania Dentzer brothers: PVT George 1867 Society, 1918 Dentzer and CPL John F. Dentzer, both of Co. K, 48th PA Inf. George was killed at Antietam, MD, on 19 Sept. 1862. John was killed by a mortar shell at Fort Johnson, VA, on 28 Dec. 1864. Both are buried in Cressona. 030 Emory Fisher Johnstown Cambria PA 1LT Emory Fisher ( ?-1864), Co. Org. 1877 The first Grand Army Hall was damaged by the Johnstown Flood Biographical and Portrait A, 54th PA Inf., KIA at Lynchburg, of 1889. A new hall was built in 1893. Cyclopedia of Cambria County, VA, on 15 June 1864. Resident Pennsylvania, 1896 of Cambria County, local hero.

031 GEN George A. McCall West Chester Chester PA MG George Archibald McCall Org. 9 Feb. 1867; Twelve charter members. Financial problems caused a faction of Yearbook of the Pennsylvania (1802-1868), famous Civil War Chart'd 19 Feb. the membership to petition the Department to form a new Post. Society, 1918; Chester County leader. 1867 The petition, dated 3 Aug. 1909, was denied in a refusal dated 7 Historical Society Aug. 1909. In spite of this, the faction split off, naming themselves the Henry R. Guss Association of Veterans, aka, Post "A." They continued to conduct business as an unsanctioned Post until 1919. 032 MAJ Henry S. Weaver Freeport Armstrong PA 033 044 George Simpson Huntingdon Huntingdon PA PVT George A. Simpson (c.1840- Org. 1868 Dis. Before Re-organized as George Simpson Post, No. 44, in 1879. See A History of the Juniata Valley 1862), Co. C, 125th PA Inf., KIA 1879 Post No. 44. and Its People, Volume 1, 1913 at Antietam, MD, on 17 Sept. 1862. He was reportedly the color bearer for the regiment. 033 154 MAJ Spaulding (Spalding) Leraysville Bradford PA MAJ Israel Putnam Spalding Org. 1 Aug. 1876 Seventeen charter members. History of Bradford County, PA, (1825-1863), 141st PA Inf., died 1891 28 July 1863 (a POW), from leg wounds received at Gettysburg, PA, on 2 July 1863. 034 Bernard Gause Avondale Chester PA 1SGT Bernard W. Guase (1835- Org. 1881 Chester County Historical 1865), Co. F, 190th PA Inf., died a Society POW at Salisbury, NC, on 14 Jan. 1865. 035 The Cavalry Philadelphia Philadelphia PA Named for the cavalry branch of Parkway Building (1913) Sur. 1922 The Post was made up exclusively of cavalry veterans. Philadelphia in the Civil War, service. 1913; Dept. Proceedings, 1923

036 R. Foster Robinson Saltsburg Indiana PA CPL Robert Foster Robinson, Co. Must'd 5 July Dis. 1918 History of Indiana County, I, 11th PA Infantry, KIA at 1877 1880; Dept. Proceedings, 1919 Fredericksburg, VA, 13 Dec. 1862. Local hero. His body was never recovered. A cenotaph was erected in his honor at Edgewood Cemetery, Conemaugh Twp.

037 GEN John Segwick York York PA MG (1813-1864), famous Civil War leader, KIA Spotsylvania Co., VA, 9 May 1864. 038 Post No. 38 Lawrenceville Allegheny PA No namesake. Known only by its GAR Hall, cor. Butler & The Post was in existence as early as 20 Feb. 1868, when it was Pittsburgh Daily Commercial, number. Wainwright Streets (1868) annouced that a meeting would be held that evening to 20 Feb. 1868 anaugurate their new hall. 038 GEN George A. Custer Etna Allegheny PA MG Must'd fall 1878 National Tribune, 21 June 1883 (1839-1876). KIA at Little Bighorn, MT, on 25 June 1876. Famous Civil War (and Indian Wars) leader. 039 COL William G. Murray Hollidaysburg Blair PA COL William Gray Murray (1825- Org. April 1867, Dis. 15 Oct. Reorganized in July 1877 at a meeting held at Stehley's Hall, Hoenstine, 1940, Soldiers of 1862), 84th PA Inf., KIA at Must'd 4 Mar. 1869; Dis. 2 corner Mulberry and Wayne Streets. The final meeting of the Post Blair County Pennsylvania Winchester, VA, on 23 Mar. 1862. 1867; Re-org. 17 June 1931 was held at the home of Levi Leedom on 2 June 1931, at which Buried at St. Mary's, July 1877 time it was decided to disband the Post and surrender the charter. Hollidaysburg. Resident of Last member of the Post was Harrison T. Stiffler, who died 28 Dec. Hollidaysburg, local hero. 1932. 040 William Connor Grant Indiana PA Also known as Cherry Tree Post. 041 Post No. 41 Montrose Susquehanna PA The Post (known then as Post No. 41) was in existence by May The National Memorial Day, 1869, when it observed Memorial Day. 1869

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 041 COL O. H. Rippey Pittsburgh Allegheny PA COL Oliver H. Rippey (1826- Org. 11 May 1878 Eleven charter members. Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), 1862), 61st PA Inf., KIA at Fair 9 Sept. 1895 Oaks, VA, on 31 May 1862. Resident of Pittsburgh, local hero.

042 Sedgwick Lebanon Lebanon PA MG John Sedgwick (1813-1864), Org. 6 Mar. 1867 Yearbook of the Pennsylvania famous Civil War leader, KIA Society, 1918 Spotsylvania Co., VA, 9 May 1864. 043 Joe. Hooker Ashland Schuylkill PA MG (1814-1879), Cleaver's Hall (1881) Org. 4 Mar. 1867 The Post adopted Joe Hooker as its namesake in January 1870. History of Schuylkill County, famous Civil War leader. 1881 044 A. A. & G. C. Seely Knoxville Tioga PA Brothers: CPL (SGT?) Albert A. Org. 10 July 1875 Sur. 1879 History of Tioga County, PA, Seely (1841-1862), Co. A, 42nd 1883; History of Tioga & PA Inf. (1st PA Rifles), died a Bradford Counties, 1885 POW at Richmond, VA, on 3 July 1862, from wounds received at Gaine's Mill, VA, on 27 June 1862; and Giles C. Seely (1844- 1862), Co. F, 86th NY Inf., died of disease at Camp Griffin, VA, on 21 Feb. 1862. 044 033 George Simpson Huntingdon Huntingdon PA PVT George A. Simpson (c.1840- Org. 1868; Re- A History of the Juniata Valley 1862), Co. C, 125th PA Inf., KIA org. 13 Dec. 1879 and Its People, Volume 1, 1913 at Antietam, MD, on 17 Sept. 1862. He was reportedly the color bearer for the regiment. 045 LT Josiah White Phoenixville Chester PA 2LT Josiah White (c.1834-1864), Org. 15 Mar. Yearbook of the Pennsylvania Co. G, 30th PA Inf., died 18 May 1867 Society, 1918 1864 at Washington, D.C., from severe leg wound received at Spotsylvania Court House, VA, on 18 May 1864. Resident of Phoenixville, local hero.

046 COL Gus. W. Town Philadelphia Philadelphia PA LTC Gustavus Washington Town 730 and 732 Broad St. (1899); Org. 17 June National Encampment (1839-1863), 95th PA Inf., KIA at 1431 South Street (1913) 1874 Souvenir, 1899; Philadelphia in Salem Heights, VA, on 3 May the Civil War, 1913 1863. Resident of Philadelphia, local hero. 047 John Ennis St. Clair Schuylkill PA SGT John Ennis (? -1865), Co. A, The Post (known then as Post No. 47) was in existence by May The National Memorial Day, 7th PA Cav., died at Selma, AL, 1869, when it observed Memorial Day. 1869 on 7 Apr. 1865. Resident of Schuylkill County, local hero. 048 GEN George Mansfield Mansfield Tioga PA Allen Building (1897) Org. 14 Aug. History of Tioga County, PA, 1875 1897 049 A. J. Sofield / H. P. Kimball Osceola Tioga PA 1) CPT Alfred J. Sofield (1824- Masonic Hall Org. 14 Jan. Organized as Alfred J. Sofield Post. Thirteen charter members History of Tioga County, PA, (changed name) 1863), Co. A, 149th PA Inf., KIA 1876, Must'd 18 (1876). The name was later changed to H. P. Kimball 1883; Osceola in the War of at Gettysburg, PA, on 1 July Jan. 1876 the Rebellion, 1885 1863. 2) PVT Harlan Page Kimball (1844-1863), Co. I, 103rd NY Inf., died of chronic diarrhea in Osceola on 8 Sept. 1863, a few weeks after his medical discharge

050 Post No. 50 Philadelphia Philadelphia PA The Post (known then as Post No. 50) was in existence by May The National Memorial Day, 1869, when it observed Memorial Day. 1869 050 C. S. Chase Titusville Crawford PA CPT Cornelius Suydam Chase Org. June 1879 Forty-five charter members. National Tribune, 4 Mar. 1886 (1830-1862), Co. K, 57th PA Inf., died at Philadelphia, PA, on 17 June 1862, from wounds received at Fair Oaks, VA, on 30 May 1862. Resident of Titusville, local hero. 051 CPT Philip R. Schuyler Philadelphia Philadelphia PA CPT Philip R. Schuyler ( ? -1862), Sepviva and Norris Streets (1913) The Post established a cadet corps in the late 1870's, which was Philadelphia in the Civil War, Co. C, 81st PA Inf., died 21 Sept. one of the organizations to eventually consolidate as the SUVCW 1913 1862 from wounds received at Antietam, MD, on 17 Sept. 1862. Resident of Philadelphia, local hero.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 052 Post No. 52 / Spyker Graham Lewisburg Union PA 1) Originally known only by its Must'd 2 Apr. Fourteen charter members. The Post adopted Spyker Graham as History of the Susquehanna / Andrew G. Tucker number; 2) SGT Henry Spyker 1867 its namesake on 14 Oct. 1869. It changed its name again on 26 and Juniata Valleys, 1886 Graham, (1809-1868), Co. F, 2nd Dec. 1879, adopting Andrew Gregg Tucker as its namesake. PA Cav. Buried Lewisburg Cem.; 3) 1LT Andrew Gregg Tucker (1844-1863), Co. E, 142nd PA Inf., died 5 July 1863 at Gettysburg, PA, from wounds received there on 1 July 1863. Resident of Union County, local hero. 053 Moody Susquehanna Susquehanna PA Dis. 1926 Dept. Proceeedings, 1927 054 Brandywine Coatesville Chester PA Named for the Brandywine Valley, Org. 20 June Thirteen charter members. The membership of the Post Pocket Directory and Business where the Post was based. 1878 numbered 8 in June 1925. The last member of the Post was Guide of Coatesville, 1897; Bireley who died 6 Oct. 1936 at the age of 87. Chester County and its People, Associated with Brandywine Corps, No. 149, WRC. 1898; The Plain Speaker, Hazleton, PA, 6 Oct. 1936.

055 GEN Phil Kearney Frankford Philadelphia PA MG , Jr. (1815- 4604 Frankford Ave. (1913) The Post (known then as Post No. 55) was in existence by May The National Memorial Day, 1862), KIA at Chantilly, VA, on 1 1869, when it observed Memorial Day. 1869; Philadelphia in the Civil Sept. 1862. Famous Civil War War, 1913 leader. 056 COL John W. Moore Philadelphia Philadelphia PA COL John W. Moore ( ? -1865), 3030 Lancaster Ave. (1913) Philadelphia in the Civil War, 203rd PA Inf., KIA at Fort Fisher, 1913 NC, on 15 Jan. 1865. 057 GEN James B. Ricketts Dillsburg York PA BG James Brewerton Ricketts (1817-1887), famous Civil War leader. 057 J. C. Markle West Newton Westmoreland PA (presumably) PVT Joseph C. Dis. 1891 Altoona Tribune, 25 Feb. 1892 Markle (1838-1862), Co. B, 28th PA Inf., KIA at Antietam, MD, on 17 Sept. 1862. Buried Mill Grove Cem., South Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland County. 058 J. F. Hartranft Harrisburg Dauphin PA BG John Frederick Hartranft Wyeth's Building (1867) Org. 24 Apr. 1867 Harrisburg Telegraph, 10 Oct. (1830-1889), famous Civil War 1867; Yearbook of the leader and Pennsylvania Society, 1918 recipient. 059 COL Samuel W. Black McKeesport Allegheny PA COL Samuel W. Black (1816- 1862), 62nd PA Inf., KIA at Gaines' Mill, VA, on 27 June 1862. 060 Starkweather Monongahela City Washington PA BG John Converse Starkweather Chart'd 30 Apr. Sur. July 1935 Twelve charter members. The last member of the Post was Daily Republican (1830-1890), famous Civil War 1867; Must'd 14 Edward S. France, who died on 28 June 1939. (Monongahela, PA), 17 Sept. leader, living at the time the post May 1867 1946 (post history). adopted him as their namesake. 061 L. F. Chapman Mauch Chunk (Jim Carbon PA MAJ Lansford F. Chapman, "one Brenckman, 1913, History of Thorpe) of the many intrepid officers Carbon County, Pennsylvania contributed to the cause of the Union by Carbon county. He was killed at the battle of Chancellorsville." 062 LT S. C. Potts Altoona Blair PA 1LT Stephen Collins Potts (1841- GAR Hall, 911 Chesnut Ave. Org. 20 July 1877 Dis. 8 Sept. Fourteen charter members. Final meeting held 8 Sept. 1934, at Hoenstine, 1940, Soldiers of 1862), Co. M, 62nd PA Inf., died 1934 which time the decision was made to surrender the charter. Last Blair County Pennsylvania 14 Dec. 1862 from wounds member was John W. McAlamey. received at Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 Dec. 1862. Resident of Blair County, local hero. 063 GEN D. B. Birney Philadelphia Philadelphia PA MG David Bell Birney (1825- Originally at Shober's Hall, Girard Org. 21 Aug. Twenty-three charter members. Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1864), famous Civil War leader, Ave. and Eyre St.; Germantown 1874; Must'd 11 1913; GAR Museum and died of malarious fever at Ave. and Diamond Street (1913); Sept. 1874 Library Philadelphia on 18 Oct. 1864. later at various locations in the Resident of Philadelphia, local Frankford and North Philadelphia hero. sections. 064 Reno Williamsport Lycoming PA MG Jesse Lee Reno (1823-1862), Chart'd 3 June Sur. 15 Oct. Williamsport Sun-Gazette, 29 Civil War leader, KIA at South 1867; Re-instated 1869; Dis. 1 January 1895 Mountain, MD, 14 September 5 May 1873; Re- Jan. 1874 1862. instated (2nd time) Sept. 1876

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 065 Saxton Granville Centre Bradford PA SGT Soloman Saxton (? -1864), Org. 10 Oct. 1878 Dis. 1918 Twenty-two charter members. History of Bradford County, PA, Co. F, 11th PA Cav., died a POW 1891; Dept. Proceedings, 1919 at Andersonville, GA, on 15 Dec. 1864. 066 COL J. D. Musser Muncy Lycoming PA LTC John D. Musser ( ? -1864), 143rd PA Inf., KIA at Wilderness, VA, on 6 May 1864. 067 GEN Erie Erie PA BG Strong Vincent (1837-1863), The Post (known then as Post No. 67) was in existence by May The National Memorial Day, famous Civil War leader, died 7 1869, when it observed Memorial Day. Robert Wainwright Scott, 1869; Dept. Proceedings, 1901 July 1863 at Gettysburg, PA, from No. 464, surrendered it charter in 1900 and consolidated with this wounds received there on 2 July Post. 1863. Resident of Erie, local hero. 068 Watkins Towanda Bradford PA LTC Guy Hulett Watkins (1831- Org. 17 June Dis. 1869 The 1891 History of Bradford County gives a alternate date for the History of Bradford County, 1864), 141st PA Inf., KIA at 1867; Re-org. 1 re-organization of the Post as 19 Dec. 1873. 1878; History of Bradford Petersburg, VA, on 18 June 1864. Jan. 1874 County, PA, 1891 Native of Towanda, local hero.

069 Stevens Rome Bradford PA Org. 5 Oct. 1870; Sur. 1922 History of Bradford County, Re-org. 22 Aug. 1878; History of Bradford 1877 County, PA, 1891; Dept. Proceedings, 1923 070 John J. Andrews Corry Erie PA Org. June 1867; About twenty-five charter members. History of Erie County, 1884; Must'd? 1 July Yearbook of the Pennsylvania 1867 Society, 1918 071 GEN John F. Reynolds Philadelphia Philadelphia PA MG John Fulton Reynolds (1820- 1226 S. Eighth Street (1913) Org. 16 July 1867 Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1863), KIA at the Battle of 1913; Yearbook of the Gettysburg on 1 July 1863. Pennsylvania Society, 1918 Famous Civil War leader. 072 Swarts New Albany Bradford PA Org. 26 June The 1895 History of Bradford County indicates that the Post was History of Bradford County, 1877 organized on 28 June 1877. 1878; History of Bradford County, PA, 1891 073 CPT H. Clay Beatty Bristol Bucks PA CPT Henry Clay Beatty (c.1835- 1862), Co. I, 32nd PA Inf., KIA at 2nd Bull Run, VA, on 30 Aug. 1862. Resident of Bucks County, local hero. 074 378 Post No. 74 / G. W. Fuller Catasauqua Lehigh PA 1LT George W. Fuller (1839- Org. 19 Aug. Dis. 15 Oct. See LT G. W. Fuller Post, No. 378 for later history. History of the Counties of 1864), Co. F, 47th PA Inf. Died 1867; Re-org. 13 1869; Dis. 15 Lehigh and Carbon, 1884; 29 Sept. 1864 at Fort Jefferson, Apr. 1872 Oct. 1876 Koons' Illustrated History of Dry Tortugas, FL, after being Lehigh Valley, 1893 medically discharged on 22 June 1864. Local hero, buried at Fairview Cem., Catasauqua. 074 Madill / Jackson (changed Wyalusing Bradford PA CPT George W. Jackson (1819- Org. 13 Sep. Forty charter members. History of Bradford County, name) 1872), Co. A, 141st PA Inf. 1877 1878; History of the One Blacksmith and Methodist Hundred and Forth-first minister. Resigned on 31 Oct. Regiment, 1885; History of 1862 on the advise of his Bradford County, PA, 1891 surgeon, returning home to Wyalusing. He died in Burlington, IA, on 11 Jan. 1872. 075 COL C. A. Craig Parker's Landing Armstrong PA COL Calvin A. Craig ( ?-1864), Org. 21 Apr. 1880 Sixteen charter members. Historical Sketch of Armstrong 105th PA Inf., wounded at 2nd County, 1883 Bull Run, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Petersburg, and Deep Bottom Run (VA). He died 17 Aug. 1864 from wounds received at the latter battle on 16 Aug. 1864.

076 GEN William H. Keim Reading Berks PA MG William High Keim (1813- Chart'd 22 Feb. Montgomery, 1886, History of 1862), famous Civil War leader, 1878 Berks County Pennsylvania died of disease at Harrisburg, VA, on 18 May 1862. Native of Reading, local hero. 077 Post No. 77 Philadelphia Philadelphia PA (predates the practice of 524 N. Sixth Street (1913) Philadelphia in the Civil War, assigning Post namesakes) 1913

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 078 William Starr / GEN Simon Middletown Dauphin PA 1 ) William Starr; 2) Simon Org. 26 Aug. Dis. 1869 Fourteen charter members (1867). Fourteen charter members National Tribune, 7 Nov. 1889; Cameron Cameron (1799-1889), Adjutant- 1867; Re-org. 28 (1877). Originally named William Starr Post, when it was Chronicles of Middletown, 1906 General in Pennsylvania in 1825, May 1877 mustered in 1877. The Post changed its name to honor Simon first Secretary of War during the Cameron in November 1889. Civil War, famous politician.

079 George Smith Conshohocken Montgomery PA PVT George W. Smith (? - ?), Co. Org. 29 June History of Montgomery County, I, 95th PA Inf., wounded and 1878 1884 taken prisoner at Gaines' Mill, VA, on 27 June 1862. "Never afterward heard from." 080 Robert Bryan Philadelphia Philadelphia PA Robert Bryan (US Navy?), a Fifteenth and South Streets Org. 29 Aug. Twelve charter members. Noted as an African American GAR The Times (Philadelphia), 30 member of Post No. 27. Noted in (1899); SW cor. 11th and 1877; Must'd 28 Post in The Won Cause (Gannon, 2011). Aug. 1877; Philadelphia 1877 as "a slave of that name Fitzwater Streets (1913) Sept. 1877 Enquirer, 11 Dec. 1877; who became a valuable guide to National Tribune, 20 Sept. the Union armies." He also 1894; Souvenir hand book and reportedly fired the first shot in guide, complimentary to the Burnside's Expedition to Roanoke colored veterans, Grand Army Island. Republic, 1899 080 Shaw West Chester Chester PA Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause The National Memorial Day, (Gannon, 2011). The Post (known then as Post No. 80) was in 1869 existence by May 1869, when it observed Memorial Day. It was replaced by COL George F. Smith Post, No. 130, in 1879. 081 Freeman Lanesboro Susquehanna PA 082 LT H. N. Lower Roaring Springs Blair PA 1LT Henry N. Lower (1841-1865), I.O.O.F. Hall Org. 17 Dec. Dis. 1927 Reorganized from an earlier Past named GEN John Sedgwick Hoenstine, 1940, Soldiers of Co. C, 205th PA Inf., KIA at 1881 Post, which had organized in Roaring Springs on 24 Sept. 1867 Blair County Pennsylvania; Petersburg, VA, on 2 April 1865. and disbanded on 30 Sept. 1881. Seventeen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1928 Native of Roaring Springs, local hero. 083 COL Bates Middleboro Erie PA Org. 21 Aug. Dis. 1891 Thirty-three charter members. History of Erie County, 1884; 1880 Altoona Tribune, 25 Feb. 1892 083 James Dixon Fairfield Adams PA PVT James Dixon (1820-1864), Org. 1891 Dis. 1917 Gettysburg Times, 3 Nov. 1954 Co. G, 17th PA Cav., died of disease in hospital at Washington, DC, on 28 Nov. 1863, buried at the Military Asylum Cem. Washington, DC. 084 George H. Thomas Lancaster Lancaster PA MG George Henry Thomas (1816- Mechanics' Hall, Russel's Hall, the Org. 28 Sept. Originally named Post No. 84. George H. Thomas was selected Glenn B. Knight, SUVCW PA 1870), famous Civil War leader. hall of the Independent Order of 1867; Must'd 1 as its namesake at a special meeting held on 12 Apr. 1870. Dept.; Yearbook of the Red Men (on North Queen Oct. 1867 Pennsylvania Society, 1918 Street), Grand Army Hall in the Coyle Building (East King Street) and then to Grand Army Hall in Bair & Shank's banking building on Center Square. GAR Hall 125 E. King St. (1890), GAR Hall 43 S. Duke St. (1921). 085 CPT Lyons Glenwood Susquehanna PA 086 Hurst Camptown Bradford PA Org. 20 Dec. History of Bradford County, 1877 1878; History of Bradford County, PA, 1891 087 E. B. Young Allentown Lehigh PA "COL" (1LT) Edward Blumer Org. 19 Oct. 1877 Twenty-two charter members. History of the Counties of Young (1836-1879), Co. H, 27th Lehigh and Carbon, 1884 PA Inf. An organizer of Post No. 87, mayor of Allentown 1876-1878. His rank of was probably based on his militia service. 088 Post No. 88 / GEN John W. Allegheny City Allegheny PA 1) Number only; 2) MG John Masonic Hall, East and South Org. 15 Oct. 1867 Nineteen charter members. Originally chartered as Post No. 88, Pittsburgh Directory, 1895; Geary / GEN Phil Sheridan / White Geary (1819-1873), famous Diamond Streets its namesake was changed first to GEN John W. Geary, then to Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), Abe Patterson Civil War leader; 3) MG Philip GEN Phil Sheridan, and finally (on 1 Mar. 1887) to Abe Patterson. 9 Sept. 1895; Memoirs of Henry Sheridan (1831-1888), Allegheny County, 1904; famous Civil War leader; 4) PVT Yearbook of the Pennsylvania Abram "Abe" Patterson (1843- Society, 1918 1881), 13th PA Inf., Post Commander at the time of his death in February 1881, having served seven terms. 089 Post No. 89 Pittston Luzerne PA No namesake. Known only by its The Post (known then as Post No. 89) was in existence by May The National Memorial Day, number. 1869, when it observed Memorial Day. 1869

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 089 Chas. S. Whitworth Apollo Armstrong PA CPL Charles S. Whitworth (1843- Org. 21 Jan. 1878 Twenty-nine charter members. 1816-1916; History of Apollo, 1864), Co. E, 139th PA Inf., KIA 1916 at Cedar Creek, VA, on 19 Oct. 1864. 090 John W. Geary Phillipsburg Centre PA (presumably) MG John White Foster's block (1883) Org. 15 Aug. Twenty-six charter members. History of Centre and Clinton Geary (1819-1873), famous Civil 1878 Counties, 1883 War leader. 091 Ingham Canton Bradford PA Org. 16 Nov. Thirteen charter members. History of Bradford County, 1877 1878; History of Bradford County, PA, 1891 092 Burnside Mount Carmel Northumberland PA MG Ambrose Everett Burnside GAR Opera House, Third and Org. 27 Oct. 30 Oct. 1937 Ceased to exist with the death of its last member, Jacob Umlauf, Mount Carmel Item news (1824-1881), famous Civil War Hickory Streets, Mount Carmel, 1867; Must'd (?) who died 30 October 1937. articles; David Berezovske, leader. PA 30 Oct. 1867 Commander, James A. Garfield Camp No. 34, SUVCW, April 2014; Yearbook of the Pennsylvania Society, 1918

093 Post No. 93 Myerstown Lebanon PA The Post (known then as Post No. 93) was in existence by May The National Memorial Day, 1869, when it observed Memorial Day. 1869 093 LT H. C. Titman Auburn-4-Corners Susquehanna PA 1LT Henry C. Titman (1835- 1864), Co. G, 56th PA Inf., KIA at Wilderness, VA, on 5 May 1864. Buried at Jersey Hill Cem., Auburn Center. 094 Anna M. Ross Philadelphia Philadelphia PA Anna Maria Ross (1813-1863), Corner, Girard Ave. and Org. 17 Nov. The Post established a cadet corps in 1879, which was one of the Philadelphia in the Civil War, Lady Principal of the Cooper Hutchinson St. 1874 organizations to eventually consolidate as the SUVCW. This Post 1913; GAR Museum and Shop Hospital in Philadelpha, is one of only two in Pennsylvania named for a woman. Library traveled and raised funds in an effort to establish a Soldiers Home. She died in Philadelphia on 22 Dec. 1863, reportedly from overwork. 095 Gregg Bellefonte Centre PA (presumably) BG (Bvt. MG) David GAR Hall, West High (1902) Org. 3 June 1879 History of Centre and Clinton McMurtrie Gregg (1833-1916), Counties, 1883; Directory of famous Civil War leader and Bellefonte, 1902 former resident of Bellefonte.

096 LT W. J. Gleason Townville Crawford PA 2LT William J. Gleason (? -1864), Org. 18 Apr. 1878 Twenty-three charter members. History of Crawford County, Co. F, 83rd PA Inf., died in VA on 1885 5 June 1864, from wounds received at North Anna River, VA, on 25 May 1864. 097 Conyngham / Ely Wilkes-Barre Luzerne PA 1) BG John Ely, buried in NJ. Brodhun's Hall (to 1879); Wood's Org. 22 Jan. Name changed Ten charter members. Originally chartered in 1868, the Post History of Luzerne, 1)COL John Butler Conyngham Hall (1880-1889); Conyngham 1868; Re-org. 8 April 1880; Dis. membership dwindled in the early 1870's to the point that the Post Lackawanna, and Wyoming (1827-1871), 52nd PA Inf., native Post Memorial Hall, 146 S. Main Jan. 1872; Re- 1939 considered disbanding. They continued to pay per-capita tax, Counties, Pa, 1880; Luzerne of Wilkes-Barre. Street org. (re-named) retaining their charter until reorganizing in 1872. Originally called County, 1911 (Harrison Wick); 10 Apr. 1880 Ely Post. The Post reorganized again in 1880. Incorporated 2 Wilkes-Barre Record, 31 May September 1890. The last member of the Post, George Z. 1912, p.7 Robbins, died 7 August 1939. 098 J. W. Reynolds Tunkhannock Wyoming PA Org. 1868 Dis. about 1878 Surrendered its charter after an existence of about ten years. History of Crawford County, 1885 099 MAJ Jenkins Hanover York PA MAJ Joseph S. Jenkins (1831- Org. 7 May 1878 Twenty-three charter members. History of York County, 1907 1864), 130th PA Inf., later CPT, Co. G, 184th PA Inf., KIA at Petersburg, VA, on 6 Nov. 1864. Resident of Hanover, local hero. 100 New Castle New Castle Lawerence PA Named for the community in Brian McCullough (via email), which the Post was based. The 2017 Post number (100) was specifically requested to honor COL Daniel Leasure who commanded the 100th PA Inf. 101 Raub Scranton Lackawanna PA Good Templars' Hall; Washington Org. 21 Feb. History of Scranton, 1891 Hall 1868 101 LT J. H. Fisher Hatboro Montgomery PA 2LT John H. Fisher (? -1864), Co. Fluck's Hall, York Street (1884) Org. 28 Apr. 1884 Dis. 1927 History of Montgomery County, I, 138th PA Inf., KIA at 1884; Dept. Proceedings, 1928 Wilderness, VA, on 6 May 1864. Resident of Montgomery County, local hero.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 102 COL John W. McLane Union City Erie PA COL John White McLane (1820- Chart'd 24 June Sixteen charter members. The namesake of this Post is often History of Erie County, 1884 1862), 83rd PA Inf., KIA at 1876 misspelled "McLean." Gaines' Mills, VA, on 27 June 1862. Resident of Erie County, local hero. 103 Post No. 103 White Haven Luzerne PA The Post (known then as Post No. 103) was in existence by May The National Memorial Day, 1869, when it observed Memorial Day. 1869 103 Charles Sumner Philadelphia Philadelphia PA Charles Sumner (1811-1874), US 1224 North Eleventh Street (1899, Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause Souvenir hand book and guide, Senator (Massachusetts) from 1913) (Gannon, 2011). complimentary to the colored 1851 to 1874, strong proponent of veterans, Grand Army the equal rights of African Republic, 1899; Philadelphia in Americans during Reconstruction. the Civil War, 1913

104 William F. Kurtz Connellsville Fayette PA SGT William F. Kurtz (? -1862), Genealogical and Personal Co. H, 142nd PA Inf. One of four History of Fayette and Greene brothers who served in the Union Counties, 1912 forces, resident of Connellsville. "Never seen or heard from after the , and is supposed to have been killed in the battle." Reported KIA on 13 Dec. 1862.

105 Alfred G. Reed Butler Butler PA 1LT Alfed G. Reed (1839-1862), History of Butler County, 1895 Adjutant, promoted from Co. C, 134th PA Inf., died 27 Dec. 1862, from wounds received at Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 Dec. 1862. Resident of Butler County, local hero. 106 Graham Pottstown Montgomery PA Brothers: PVT Eli H. Graham Chart'd 25 Feb. Dis. about 1879 Sixteen charter members (1868). Forty-five charter members History of Montgomery County, (1840-1862) and SGT William H. 1868; Re-org. 10 (1880). 1884 Graham (? -1864), both members Apr. 1880 of Co. A, 53rd PA Inf. Eli was KIA at Fair Oaks, VA, on 1 June 1862. William was KIA at Cold Harbor, VA, on 3 June 1864.

107 J. G. Campbell Petrolia Butler PA James Guthrie Campbell (rank Org. 14 Oct. 1878 Thirteen charter members. History of Butler County, 1895 and unit uncertain), reported KIA at Wilderness, VA. His brother, Joseph Freemont Campbell, served in the 88th PA Inf. 108 Frailey Elderton Armstrong PA 109 Stevens Providence Lackawanna PA The Post (known then as Post No. 109) was in existence by May The National Memorial Day, 1869, when it observed Memorial Day. 1869 109 CPT Asher Gaylord Plymouth Luzerne PA CPT Asher Gaylord (c.1830- Spy's Hall (1880) Must'd 18 Oct. Nineteen charter members. History of Luzerne, 1865), Co. D, 143rd PA Inf., KIA 1878 Lackawanna, and Wyoming at Hatcher's Run, VA, on 7 Feb. Counties, 1880 1865. His body was never recovered. Resident of Luzerne County, local hero. 110 Severn Mahanoy City Schuylkill PA CPT Edwin L. Severn (1837- An imperfect account furnished by the Post Historian in 1881 "did History of Schuylkill County, 1872), Co. C, 96th PA Inf., one of not contain any list of charter members, or any account of the 1881 the Post's most prominent organization." members, and a popular officer. 111 Post No. 111 Curlsville Clarion PA The Post (known then as Post No. 111) was in existence by May The National Memorial Day, 1869, when it observed Memorial Day. 1869 111 J. W. Stevens Elizabeth Allegheny PA 112 COL George H. Covode Edinburg Clairon PA COL George Hay Covode (1835- Org. 3 Dec. 1879 Sur. 1923-1924 Associated with George H. Covode Corps, No. 58, WRC A Compendium of Edenburg 1864), 4th PA Cav., KIA at Saint and Edenburg People, 1887; Mary's Church, VA, on 24 June Dept. Proceedings, 1924 1864. 113 CPT D. J. Taylor White Haven Luzerne PA CPT David J. Taylor (? -1864), Torbert's Hall (1880) Org. 11 Nov. History of Luzerne, Co. D, 61st PA Inf., KIA at Cedar 1878 Lackawanna, and Wyoming Creek, VA, on 19 Oct. 1864. Counties, 1880 Buried at Laurel Cem., White Haven. 114 Philadelphia Philadelphia PA MG Winfield Scott (1786-1866), 2054 Ridge Ave. (1913) Philadelphia in the Civil War, famous Mexican War leader, and 1913 early leader in the Civil War.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 115 Post No. 115 Stevensville Bradford PA No namesake. Known only by its Org. 11 July 1868 Dis. 1868 History of Bradford County, number. 1878 115 GEN John A. Logan Philadelphia Philadelphia PA MG John Alexander Logan (1826- 1231 S. Seventeenth Street Dis. 1926 The Post adopted the name "John A. Logan" in late 1886. National Tribune, 6 Jan. 1887; 1886), famous Civil War leader. (1913) Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1913; Dept. Proceegins, 1927 116 COL Seneca G. Simmons Harrisburg Dauphin PA COL Seneca Galusha Simmons Org. 28 Feb. Post records. (1808-1862), 34th PA Inf. (later 1879 MAJ, 4th US Inf.), died 30 June 1862, from wounds received at Charles City Crossroads, VA. 117 J. B. McPherson Pittsburgh Allegheny PA BG. James Birdseye McPherson Org. 16 Apr. 1868 Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), (1828-1864), famous Civil War 9 Sept. 1895 leader, KIA at the Battle of Atlanta, GA, 22 July 1864. 118 GEN Welsh Columbia Lancaster PA BG Thomas Welsh, native of GAR Hall, 139 Locust St.; IOOF Org. and Must'd Dis. 22 Nov. Glenn B. Knight, PDC, CIG Columbia and local hero, died of Hall (1882) 21 Mar. 1868 1922 malaria in Cincinatti, OH, 14 Aug. 1863. 118 McPhearson Liberty Hall Westmoreland PA 119 Post No. 119 Troy Bradford PA No namesake. Known only by its Org. 1868 Dis. 1869 The Post was reorganized at Burlington. History of Bradford County, number. 1878 119 Alfred Shibler Greensboro Greene PA Must'd 1887 Sur. 1923-1924 National Tribune, 7 Apr. 1887; Dept. Proceedings, 1924 120 W. F. Templeton Washington Washington PA CPT William Finley Templeton IOOF Hall; GAR Memorial Hall Org. 28 Mar. Twenty-eight charter members. History of Washington County, (1831-1862), Co. A, 100th PA Inf., (1880) 1879 1882 KIA at 2nd Bull Run, VA, on 29 Aug. 1862. Resident of Washington County, local hero. 121 MAJ Jennings Girardville Schuylkill PA MAJ William H. Jennings (1828- Haas Hall Org. 1879 History of Schuylkill County, 1890), 7th PA Cav. Died in an 1881 accidental fall off a church roof in Girardville. 122 Post No. 122 / John S. Bittner Lock Haven Clinton PA SGT John S. Bittner ( ? -1862), GAR Hall, Exchange building Org. 1867; Re- Dis. 1869 Historical and Biographical Co. C, 52nd PA Inf., KIA at Fair org. 27 May 1879 Work: Or, Past and Present of Oaks, VA, on 31 May 1862. Clinton County, 1892 Resident of Lock Haven, local hero. 123 John A. Hunter Leechburg Armstrong PA Dr. John A. Hunter (1846-1874), Pittsburgh Commercial, 3 Dec. US Navy, Landsman, Receiving 1874 Ship Cairo . Dentist and PA politician, died at the residence of his mother in Leechburg on 27 Nov. 1874 124 Phelps East Smithfield Bradford PA Org. 25 Apr. Eleven charter members. History of Bradford County, 1868; Re-org. 8 1878; History of Bradford Aug 1873 County, PA, 1891 125 A. W. Estes Oswayo Potter PA (presumably) 2LT Andew W. Estes Building (1809) Must'd 17 Feb. Thirty-six charter members. History of the Counties of Estes (1835-1863), Co. H, 71st 1881 McKean, Elk, Cameron and NY Inf., KIA at Gettysburg, PA, on Potter, 1890 2 July 1863. Resident of Potter County, local hero. 126 SGT Thomas Paxton Canonsburg Washington PA Sgt. Thomas Paxton (1836 - Corcoran 5 and 10 cent building, Org. 9 May 1879 Dis. Feb. 1924 History of Washington County, 1864), Co. D, 39th PA Inf., KIA at upper floor (1924) PA (1882); Cannonsburg Daily Spotsylvania Courthouse, VA, on News, 20 Feb. 1924; Dept. 8 May 1864. Canonsburg native, Proceedings, 1924 local hero. 127 Rankin Boston Allegheny PA Org. 15 May 1879 History of Allegheny County, v.2, 1889 128 Post No. 128 Mechanicsburg Cumberland PA The Post (known then as Post No. 128) was in existence by May The National Memorial Day, 1869, when it observed Memorial Day. 1869 128 LT James Lysle Allegheny City Allegheny PA 2LT James M. Lysle (? -1862), Org. Aug. 1879 Eighteen charter members. Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), Co. I, 63rd PA Inf., KIA at Pohick 9 Sept. 1895 Church, VA, on 5 May 1862. Resident of Allegheny County, local hero. 129 Ferdinand W. Bell Easton Northampton PA CPT Ferdinand W. Bell (c.1833- Chart'd 15 May Seventeen charter members. History of Northampton County, 1862), Co. B, 51st PA Inf., KIA at 1868 17877 Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 Dec. 1862. Resident of Easton, local hero.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 129 Henry Wilson Milton Northumberland PA Henry Wilson (? -1779). "At the History of Northumberland fall of Fort Freeland, Henry Wilson County, 1891 was captured and scalped by Indians." 130 COL George F. Smith West Chester Chester PA COL George Fairlamb Smith Adams Street School Building Org. 1879 Replaced Shaw Post, No. 80. Noted as an African American GAR Chester County Historical (1840-1877), 61st PA Inf. Buried Post in The Won Cause (Gannon, 2011). Society Oakland Cem., West Chester.

131 LT Josiah Baughman Everett Bedford PA 1LT Josiah Baughman (1830- Org. 22 May 1879 Dis. 1926 Twenty-two charter members. History of Bedford, Somerset, 1862), Co. D, 138th PA Inf., and Fulton Counties, 1884; murdered by a deserter at Dept. Proceedings, 1927 Chaneyville, PA, on 13 Nov. 1862. Resident of Everett, buried Everett Cem., Everett. 132 William S. Thompson Oxford Chester PA (presumably) Dr. William S. Reed's Hall, Locust Street; Org. 28 May 1879 Dis. 1927 Forty charter members. Chester County Historical Thompson (1820-1870), Civil War Morrison & Townsend Building, Society veteran. Buried Oxford Cem., Market Street. Oxford. 133 William Lazarus Audenreid Carbon PA (presumably) PVT William Dis. 1916 Dept. Proceedings, 1917 Lazarus (1844-1862), Co. E, 132nd PA Inf., KIA at Antietam, MD, on 17 Sept. 1862. Resident of Orangeville, Columbia County.

134 Post No. 134 / COL A. A. Brookville Jefferson PA COL Amor A. McKnight, 105th PA Org. 25 June Sur. 1878 Originally named Post No. 134. Adopted namesake per general History of Jefferson County, McKnight Inf., KIA at Chancellorsville, VA, 3 1868 orders in 1869. 1888 May 1863. Resident of Brookville, local hero. 134 LT D. H. Wilson Mifflintown Juniata PA 2LT David H. Wilson ( ? -1864), Org. June 1879 A History of the Juniata Valley Co. A, 1st PA Cav., died of and Its People, Volume 1, 1913 wounds on 6 June 1864. Resident of Juniata County, local hero. 135 Eli Hemphill Tarentum Allegheny PA 2LT Eli Hemphill (1833-1863), Co. F, 123rd PA Inf., killed 21 Mar. 1863. Resident of Allegheny County, local hero. 136 LT W. D. Williams Tremont Schuylkill PA 1LT William D. Williams (1836- IOOF Hall Org. 10 June 1864), Co. F, 184th PA Inf., died 1868 at White House, VA, on 9 June 1864, from wounds received at Cold Harbor, VA, on 3 June 1864. Resident of Schuylkill County, local hero. 137 Finley Patch Blairsville Indiana PA SGT Finley W. Patch (? -1864), Must'd 20 June Indiana County, PA, 1913 Co. B, 56th PA Inf., died at 1881 Washington City, VA, on 26 May 1864, from wounds received at Laurel Hill, VA, on 10 May 1864. An old time resident of Blairsville.

138 Elizabeth Temple Avondale Chester PA Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause (Gannon, 2011). Formerly known as Walker Post, No. 138. 139 LT Ezra S. Griffin Scranton Lackawanna PA 2LT Ezra S. Griffin (1835-1864), GAR Memorial Hall Org. 7 July 1879 Twenty charter members. History of Scrantan, 1891; Ezra Co. E, 143rd PA Inf., died 11 July S. Griffin Camp #8, SUVCW 1864 from wounds at Annapolis, MD, from wounds received at Petersburg, VA, on 18 June 1864. Local hero. 140 Lincoln Shamokin Northumberland PA (1809-1865), 16th President of the . 141 Bradford / John S. Melvin Bradford McKean PA 1) Originally named for the IOOF Hall (1887) Must'd 14 Aug. Thirty charter members. History of the Counties of community in which the Post was 1879 McKean, Elk, Cameron and based. 2) PVT John S. Melvin Potter, 1890 (1845-1864), Co. F, 42nd PA Inf. He was mustered out with his company on 11 June 1864. Buried in Oak Hill Cem., Bradford.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 142 Bucktail Renova Clinton PA Named for the Pennsylvania Bucktails, aka, the 42nd PA Inf., a famous regiment in the Civil War.

143 LT Rogers Brooklyn Susquehanna PA (presumably) 1LT Edwin Rogers (1835-1865), Co. H, 33rd PA Inf. Buried Old Brooklyn Cem., Brooklyn. 144 Allison Brothers Port Carbon Schuylkill PA Four brothers: 2LT Alexander Allison (1837-1863), Co. C, 96th PA Inf., died 5 May 1863, from wounds received at Salem Heights, VA, on 3 May 1863; CPL John Allison (1840-1863), Co. C, 96th PA Inf., KIA at Salem Heights, VA, on 3 May 1863; PVT George Allison (1831-1864), Co. K, 56th PA Inf., died 15 May 1864, from wounds received at Spotsylvania Court House, VA, on 12 May 1864; and PVT James Allison (1836-1864), Co. G, 48th PA Inf., KIA at Cold Harbor, VA, on 3 June 1864.

145 GEN Peter Lyle Quakertown Bucks PA COL (Bvt. BG) Peter Lyle (1821- Dis. 1916 Dept. Proceedings, 1917 1879), 90th PA Inf. 146 Watkins Waters Shenandoah Schuylkill PA Watkins Waters (1806-1879), blacksmith, Co. L, 3rd PA Cav. 147 Post No. 147 Tionesta Forest PA The Post (known then as Post No. 147) was in existence by May The National Memorial Day, 1869, when it observed Memorial Day. 1869 147 MAJ C. B. Coxe Freeland Luzerne PA Dis. 1918 Dept. Proceedings, 1919 148 CPT C. S. Davis Selinsgrove Snyder PA CPT Charles Selin Davis (1827- Rooms of survivors, Co. G, 147th Chart'd 22 Jan. Sur. 1923-1924 Fifteen charter members. History of the Susquehanna 1863), Co. G, 147th PA Inf., died PA Inf. (1880); IOOF Hall; 1880 and Juniata Valleys, 1886; at Ringold, GA, on 28 Nov. 1863, Holmes' Building, 3rd floor (1884); Dept. Proceedings, 1924 from wounds received at Taylor's Ridge, GA, on 27 Nov. 1863. Buried Trinity Lutheran Cem., Selinsgrove. 149 Bradbury Media Delaware PA Sgt. Jones Bradbury (1838-1865), G. Reed Howard, PCC, Co. B, 26th PVI, later 99th PVI, Bradbury Camp #149, PA mortally wounded 6 Apr. 1865, Dept. Sailor's Creek VA. 150 Wadsworth Stroudsburg Monroe PA Keller Building; Williams' Hall Chart'd 14 Nov. Fifteen charter members. History of Wayne, Pike, and (1881-1886); GAR Hall (1897) 1879 Monroe Counties, 1886; Picturesque Monroe County, 1897 151 COL John W. Patterson Pittsburgh Allegheny PA COL John Williams Patterson Org. 18 July Eighteen charter members. Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), (1835-1864), 102nd PA Inf., KIA 1868; Must'd 29 9 Sept. 1895 at Wilderness, VA, on 5 May July 1868 1864. Resident of Allegheny County, local hero. 152 250 Post No. 152 Bloomsburg Columbia PA No namesake. Known only by its Org. Aug. 1868; Dis. 1869; Sur. The Post became inactive after its first 5 months, probably due to George A. Turner, Columbia number. Re-org Jan. 1880 26 July 1881 the politics of the Post Commander. See Ent Post 25 for further County Historical and history. Genealogical Society 152 CPL A. J. Grimm Spring City Chester PA (presumably) CPL Andrew J. Grim Mechanics' Hall Dis. 1888 In existence in 1885. Chester County Historical (? -1864), Co. C, 51st PA Inf., Society died at Campbell Hospital, Washington, D.C., on 6 June 1864, from wounds received at Spotsylvania Court House, VA. 152 MAJ Ricksecker Lincoln Lancaster PA CPT James Fisher Ricksecker Org. 11 Dec. Dis. About 1914 National Tribune, 7 Feb. 1889; (1836-1887), Co. C, 195th PA Inf. 1888 Glenn Knight, SUVCW PA Dept. 153 CPT Thos. Espy Carnegie Allegheny PA CPT Thomas Espy (1807-1862), Chart'd Dec. 1879 Co. H, 62nd PA Inf., died of wounds as a POW, 6 July 1862. Remains never recovered.

154 033 Post No. 154 Leraysville Bradford PA No namesake. Known only by its Org. 5 Sep 1868 Dis. 1869 Reorganized as Post No. 33 on 9 August 1876. History of Bradford County, number. 1878

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 154 Gustin Troy Bradford PA The last surviving member of the Post was Liston Bliss, who died 22 Oct. 1936 (Source: The Evening Times, Sayre, PA, 23 Oct. 1936). 155 COL Wm. H. Moody Pittsburgh Allegheny PA LTC William H. Moody, 139th PA Lodge #113, Ancient Order of the Org. 6 Jan. 1880 Twelve charter members. The Courier-Journal Inf., KIA at Cold Harbor, VA, 2 United Workmen (AOUW), (Louisville), 10 Sept. 1895; Joe June 1864. Maennerchor Hall, Southern Ave. Hoesch, Pers. Comm.

156 Post No. 156 Butler Butler PA The Post (known then as Post No. 156) was in existence by May The National Memorial Day, 1869, when it observed Memorial Day. 1869 156 John F. Croll Kittanning Armstrong PA PVT John F. Croll (? -1862), Co. A, 37th PA Inf., KIA at Gaines' Mills, VA, on 27 June 1862. 157 COL James C. Hull Pittsburgh Allegheny PA LTC James C. Hull (? -1864), Org. 25 Mar. Thirty-six charter membrs. Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), 62nd PA Inf., died on 22 May 1880 9 Sept. 1895 1864, from wounds received at Spotsylvania Court House, VA, on 8 May 1864. Resident of Allegheny County, local hero. 158 Post No. 158 Greensboro Greene PA The Post (known then as Post No. 158) was in existence by May The National Memorial Day, 1869, when it observed Memorial Day. 1869 158 COL J. Richter Jones Eldred McKean PA COL John Richter Jones (1803- Must'd 3 Feb. Sur. 1923-1924 Dept. Proceedings, 1924 1863), 58th PA Inf., KIA at 1880 Bachelor's Creek Station, NC, on 23 May 1863. 159 CPT C. G. Jackson Berwick Columbia PA CPT Clarence Gearhart Jackson Chart'd 26 Jan. History of Columbia and (1842-1880), Co. H, 84th PA Inf., 1886 Montour Counties, PA native of Berwick. Prominent citizen in Berwick after the war. 160 GEN A. B. McCalmont Oil City Bedford PA COL (Bvt. BG) Alfred Brunson Reynolds & Hukill block (1877) Disbanded before March 1880. Oil City Derrick, 2 May 1877 McCalmont (1825-1874), 208th PA Inf. 160 GEN Hector Tyndale Philadelphia Philadelphia PA BG (Bvt. MG) Hector Tyndale 1305 Ridge Ave. (1913) Philadelphia in the Civil War, (1821-1880), famous Civil War 1913 leader. 161 Post No. 161 Philadelphia Philadelphia PA No namesake. Known only by its The Post (known then as Post No. 161) was in existence by May The National Memorial Day, number. 1869, when it observed Memorial Day. 1869 161 A. C. Lape Nanticoke Luzerne PA PVT Andrew C. Lape (1837- Org. 23 Feb. Forty-four charter members. Record of the Times (Wilkes- 1862), Co. D, 9th PA Cav., died at 1880 Barre), 25 Feb. 1880 Springfield, TN, on 16 Apr. 1862. Resident of Nanticoke, local hero.

162 COL John B. Clark Allegheny City Allegheny PA COL John B. Clark (1827-1872), GAR Hall, Lacock and Federal Org. 16 Feb. Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), 193rd PA Inf. Resident of Streets (1895) 1882 9 Sept. 1895 Allegheny City prior to the war, local hero, known as the "Fighting Parson." 163 Post No. 163 Philadelphia Philadelphia PA No namesake. Known only by its The Post (known then as Post No. 163) was in existence by May The National Memorial Day, number. 1869, when it observed Memorial Day. 1869 163 Robert Warden Mt. Pleasant Westmoreland PA MAJ Robert Warden (1825-1862), Chart'd 16 July Thirty-one charter members. History of the County of 28th PA Inf., died of disease at 1880 Westmoreland, 1882 Winchester, VA, on 30 June 1862. Native of Westmoreland County, local hero.

164 Beaver Valley Beaver Falls Beaver PA Named for the geographic Small stone house, Eleventh Chart'd 8 Apr. Twenty-three charter membes. History of Beaver County, location in which the Post was Street (1880); GAR Hall, Wallace 1880 1888; History of Beaver based. block (1888); Dawson's Hall County, 1904 (1904) 165 Duncan Dunbar Fayette PA Org. 1880 Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, 1912 166 Heffner Saxton Bedford PA CPL George Heffner (1841-1862), Org. 4 May 1880 Sixteen charter members. The History of Bedford, Co. F, 37th PA Inf., KIA at 2nd Somerset and Fulton Counties, Bull Run, VA, on 29 Aug. 1862. 1884 Buried Fockler Cem., Saxton.

167 CPT W. Evans Oil City Bedford PA CPT William Evans Hall on Lamberton block; IOOF Org. 23 Mar. Organized by a few members of a disbanded Post known as History of Venango County, Hall, Seneca Street; GAR Hall, 1880 McCalmont Post, No. 160. Twenty-three charter membres. 1890; Venango County, Center Street Pennsylvania: Her Pioneers and People, 1919

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 167 Rutherford B. Hayes Oil City Venango PA BG Rutherford Birchard Hayes Knights of Pythias Hall (1919) Formed from the consolidation of CPT W. Evans Post No. 167 and Venango County, (1822-1893), famous Civil War William E. Downing Post, No. 435. Pennsylvania: Her Pioneers leader, 19th President of the and People, 1919 United States. 168 Henry Billingsley Washington PA PVT William Henry Harrison Org. 5 May 1869; The brother of the Post's namesake was a member. This Post History of Washington County, "Harry" Billingsley (1841-1864), Must'ed 12 May was apparently a successor to an earier one formed in 1882 Co. B, 5th WV Cav. (formerly 2nd 1869; Re-org. Brownsville, Fayette County. The 1882 History of Washington WV Inf.), died a POW on 26 Sept. Mar. 1880 County explains that its members lost interest in it at an early date. 1864 at Savanah, GA, from "The place of meeting (as here shown) was then changed to wounds received a Rocky Gap, California, and finally, as intended, their charter was left in the WV, on 26 Aug. 1863. hands of the Californians." 169 Mercer Mercer Mercer PA Named for the community in Re-chart'd 14 Thirty charter members (1880). An earlier Post with the same The National Memorial Day, which the Post was based. May 1880 number was in existence in Mercer by May 1869, when it observed 1869; A Twentieth Century Memorial Day. History of Mercer County, PA, v.1, 1909 170 LT H. H. Hoagland Catawissa Columbia PA 2LT Henry H. Hoagland, died 14 Org. Oct. 1868 History of Columbia and Dec. 1862 from wounds rec'd at Montour Counties, PA Fredericksburg, VA, the previous day. Resident of Columbia County. Local hero. 171 H. J. Brown Blossburg Tioga PA CPL (LT?) Henry J. Brown Org. 22 Mar. History of Tioga County, 1897 (c.1840-1862), 7th OH Zouaves 1882 (Inf.), died 26 Aug. 1862, from wounds received at Cedar Mountain, VA, on 9 Aug. 1862. 172 COL D. M. Jones Tyrone Blair PA LTC David Mattern Jones (1838- Harris Hall; Study Building; Org. summer Dis. 15 Oct. Last surviving member was John W. Bookhammer, who died 8 Hoenstine, 1940, Soldiers of 1877), 110th PA Inf., died at Municipal Building 1868; Must'd 9 1869; Sur. 1930 Feb. 1936. Blair County Pennsylvania Denver, CO, where he had hope Nov. 1868; Re- to regain his health. He had lost org. 8 May 1880 his left leg at the . Buried in Grandview Cem., Tyrone, local hero.

173 John E. Michener Brownsville Fayette PA CPT John E. Michener (1838- Chart'd 13 May Twenty-eight charter members. Hart's History and Directory, 1879), Co. K, 85th PA Inf., died in 1880 1904 Brownsville on 7 Nov. 1879. 173 Robert Wardo Tyrone Blair PA The name of this Post is currently under review. 174 Wm. Thompson Tower Schuylkill PA PVT William Thompson (c.1839- 1862), Co. G, 96th PA Inf., died of disease at Frederick, MD, on 18 Dec. 1862. 175 G. H. Barnes Sharon Center Potter PA PVT George H. Barnes (c.1838- 1863), Co. G, 46th PA Inf., killed in a railroad accident on 11 Dec. 1863. Resident of Potter County, local hero. 176 Post No. 176 Franklin Venango PA The Post (known then as Post No. 176) was in existence by May The National Memorial Day, 1869, when it observed Memorial Day. 1869 176 COL Hulings Lewistown Mifflin PA COL Thomas M. Hulings ( ? - Org. 10 Dec. Dis. 31 Aug. A History of the Juniata Valley 1864), KIA at Spotsylvania Court 1868; Re-org. 1871 and Its People, Volume 1, 1913 House, VA, on 10 May 1864. April 1880 Resident of Lewiston, local hero. 177 Eli T. Conner Summit Hill Carbon PA LTC Eli T. Conner (1832-1862), Org. 1869 Brenckman, 1913, History of 81st PA Inf., KIA at Malvern Hill, Carbon County, Pennsylvania VA, on 1 July 1862, "one of Carbon County's most gallant soldiers in the Civil War." 178 GEN George D. Bayard Belle Vernon Fayette PA BG George Dashiell Bayard (1835- 1862), famous Civil War leader, died at Fredericksburg, VA, on 14 Dec. 1862, from wounds received there on 13 Dec. 1862..

179 James H. Larimer Clearfield Clearfield PA MAJ James Harvey Larrimer Org. 2 July 1880 Forty-two charter members. History of Clearfield County, (1828-1864), 34th PA Inf., KIA by 1887 guerillas at Bristoe Station, VA, on 14 Feb. 1864. Resident of Clearfield, local hero. Buried Hillcrest Cem., Clearfield. 180 Post No. 180 Uniontown Fayette PA No namesake. Known only by its Chart'd 6 Apr. Ten charter members. History of Uniontown, 1913 number. 1869

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 180 William F. Stewart Uniontown Fayette PA LTC (Executive Officer) William Chart'd 20 May Twenty-one charter members. History of Uniontown, 1913 Francis Stewart (1840-1870), 1880 USS Oneida. Served in the USN as Midshipman and Lieutenant in the Civil War, and continued with the afterward. He was lost at sea when the British steamer, Bombay, collided with the Oneida off the coast of Japan on 24 Jan. 1870.

181 MAJ A. M. Harper Braddock Allegheny PA CPT (Bvt. MAJ) Albert Metcalf Org. 31 July 1880 The Unwritten History of Harper (1843-1871), US Vols. Braddock's Field, Adjutant General Dept. Died 10 Dec. 1871 in Pittsburgh. 182 J. K. Taylor Bethlehem Northampton PA CPT Jonathan K. Taylor (1842- GAR Hall, Nickum's Building, Main Org. 25 May 1869 Dis. June 1929 Last meeting held 7 June 1929. GAR Museum and Library 1863), Co. C, 129th PA Inf., died Street at Georgetown, SC, on 28 Mar. 1863, from wounds received at Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 Dec. 1862. Resident of Bethlehem, local hero. 183 Rochester Rochester Beaver PA Named for the community in Org. 7 July 1880 History of Beaver County, 1904 which the Post was based. 184 John Kratzer Curwensville Clearfield PA PVT John Kratzer (1839-1862), Kittleberger Building, 2nd floor Must'd 3 July History of Clearfield County, Co. K, 42nd PA Inf., KIA at 2nd (1887) 1880 1887 Bull Run, VA, on 30 Aug. 1862. Resident of Clearfield County, local hero. Buried Oak Hill Cem., Curwensville. 185 COL James Cameron Georgetown Northumberland PA COL James C. Cameron (c.1810- Org. 9 Mar. 1882 History of Northumberland 1861), 79th NY Inf., KIA at Bull County, 1891 Run, VA, on 21 July 1861. 186 Wilcox Plains Luzerne PA 187 SGT William H. Davies Carbondale Lackawanna PA SGT William Henry Davies (1841- 1864), Co. M, 2nd PA Heavy Art., died of disease at De Camp General Hospital, David's Island, NY, on 9 Aug. 1864. Native of Carbondale, local hero. 188 LT David G. Geib Marysville Perry PA 2LT David Geib (1828-1880), Co. Org. 1880 A History of the Juniata Valley F, 171st PA Inf., died in a railroad and Its People, Volume 1, 1913 accident on 28 Feb. 1880, buried Chestnut Grove Cem., Marysville.

189 GEN Doubleday Tamaqua Schuylkill PA MG (1819- Org. & Chart'd 20 History of Schuylkill County, 1893), famous Civil War leader. July 1869 1881 190 CPT Samuel S. Marchand Irwin's Station Westmoreland PA CPT Samuel Sackett Marchand (1825-1863), Co. H, 136th PA Inf., died a POW at Libby Prison, Richmond, VA, on 18 Feb. 1863, from wounds received at Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 Dec. 1863. 191 Pennsylvania Reserve Philadelphia Philadelphia PA Fifteen regiments, raised in 1861 1st floor, Corner Fifth & Chesnut The Post was made up exclusively of Pennsylvania Reserve Corps Philadelphia in the Civil War, in response to Pres. Lincoln's first (1899); SW cor. Fifth and veterans. 1913 call for volunteers. Having Chestnut Streets (1913) already met its quota, these PA regiments were initially rejected from federal muster, so were trained at state expense.

192 MAJ John C. Conser Reynoldsville Jefferson PA MAJ John C. Conser, Co. H, Must'd 27 Aug, History of Jefferson County, 105th PA Inf., KIA at Boydton 1880 1888 Plank Road, VA, 27 Oct. 1864. Jefferson County resident, local hero. 193 East Huntingdon West Bethany / Westmoreland PA Named for East Huntingdon Ruffsdale Township, which includes Ruffsdale.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 194 Old John Brown Chester Delaware PA John Brown (1800-1859), famous Sur. 1923-1924 Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause Dept. Proceedings, 1924 abolitionist. He was the leader of (Gannon, 2011). a raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry, VA, in Oct. 1859. He was captured, tried for treason, and hanged on 2 Dec. 1859, making him a martyr for the abolitionist cause. 195 James M. Thorpe Hawley Wayne PA SGT James Monroe Thorpe (1842- Rodman Hall (1881); IOOF Hall, Chart'd Sept. Dis. 1926 Twenty-two charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1927; The 1880), Co. G, 141st PA Inf. 200 block of Main Ave. (1903) 1880 News Eagle (Hawley, PA), 26 Resident of Hawley, he died from Jan. 2015, Local History: The the effects of old war wounds on founding of James Thorpe Post 15 June 1880. 195, G.A.R. 196 LT William Allison Duncannon Perry PA 2LT William Allison (c.1821-1862), Org. 2 Oct. 1880 A History of the Juniata Valley Co. B, 42nd PA Inf., KIA at and Its People, Volume 1, 1913 Antietam, MD, on 17 Sept. 1862.

197 CPT Robert M. Foster Lemont Centre PA CPT Robert McKay Foster (1826- 1863), Co. C, 148th PA Inf., KIA at Gettysburg, PA, on 2 July 1863. Residetn of State College, near Lemont, local hero.

198 CPT James Ham Honesdale Wayne PA CPT James Ham (1838-1865), Co. M, 17th PA Cav., died 4 Apr. 1865, from wounds received at Five Forks, VA, on 1 Apr. 1865. Buried Glen Dyberry Cem., Honesdale. 199 Willie Jones Scranton Lackawanna PA PVT William "Willie" Jones (? - Org. 1 Dec. 1869 History of Scranton, 1891 1865), Co. K, 9th PA Cav., died of disease at Shields Mills, TN, on 13 Apr. 1865. 199 H. B. Hays Turtle Creek Allegheny PA 200 Harry Corbin Mapleton Depot Huntingdon PA PVT Harrison Corbin ( ? -1862), Org. 1880 A History of the Juniata Valley Co. G, 34th PA Inf., KIA at and Its People, Volume 1, 1913 Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 Dec. 1862. Resident of Huntingdon County, local hero. 201 CPT Colwell Carlisle Cumberland PA CPT James S. Colwell (1813- Chart'd 24 Feb. Disbanded Hist. of Cumberland and 1862), Co. A, 36th PA Inf., KIA at 1881 1933 Adams Counties, PA, 1886 Antietam, MD, 17 Sept. 1862. Lawyer in Carlisle, local hero. 202 Perkins Athens Bradford PA CPT Augustus S. Perkins (c.1838- Org. 1 Feb. 1870 Twenty-seven charter members. History of Bradford County, 1862), Co. I, 50th NY Engineers, 1878; History of Bradford KIA at Fredericksburg, VA, on 11 County, PA, 1891 Dec. 1862.

203 Wolf Pine Grove Schuylkill PA Must'd 12 Mar. Dis. about 1875 Twelve charter members (1870). About fifteen charter members History of Schuylkill County, 1870; Re-org. 1 (1880). 1881 July 1880 204 A. F. Jones Coudersport Potter PA CPT Archibald F. Jones (1825- Chart'd 20 Apr. Thirteen charter members. Associated with A. F. Jones Corps, No. History of the Counties of 1879), Co. G, 53rd PA Inf. 1881 72, WRC. Also known as Arch F. Jones Post. McKean, Elk, Cameron and Prominent local businessman, Potter, 1890; The Potter buried Eulalia Cem., Coudersport. Enterprise, 7 Aug. 1930

205 CPT John B. Loomis Clarion Clarion PA CPT John B. Loomis (1815-1864), Org. May 1881 Twenty-eight charter members. History of Clarion County, 1887 Co. L, 11th PA Cav., KIA at Reams' Station, VA, on 29 June 1864. Resident of Clarion, local hero, buried in Clarion Cem.

206 COL Robert G. Shaw Pittsburgh Allegheny PA COL Robert Gould Shaw (1837- Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause 1863), 54th MA Infantry, KIA at (Gannon, 2011). Fort Wagner, SC, 18 July 1863. Famous Civil War leader of colored troops. 207 GEN Griffin Homestead Allegheny PA 208 Edwin M. Stanton New Brighton Beaver PA Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814- 1869), Secretary of War under President Lincoln.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 209 COL Ellsworth Scottdale Westmoreland PA COL Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth (1837-1861), colonel in the Fire Zouaves (11th N.Y. Inf.), who was the first Union casualty of the Civil War, killed by a pro- Confederacy innkeeper in Alexandria, VA, on 24 May 1861. Civil War hero and martyr.

210 R. P. Cummins Somerset Somerset PA COL Robert Parson Cummins Org 16 June 1881 History of Bedford, Somerset & (1827-1862), 142nd PA Inf., died Fulton Counties, PA, 1884 2 July 1863 at Gettysburg, PA, from wounds received in battle there on 1 July 1863. Buried in Union Cemetery, Somerset. 211 CPT E. J. Rice Factoryville Wyoming PA 212 Kilpatrick Millersburg Dauphin PA MG (1836- Chart'd 29 June Twenty-six charter members. Original charter; Millersburg 1881), famous Civil War leader. 1881; Must'd 9 Centennial Celebration July 1881 Souvenir, 1907 213 J. Stewart Robinson Huntingdon Mills Luzerne PA 1LT James Stewart Robinson (1835-1864), Co. F, 36th PA Inf., died 3 Nov. 1864 from wounds received while attempting to arrest deserters in Columbia County, PA. Resident of Luzerne County, local hero. 214 M. C. Lowry Meyersdale Somerset PA PVT Michael C. Lowry (? -1862), Org. 14 July 1881 Twenty-two charter members. History of Bedford, Somerset, Co. A, 39th PA Inf., KIA at and Fulton Counties, 1884 Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 Dec. 1862. Resident of Somerset County, local hero. 215 James A. Garfield Pittsburgh Allegheny PA MG James Abram Garfield (1831- 1881), Civil War leader and later US President (assassinated). 216 LT M. W. Lucore St. Marys Elk PA (presumably) 1LT Moses W. Chart'd 23 Aug. Eighteen charter members. History of the Counties of Lucore (1837-1875), Co. C, 190th 1881; Must'd 12 McKean, Elk, and Forest, 1890 PA Inf. Buried in Hewitt Cem., Jan. 1882 Hollywood, Clearfield County.

217 Lafayette Easton Northampton PA 218 Chap. T. D. Swartz Moscow Lackawanna PA Rev. Taylor D. Swartz (1836- 1865), Chaplain, 210th PA Inf. Methodist Episcopal minister, native of Moscow, buried Moscow Cem. 219 John Pollock Marion Centre Indiana PA 1LT John Pollock (? -1862), Co. Org. 20 Aug. Twenty-one charter members. Indiana County, PA, 1913 A, 61st PA Inf., died at 1881 Portsmouth Naval Hospital, VA, on 13 June 1862, from wounds received at Fair Oaks, VA, on 31 May 1862. Resident of Indiana County, local hero. 220 MAJ W. B. Mays Franklin Venango PA MAJ William B. Mays (1837- Org 18 Aug. 1881 Sur. 1936 Fifty charter members. The Post established the first GAR "out- A Twentieth Century History of 1865), 4th PA Cav., KIA at post" (Out-Post, No. 1, org. Jan. 1900) in Pennsylvania. Out-posts Mercer County, PA, v.1, 1909; Farmville, VA, on 7 Apr. 1865. were subsidiary chapters of the GAR that were too small to The News-Herald (Franklin), 27 Resident of Venango County, organize a full Post. Mar. 1936. local hero. 221 CPT D. P. Smith New Florence Westmoreland PA CPT David P. Smith (c.1838- 1864), Co. D, 4th PA Cav., KIA on 29 Sept. 1864. Resident of Westmoreland County, local hero.

222 J. F. Southworth Franklin Forks Susquehanna PA Sur. 1923-1924 Dept. Proceedings, 1924

223 Robert McDermott Chicora Butler PA Must'd 13 Sept. Sur. 1922 Official souvenir book, Chicora, 1881 Butler County, Pa., 1796 - 1908; Dept. Proceedings, 1923

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 224 315 Cook Wellsboro Tioga PA PVT George Cook (? -1861), Co. Org. 6 Feb. 1872 Reorganized in March 1883 to become George Cook Post, No. History of Tioga County, 1897 E, 42nd PA Inf., KIA at 315. Dranesville, VA, on 20 Dec. 1861. First man from Tioga County killed in battle. 224 COL Dawson Sandy Lake Mercer PA (presumably) LTC Matthew Old Grange Hall; IOOF Hall, Ride Org. 28 Sept. Nineteen charter members. A Twentieth Century History of Murray Dawson (1825-1864), block (1909) 1881 Mercer County, 1909 100th PA Inf., died at Armory Square Hospital, Washington D.C., on 30 June 1864, from wounds received at Petersburg, VA, on 17 June 1864. 225 Bryson Watsontown Northumberland PA CPT Samuel Bryson (1837-1879), This Post had the unusual distinction of having a child named in its History of Sullivan County, Co. A, 7th PA Cav., buried honor. Bryson Post Staley was the son of former Post Chaplain, 1903 McEwensville Presbyterian Cem., Rev. F. W. Staley. The Post presented the child with a McEwensville. personalized GAR mug on 22 April 1890 (Source: New York Times, 27 April 1890). 226 LT William H. Childs Marietta Lancaster PA SMA (LT?) William H. Child (1843- Org. 31 Aug. Sur. 1928 Glenn Knight, SUVCW PA 1864), 45th PA Inf., KIA at 1881 Dept. Petersburg, VA, on 22 June 1864. Buried at Marietta Cem. 227 Gilmore Ulster Bradford PA Org. 7 Nov. 1873 Sur. 1922 History of Bradford County, 1878; Dept. Proceedings, 1923

228 J. A. Koltes Philadelphia Philadelphia PA COL John A. Koltes, 73rd PA Inf., 238-238 George Street (1913) Philadelphia in the Civil War, KIA at 2nd Bull Run, VA, 30 1913 August 1862. Resident of Philadelphia, local hero. 229 J. W. Easton DuBois Clearfield PA J. W. Easton (? -1878), Co. J, PA Chart'd 27 Oct. Twenty charter members. History of Clearfield County, Militia. An old and worthy soldier, 1881; Must'd 5 1887 respected by all. Nov. 1881 230 COL James H. Childs Pittsburgh Allegheny PA COL James Harvey Childs (1835- 1862), 4th PA Cav., KIA at Antietam, MD, on 19 Sept. 1862. Resident of Pittsburgh, local hero.

231 Harrison Buffalo Mills Bedford PA Org. 9 Nov. 1881 Thirty-one charter members. History of Bedford, Somerset, and Fulton Counties, 1884 232 Heilner Lykens Dauphin PA Stephen A. Heilner, possibly GAR Hall (1898-1926) Org. 27 Oct. 1881 Dis. 1926 The namesake for the Post was originally Garfield, in honor of the Centenary memorial of the related to Rev. Samuel Aquila martyred president. The GAR Hall (formerly a church) is still erection of the county of Heilner (1843-1907), who standing, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Dauphin and the founding of ministered in Lykens. the city of Harrisburg, 1886; GAR Hall plaque; Dept. Proceedings, 1927 233 CPT Warren Simrell Great Bend Susquehanna PA CPT Warren Franklin Simrell (1840-1870), Co. D, 17th PA Cav.

234 Sharpsville Sharpsville Mercer PA Named for the community in AOUW Hall Org. 10 Oct. 1881 Twenty-five charter members. A Twentieth Century History of which the Post was based. Mercer County, PA, v.1, 1909

235 GEN H. L. Brown Wattsburg Erie PA COL (Bvt. BG) Hiram Loomis Brown (1832-1880), 145th PA Inf. Buried in Erie Cem., Erie. 236 LT E. R. Geary Pittsburgh Allegheny PA 1LT Edward R. Geary (1845- GAR Hall, 15 Arlington Ave. Org. 21 Nov. About forty charter members. Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), 1863), Battery E, PA Light Art., (1895) 1881 9 Sept. 1895 KIA while sighting a gun at Wauhatchie, TN, on 29 Oct. 1863.

237 CPT E. H. Little Punxsutawney Jefferson PA CPT Edwin H. Little (1833-1863), Must'd 14 Apr. Seventeen charter members. History of Jefferson County, Co. I, 62nd PA Inf., KIA at 1882 1888 Gettysburg, PA, on 2 July 1863. Resident of Punxatawney, local hero. 238 Aiken Aiken McKean PA Named for the community in Dis. Aug. 1887 National Tribune, 11 Aug. 1887 which the Post was based. 238 COL Charles J. Biddle Kane McKean PA COL Charles John Biddle (1819- Org. 1887 1873), 42nd PA Inf. A veteran of the Mexican and Civil War, he received a commission to BG, but declined it, preferring to go to Congress.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 239 CPT Thompson Core Brinkerton Clarion PA CPT Thompson Core (c.1838- Sur. 1923-1924 Dept. Proceedings, 1924 1864), Co. K, 148th PA Inf., died 21 May 1864, from wounds received at Po River, VA, on 10 May 1864. 240 COL Lytle Lundys Lane Erie PA COL J. W. Lytle (no other Chart'd 10 Apr. Nelson's Biographical information) 1882 Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, 1896; GAR Museum and Library 241 LT D. W. Taggart Emporium / Driftwood Cameron PA 1LT Daniel Webster Taggart Org. 28 Apr. Originally charted as Post No. 241, the namesake was selected in History of the Counties of (1835-1862), Co. G, 84th PA Inf., 1882; Must'd 19 March 1882 at the suggestion of Orrin P. Warner. McKean, Elk, Cameron and died 16 Oct. 1862. Buried Rich May 1882 Potter, 1890 Valley Cem., Cameron County. 242 CPT E. R. Brady Brookville Jefferson PA CPT Evans R. Brady, Co. K, 40th Org. 12 May 1882 PA Infantry. KIA 14 Sept. 1862 at South Mountain, MD. Local hero, and first local officer killed in the Civil War. 243 CPL Murray Sardis Westmoreland PA 243 COL R. P. Roberts Smiths Ferry Beaver PA COL Richard Pettit Roberts (1820- Org. 19 May 1882 History of Beaver County, 1904 1863), 140th PA Inf., KIA at Gettysburg, PA, on 2 July 1863. Resident of Beaver County, local hero. 244 CPT John Coulter Bolivar Westmoreland PA CPT John M. Coulter (1843- 1876), Co. D, 4th PA Cav. Died 31 Mar. 1876, buried West View Cem., Bolivar. 245 W. G. Nugent Pittston Luzerne PA Dr. Washington G. Nugent (1822- An earlier Post in Pittston was organized on 3 Feb. 1868. It's Pittston Gazette, 6 Feb. 1868 1877), Surgeon, 126th PA Inf. number isn't known. and 20th PA Inf. Died 9 Mar. 1887, and buried in West Pittston Cem. 246 Z. C. Quillen Harrisville Butler PA 2LT Zarah C. Quillen (? -1862), Co. F, 134th PA Inf., KIA at Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 Dec. 1862. Resident of Butler County, local hero. 247 William R. Foster Mifflinburg Union PA CPT (Bvt. MAJ) William R. Foster Org. 18 May 1882 Eighteen charter members. History of that part of the (1834-1877), Co. E, 51st PA Inf. Susquehanna and Juniata Buried Mifflinburg Cem. Valleys Embraced by the Counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, 1886

248 COL Chapman Biddle Emlenton Venango PA COL Chapman Biddle (1822- Must'd 23 May Twenty-two charter members. Associated with Corps No. 57, History of Venango County, 1880), 121st PA Inf. 1882 WRC. 1890 249 Foxburg Foxburg Clarion PA Named for the community in which the Post was based. 250 152 COL W. H. Ent Bloomsburg Columbia PA COL (BVT BG.) Wellington H. Org. 10 June Preceeded by Post No. 152, which organized and disbanded George A. Turner, Columbia Ent, 35th PA Inf., resident of 1882 twice. County Historical and Columbia County, died 1871 in Genealogical Society Bloomburg. 251 Norval Muse New Lebanon Mercer PA PVT Norval W. Muse (1843- Dis. 1918 Dept. Proceedings, 1919 1863), Co. A, 139th PA Inf., KIA at Marye's Heights, VA, on 3 May 1863. Resident of New Lebanon, local hero. 252 COL Isaac Rogers Orbisonia Huntingdon PA COL Isaac Rogers (1834-1864), Org. 30 May 1882 Twenty-four charter members. History of Huntingdon and Blair 110th PA Inf., died at Counties, 1883; A History of Fredericksburg, VA, on 22 May the Juniata Valley and Its 1864, from wounds received at People, Volume 1, 1913 Spotsylvania Court House, VA, on 12 May 1864. Buried Orbisonia Cem. 253 J. Francis Perryopolis Fayette PA 253 Thomas W. Miller Masontown Fayette PA 254 Sharon Sharon Mercer PA Named for the community in Org. 20 June Forty-three charter members. A Twentieth Century History of which the Post was based. 1882 Mercer County, PA, v.1, 1909

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 255 GEN W. S. Hancock Dowingtown Chester PA BG. (1824- Org. 1882 Chester County Historical 1886), famous Civil War and Society Mexican War leader. 256 COL Samuel Croasdale Rigelsville Bucks PA COL Samuel Croasdale (1837- 1862), 128th PA Inf., KIA at Antietam, MD, on 17 Sept. 1862.

257 LT C. B. Post Shickshinney Luzerne PA 1SGT (Bvt. LT?) Charles B. Post Must'd 1882 National Tribune, 2 Sept. 1882 (c.1832-1863), 56th PA Inf., KIA at Vicksburg, VA, on 29 Apr. 1863. Buried at Pine Hill Cem., Shickshinny. 258 R. P. Babcock Westfield Tioga PA Org. 11 July 1882 Twenty-two charter members. National Tribune notes date of National Tribune, 20 Sept. organization as 22 July. 1883; History of Tioga County, 1897 259 Duquesne Duquesne Allegheny PA Named for the community in Org. 2 June 1882; Known as the "aristocratic" Post, due to its exclusivity when Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), which the Post was based. Must'd 8 Aug. recruiting only certain professionals. 9 Sept. 1895 1882 260 COL W. Lemmon (Lemon) New Bethlehem Clarion PA Master-at-Arms William Lemon Shumaker's Hall (1894) Must'd 1882 Sur. 1923-1924 National Tribune, 2 Sept. 1882; (1830-1865), US Navy (formerly Dept. Proceedings, 1924 LTC, 37th PA Inf., who raised a company in Clarion County), KIA while serving aboard the USS Yantic at Fort Fisher, NC, on 15 Jan. 1865. 261 Dr. George L. Potter Milesburg Centre PA Dr. George L. Potter (1819-1879), Must'd 1882 National Tribune, 2 Sept. 1882 Surgeon, 45th and 145th PA Inf. Buried Union Cem., Bellafonte, Centre County. 262 Grove Brothers Howard Centre PA Most likely the following brothers: Must'd 1882 National Tribune, 2 Sept. 1882 1LT William P. Grove (1838- 1862), Co. A, 45th PA Inf., died at Frederick, MD, on 22 Sept. 1862, from wounds received at South Mountain, MD, on 14 Sept. 1862. Cenotaph in Howard Cem. 2) CPL Andrew P. Grove (c.1841- 1864), Co. A, 45th PA Inf., died a POW at Andersonville, GA, on 1 Nov. 1864. Sons of Henry Grove of Howard Twp.

263 Peters Brothers Unionville Centre PA Must'd 1882 Sur. 1922 National Tribune, 2 Sept. 1882; Dept. Proceedings, 1923

264 COL D. L. Montgomery Montgomery Lycoming PA CPT (Bvt LTC) David L. Org. 12 July 1882 National Tribune, 2 Sept. 1882; Montgomery (1836-1868), Co. A, History of Lycoming County, 17th US Regular Inf. 1892 265 Cumberland Carmichaels Greene PA Must'd 1882 National Tribune, 2 Sept. 1882

266 LT Frank M. Brown Rochester Mills Indiana PA Org. 24 Sept. Dis. 30 Sept. A Post 266 surrendered its charter in 1922, according to the Dept. Indiana County, PA, 1913 1891; Re-org. 30 1903 Proceedings, 1923. June 1908 266 LT T. B. Winslow Penfield Clearfield / PA 1LT Thomas Benton Winslow Chart'd 19 July Seventeen charter members. A "Court" charter was granted to the National Tribune, 2 Sept. 1882; Deleware (1836-1876), Co. G, 42nd PA Inf., 1882 Post in September 1884, allowing the Post to own real estate. History of Clearfield County, buried Mount Pleasant Cem., 1887 Benezette. 267 E. D. Sharp Rimersburg Clarion PA PVT Evelyn D. Sharp (? - ?), Co. Must'd 1882 Sur. 1923-1924 National Tribune, 2 Sept. 1882; E, 62nd PA Inf., resident of Dept. Proceedings, 1924 Clarion County. 268 CPT John Whitney Laceyville Wyoming PA CPT John Whitney (1837-1864), Org. 1882 Sur. 1923-1924 Organized in the fall of 1882. National Tribune, 9 Aug. 1883; Co. F, 53rd PA Inf., KIA at Dept. Proceedings, 1924 Spotsylvania Court House on 18 May 1864. Buried North Flat Cem., Laceyville. 269 Jefferson Brockway Jefferson PA Named for the county in which it Must'd 17 Aug. History of Jefferson County, was based. 1882 1888

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 270 LT R. W. Smith Wrightsville York PA 2LT Robert W. Smith (1839- Must'd 1882 Listed as LT B. N. Smith Post in the National Tribune, 2 Sept National Tribune, 2 Sept. 1882 1862), Co. G, 34th PA Inf., died at 1882. Washington, D. C., on 7 Sept. 1862, from wounds received at 2nd Bull Run, VA, on 30 Aug. 1862. Buried Fairview Cem., Wrightsville. 271 Theodore Weaver / Thomas Hellerton Northampton PA 1) PVT Theodore (Theodorus) S. Weber Anthony Weaver (1844-1863), Co. K, 153rd PA Inf., died 26 July 1863, from wounds received at Gettysburg, VA, on 1 July 1863. Resident of Hellerton, local hero.

272 CPT John O. Campbell Pine Grove Mills Centre PA 1LT John O. Campbell (1832- Must'd 1882 National Tribune, 2 Sept. 1882 1864), Co. E, 45th PA Inf., died 7 May 1864, from wounds received at Wilderness, VA, on 6 May 1864. Resident of Centre County, local hero. A cenotaph to his memory is located in Pine Grove Mills Cem. 273 COL James Miller Weatherly Carbon PA COL James Miller (1823-1862), Org. 11 Aug. Forty charter members. Brenckman, 1913, History of 81st PA Inf., KIA at Fair Oaks, VA, 1882 Carbon County, Pennsylvania on 31 May 1862. 274 CPT George Stowe Tionesta Forest PA CPT George Stowe (? -1862), Co. IOOF Hall (1890) Must'd 9 Aug. Seventeen charter members. History of the Counties of G, 83rd PA Inf., KIA at Laurel Hill, 1882 McKean, Elk and Forest, 1890; VA, on 8 May 1864. Resident of Forest Republican, 24 Sept. Forest County, local hero. 1890

275 GEN Robert Patterson Philadelphia Philadelphia PA MG Robert Patterson (1792- 1131 S. Broad Street (1913) Must'd 1882 Sur. 1913 National Tribune, 2 Sept. 1882; 1881), famous Civil War and Philadelphia in the Civil War, Mexican-American War leader. 1913; Dept. Proceedings, 1914 Died in Philadelphia on 7 Aug. 1881. 276 CPT George A. Cribbs Greensburg Westmoreland PA CPT George A. Cribbs (1820- 1862), Co. I, 11th PA Inf., died 20 Sept. 1862, from wounds received at 2nd Bull Run, VA, on 30 Aug. 1862. Resident of Greensburg, local hero. 277 CPL Baer Delta York PA Chart'd 22 Aug. Sur. 1923-1924 Twenty-four charter members. History of York County, 1886; 1882 Dept. Proceedings, 1924 278 John C. Pollock West Freedom Clarion PA 279 Orange A. Lewis Ulysses Potter PA SGT Orange Austin Lewis (1806- Org. 3 Aug. 1882 History of the Counties of 1862), Co. G, 53rd PA Inf., died at McKean, Elk, Cameron and Harrison Landing, VA, on 14 Oct. Potter, 1890 1862. Resident of Potter County, local hero. Buried in Old Lewisville Cem., Ulysses. 280 Chester Williamstown Dauphin PA Sur. 1923-1924 Dept. Proceedings, 1924

281 James O'Donnell Kellersburg Armstrong PA 282 Samuel Shannon Centre Hall Centre PA 283 N. T. Pennington Fairmount Springs Luzerne PA PVT Nathan Tubbs Pennington (1827-1865), Co. I, 16th PA Cav., died at Carver Hospital, Washington, D.C., on 7 Apr. 1865, from wounds received at Sailor's Creek, VA, on 6 Apr. 1865. 284 Samuel Kress Slatington Lehigh PA PVt Samuel Kress (1840-1863), Org. Aug. 1882 Dis. 1927 Twenty charter members. History of the Counties of Co. I, 153rd PA Inf., KIA at Lehigh & Carbon, 1884; Dept. Gettysburg, PA, on 1 July 1863. Proceedings, 1928 Buried Union Cem., Slatington. 285 SGT H. Mallory Sayre Bradford PA 1SGT Hollis Mallory (1841-1865), Org. 19 Sept. Dis. 1918 History of Bradford County, PA, Co. C, 191st PA Inf., a POW at 1882 1891; Dept. Proceedings, 1919 Andersonville, GA, he died 10 Apr. 1865, after he had been released. Resident of Bradford County, local hero.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 286 William S. Bradley / CPT Burgettstown Washington PA 1) PVT William S. Bradley (1845- Dis. 1926 Originally organized as William S. Bradley Post, the namesake Dept. Proceedings, 1927 Samuel Campbell 1865), service uncertain, KIA at was changed to CPT Samuel Campbell about 1899. 2nd Battle of Fort Fisher, NC, in Jan. 1865. Buried in Fairview Cem., Burgettstown; 2) CPT Samuel Campbell (1831-1887), Co. H, 140th PA Inf. Buried Frankfort Springs Presbyterian Cem., Frankfort Springs, Beaver County. 287 CPT John E. Walker Waynesboro Franklin PA CPT John Edmund Walker (1839- Org. 10 Sept. Dis. 1926 Twenty-seven charter members. Associated with CPT John E. History of Franklin County, 1864), Co. A, 77th PA Inf., KIA at 1882; Must'd 22 Walker Corps, No. 26, WRC. 1887; Wayneboro (B. M. Atlanta, GA, on 5 Aug. 1864. Sept. 1882 Nead), 1900; Dept. Native of Waynesboro, local hero. Proceedings, 1927

288 King Brothers Liberty Hall Allegheny / PA IOOF Hall Org. 20 Sept. Thirty-five charter members. History of Tioga County, 1897 Fayette / McKean 1882 / Tioga 289 James H. Wilson Springdale Allegheny PA 290 COL Edwin Schall Lansdale Montgomery PA LTC Edwin Schall (1835-1864), Org. 10 Nov. Dis. 1916 Eighteen charter members. History of Montgomery County, 51st PA Inf., KIA at Cold Harbor, 1882 1884; Dept. Proceedings, 1917 VA, on 3 June 1864. Resident of Montgomery County, local hero.

291 Mordecai Dowd Forest City Susquehanna PA PVT Mordecai H. Dowd (1840- Must'd 18 Jan. National Tribune, 7 Feb. 1889 1863), Co. C, 151st PA Inf., died 1889 at Union Mills, VA, on 29 Dec. 1862. Buried Willow View Cem., Clifford, Susquehanna County. 292 GEN Kane Mount Union Huntingdon PA BG Thomas Leiper Kane (1822- Org. 1882 History of the "Bucktails," 1906; 1883), famous Civil War leader. History of Mount Union, 1910

293 LT W. H. Kinkead Houtzdale Clearfield PA 2LT William H. Kinkead (1842- Parker's Hall (1887) Org. 20 Nov. Disbanded between 1923 and 1926. History of Clearfield County, 1882), Co. D, 53rd PA Inf. Buried 1882 1887 Philipsburg Cem., Centre County.

294 Thomas M. Sedwick East Brady Clarion PA PVT Thomas M. Sedwick (? - Org. 22 Dec. Dis. 1916 Twenty-two charter members. National Tribune, 4 Jan. 1883; 1864), Co. C, 139th PA Inf., died 1882 Dept. Proceedings, 1917 of disease as a POW at Andersonville, GA, on 15 Aug. 1864. 295 LT Pomeroy Roxbury Cambria / PA 1LT Andrew Alexander Pomeroy Org. 26 Dec. Dis. 1896/7 Sixteen charter members. History of Franklin County, Cumberland / (1841-1865), Co. I, 198th PA Inf., 1882 1887; Dept. Proceedings, 1897 Franklin / KIA at White Oak Road, VA, on Somerset 31 Mar. 1865. Native of Roxbury, local hero. 296 LT Gilbert Beaver Belleville Mifflin PA (presumably) 1LT Jacob Gilbert Beaver (1840-1862), Co. H, 51st PA Inf., KIA at Antietam, MD, on 17 Sept. 1862. Resident of Mifflin County, local hero. 297 LT Arnold Lobaugh Newport Perry PA 2LT Arnold Lobaugh (? -1862), Org. 13 Jan. 1883 Thirteen charter members. A History of the Juniata Valley Co. I, 11th PA Inf., died 26 Sept. and Its People, Volume 1, 1913 1862 from wounds received at Antietam, MD, on 17 Sept. 1862.

298 LT W. W. Bierly Rebersburg Centre PA 1LT Wesley W. Bierly (c.1836- Sur. 1923-1924 Dept. Proceedings, 1924 1864), Co. A, 148th PA Inf., died at Petersburg, VA, on 2 Sept. 1864, from wounds received there on 22 June 1864. Resident of Rebersburg, local hero.

299 Albert H. Jackson Cooperstown Venango PA PVT Albert H. Jackson (c.1827- Must'd 9 Jan. Forty-eight charter members. Venango County, 1919 1863), Co. H, 4th PA Cav., died of 1883 typhoid fever in camp near Potomac Creek, VA, on 26 Feb. 1863. 300 GEN Heintzleman Manheim Lancaster PA MG Samuel Peter Heintzelman Org. 31 Dec. Sur. 2 May Glenn Knight, SUVCW PA (1805-1880), famous Civil War 1882 1933 Dept. leader.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 301 LT A. B. Langley Cambridge Springs Crawford PA 2LT Alexander B. Langley (? - Org. 13 Jan. 1883 History of Crawford County, 1864), Co. E, 83rd PA Inf., KIA at 1885 Laurel Hill, VA, on 8 May 1864.

302 George Harleman Eagleville / Blanchard Centre PA PVT George W. Harleman (1837- Org. 10 Jan. 1883 Dis. 1918 National Tribune, 1 Feb. 1883; 1863), Co. A, 49th PA Inf., KIA at Dept. Proceedings, 1919 Rappahannock Station, VA, on 7 Nov. 1863. Resident of Centre County, local hero. Buried in Blanchard Church of Christ Cem.

303 CPT John C. Dowling Corsica Jefferson PA CPT John C. Dowling (1835- Must'd 22 Feb. History of Jefferson County, 1862), Co. B, 105th PA Inf., KIA 1883 1888 at Fair Oaks, VA, on 31 May 1862. Resident of Jefferson County, local hero. First officer from the county killed in the war. 303 William Armstrong Shelocta Indiana PA (presumably) PVT William Org. 28 May 1889 Dis. 1927 Twenty charter members. Indiana County, PA, 1913; Armstrong (c.1844-1863), Co. A, Dept. Proceedings, 1928 135th PA Inf., died of typhoid fever on 7 Mar. 1863. Resident of Indiana County. 304 LT James G. Stevens Peckville Lackawanna PA 2LT James G. Stevens (1834- Org 25 Jan. 1883 Twenty-four charter members. National Tribune, 8 Feb. 1883 1865), Co. H, 52nd PA Inf., died of disease at Blakely, Lackwanna County, on 7 Apr. 1865. Buried Prospect Hill Cem., Peckville.

305 O. G. Bingham Slippery Rock Butler PA 1LT Origen G. Bingham (1840- Must'd 6 Mar. Sixteen charter members. National Tribune, 29 Mar. 1883; 1862), Co. F, 137th PA Inf., died 1883 History of Butler County, 1895 of disease at Harrisburg, PA, on 7 Nov. 1862. Resident of Butler County, local hero. Buried Slippery Rock Cem. 306 GEN Robert L. Bodine Doylestown Bucks PA COL (Bvt. BG) Robert Lewis Doylestown Public Library, Must'd 23 Jan. Twenty-eight charter members. National Tribune, 29 Mar. 1883; Bodine (1832-1874), 26th PA Inf. Lenape building; James S. 1883 History of Doylestown, 1905 Mann's bakery, 3rd floor; James Kane's building, 2nd floor, Donaldson Street; Thompson Building, Main Street; Mannerchoir Hall (1905) 307 SGT George Fell Waverly Lackawanna PA SGT George O. Fell (c.1843- Must'd 27 Jan. Dis. 1918 Twenty-six charter members. National Tribune, 29 Mar. 1883, 1863), Co. B, 143rd PA Inf., died 1883 26 Apr. 1883; Dept. at Gettysburg, PA, on 5 July Proceedings, 1919 1863, from wounds received there on 3 July 1863. Resident of Waverly, local hero. 308 MAJ W. W. Miles Girard Erie PA MAJ William Watts Miles (1830- Org. 1883 National Tribune, 29 Mar. 1883 1864), 14th PA Cav., KIA at Millwood, VA, on 17 Dec. 1864. Buried Girard Cem. 309 COL P. B. Housum Chambersburg Franklin PA LTC Peter B. Housum (1824- Cor. Main & Queen Streets (1887) Org. 21 Feb. Dis. 1927 Thirty-four charter members. History of Franklin County, 1863), 77th PA Inf., died 1 Jan. 1883 1887; Dept. Proceedings, 1928 1863 from wounds received at Stones River, TN, on 31 Dec. 1862. Buried at Cedar Grove Cem., Chambersburg. 310 Babbs Morris Tioga PA Org. 1883 Dis. 1897/8 National Tribune, 29 Mar. 1883; Dept. Proceedings, 1898

311 COL George A. Cobham Tidiuote Warren PA COL (Bvt. BG) George Ashworth Org. 1883 Dis. 1921 Organized as Tidiuote Post. National Tribune, 29 Mar. 1883; Cobham, Jr. (1825-1864), 111th Dept. Proceedings, 1922 PA Inf., KIA at Peach Tree Creek, GA, on 20 July 1864. Warren County resident, local hero.

312 LT Edward W. Gay Philadelphia Philadelphia PA 2LT Edward W. Gay (1841-1880), 2214 Germantown Ave. (1913) Org. 1883 Dis. 1921 National Tribune, 29 Mar. 1883; Co. A, 67th PA Inf. Buried Philadelphia in the Civil War, Greenwood Cem., Philadelphia. 1913; Dept. Proceedings, 1922

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 313 Levi Morse New Milford Susquehanna PA Org. 1883 National Tribune, 29 Mar. 1883

314 SGT Thomas McCloskey Gallitzin Cambria PA SGT Thomas M. McCloskey (? - Org. 1883 National Tribune, 29 Mar. 1883 1862), Co. F, 28th PA Inf., KIA at Antietam, MD, on 17 Sept. 1862.

315 224 George Cook Wellsboro Tioga PA PVT George Cook (? -1861), Co. Old Baptist Church (1884) Org. 6 Feb. 1872; Reorganized from Cook Post, No. 224, which had lapsed for a History of Tioga County, 1897 E, 42nd PA Inf., KIA at Re-org. Mar. time due to lack of members. Associated with George Cook Dranesville, VA, on 20 Dec. 1861. 1883 Corps, No. 88, WRC. The Post purchased the Old Baptist Church First man from Tioga County killed building and a lot on the east side of Main Street in 1884. This in battle. became the Post meeting hall. 316 LT Benjamin Benfort Oriental Juniata PA PVT Benjamin Benford (c.1841- Org. 1883 National Tribune, 29 Mar. 1883 ?), Co. I, 53rd PA Inf., presumably killed in the war (no record of discharge). The name is also spelled Benfert and Benfort.

317 CPT A. J. Stevens Fayettsville Franklin PA CPT Alanson J. Stevens (? - Org. 3 Apr. 1883 Twenty-four charter members. History of Franklin County, 1863), Batt. B, PA Light Art., KIA 1887 at Chickamauga, GA, on 21 Sept. 1863. Resident of Franklin County, and nephew of Hon. . 318 Reuben Ferner Stoystown Somerset PA PVT Reuben W. Ferner (1842- Org. 3 Apr. 1883 National Tribune, 6 Mar. 1884 1864), Co. B, 54th PA Inf., died of disease at Claysville Hospital, Cumberland, MD, on 3 Aug. 1864. Buried IOOF Cem., Stoystown.

319 CPT W. N. Monles Scranton Lackawanna PA COL William N. Monies (1827- Org. 6 Apr. 1883 History of Scranton, 1891 1881), 30th PA Inf. (formerly CPT, Co. B, 136th PA Inf.). Mayor of Scranton 1869-1872. 320 Alfred Toles Little Marsh Tioga PA (presumably) PVT Alfred Toles (? - Must'd 21 Apr. Twenty-five charter members. Associated with Alfred Toles Corps, National Tribune, 3 May 1883; 1864), Co. F, 11th PA Cav., died 1883 No. 28, WRC. History of Tioga County, 1897 14 Dec. 1864. 321 J. Ed. Turk Dayton Armstrong PA CPL J. Edward Turk (? -1862), Org. 30 Mar. Sur. June 1921 Twelve charter members. Surrendered charter with six members National Tribune, 19 Apr. 1883; Co. F, 38th PA Inf., died at 1883 remaining. The last surviving member was Augustus K. Dept. Proceedings, 1922; The Washington, D.C., on 1 Aug. Goodheart, who died on 18 Mar. 1932. Indiana Gazette, 19 Mar. 1932; 1862, from wounds received at Simpson's Leader-Times Gaines' Mill, VA, on 27 June (Kittanning), 16 June 1961 1862. 322 CPT A. J. Mason Espyville Crawford PA CPT Mason Org. 1883 National Tribune, 5 April 1883 (1829-1863), Co. H, 145th PA Inf., died 12 Jan. 1863, from wounds received at Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 Dec. 1862. Resident of Crawford County, local hero.

323 CPL Rufus Frear Beaumount Wyoming PA CPL Rufus Frear (? -1864), Co. F, Org. 1883 National Tribune, 5 April 1883 53rd PA Inf., died of disease as a POW at Salisbury, NC, on 9 Dec. 1864. 324 Fort Ligonier Ligonier Westmoreland PA Named for historic Fort Ligonier Murdock & Burkey's Hall (1906- Org. 1883 National Tribune, 5 April 1883; (French & Indian Wars), located in 1909, 1918-1919); Berkey, The Ligonier Echo, various Ligonier, PA. Lauphery & Wilt Building (1921- issues 1906-1923 1923) 325 Marion Craig Grove City Mercer PA CPL Francis Marion Craig (c.1839- Org. 16 Apr. 1883 Thirty-nine charter members. A Twentieth Century History of 1862), KIA at Fredericksburg, VA, Mercer County, PA, v.1, 1909 on 12 Dec. 1862. Promoted to 1LT, but died before receiving commission. Resident of Grove City, local hero.

326 Robert Porter Jamestown Mercer PA CPL Robert B. Porter (1838- Org. Jan. 1884 Sur. 1922 About thirty charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1923; A 1864), Co. B, 140th PA Inf., died Twentieth Century History of 15 May 1864 at Fredericksburg, Mercer County, PA, v.1, 1909 VA, from wounds received at Spotsylvania Court House, VA, on 12 May 1864. Buried Park Lawn Cem., Jamestown.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 327 W. F. Wentworth Garland Warren PA CPL William F. Wentworth (? - Must'd 13 Apr. Sixteen charter members. National Tribune, 26 Apr. 1883 1864), Co. G, 83rd PA Inf., KIA at 1883 Laurel Hill, VA, on 8 May 1864.

328 William C. Carr Bear Lake Warren PA PVT William Clark Carr (1836- Must'd 15 May National Tribune, 24 May 1883 1863), Co. F, 151st PA Inf., died 1883 27 July 1863, from wounds received at Gettsyburg, PA, on 1 July 1863. Buried Bear Lake Cem. 329 James Nolder West Elizabeth Allegheny PA (presumably) PVT James Nolder Must'd 15 May Forty charter members. National Tribune, 14 June (? - ?), Co. E, 61st PA Inf. No 1883 1883, 28 June 1883 other information. 330 John M. Patton Rew McKean PA 330 LT S. M. Adams McDonald Washington PA 1LT Samuel M. Adams (1824- 1864), Co. H, 62nd PA Inf., died at Cold Harbor, VA, on 4 June 1864, from wounds received there on 3 June 1864. 331 SGT Samuel M. Peiffer Meadville Crawford PA SGT Samuel M. Peiffer (1833- Must'd 11 May National Tribune, 24 May 1883 1863), Co. I, 150th PA Inf., KIA at 1883 Gettysburg, PA, on 1 July 1863.

332 MAJ William Watson Bedford Bedford PA MAJ William Watson (1837-1879), Must'd 9 May National Tribune, 14 June Surgeon, 105th PA Inf. Native of 1883 1883; History of Bedford, Bedford and namesake of Camp Somerset, and Fulton Counties Watson. 333 E. S. Wright Alum Bank Bedford PA Must'd 25 May National Tribune, 14 June 1883 1883 334 COL James Ashworth Philadelphia Philadelphia PA COL James Ashworth (1836- Frankford (1913) Must'd 9 May National Tribune, 14 June 1882), 121st PA Inf. Buried 1883 1883; Philadelphia in the Civil Cedar Hill Cem., Philadelphia. War, 1913 335 LT William A. Bruner Sunbury Northumberland PA 1LT William A. Bruner (1818- Must'd 21 May Dis. 1926 National Tribune, 14 June 1862), Co. E, 131st PA Inf., KIA at 1883 1883; Dept. Proceedings, 1927 Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 Dec. 1862. 336 Eben N. Ford Warren Warren PA 2LT Eben N. Ford (1838-1863), Must'd 24 May Twenty-seven charter members. National Tribune, 14 June "James" Co., PA Independent Inf., 1883; Re-org.(?) 1883; History of Warren killed at McConnellsburg, PA, 13 24 June 1884 County, 1887 Feb. 1863. Warren resident, local hero. 337 John Fisher Riceville Crawford PA Org. 29 May 1883 Sur. 1923-1924 Nineteen charter members. History of Crawford County, 1885; Dept. Proceedings, 1924

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

339 CPT John J. Whitney Dallas Luzerne PA CPT John J. Whitney (1836- Must'd 20 July National Tribune, 23 Aug. 1883 1864), Co. F, 53rd PA Inf., KIA at 1883 Spotsyvania Court House, VA, on 18 May 1864. Beloved teacher in Dallas, local hero. 340 LT George P. Scudder Lake Como Wayne PA 2LT George P. Scudder (? -1864), Co. F, 45th PA Inf., KIA at Cold Harbor, VA, on 3 June 1864.

341 Fredonia Fredonia Mercer PA Named for the community in Must'd 9 June Fourteen charter members. National Tribune, 21 June 1883 which the Post was based. 1883 342 Shrewsbury Shrewsbury York PA Named for the community in Must'd 18 June National Tribune, 28 June 1883 which the Post was based. 1883 343 LT James C. Noon Coalport Clearfield PA (presumably) 2LT James C. Noon Must'd 20 July National Tribune, 23 Aug. 1883 (1842-1862), Adjutant, 3rd PA 1883 Inf., KIA at Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 Dec. 1862. Buried in Ebensburg, Cambria County. 344 Mark Collins Berlin Somerset PA PVT Mark Collins (1824-1867), Must'd 21 June Dis. 1918 Seventeen charter members. National Tribune, 26 July 1883; Co. B, 54th PA Inf. Buried IOOF 1883 History of Bedford, Somerset, Cem., Berlin. and Fulton Counties, 1884; Dept. Proceedings, 1919

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 345 John F. Rice Waterford Erie PA PVT John F. Rice (1836-1862), Must'd 11 June National Tribune, 26 July 1883 Co. E, 83rd PA Inf., KIA at 1883 Malvern Hill, VA, on 1 July 1862. Resident of Erie County, local hero. Buried Waterford Cem. 346 MAJ J. W. Patton Springboro Crawford PA MAJ John Wagner Patton (1822- Must'd 26 June National Tribune, 26 July 1883; 1863), 145th PA Inf., died 15 May 1883 History of Crawford County, 1863, from wounds received at 1885 Chancellorsville, VA, on 3 May 1863. Resident of Crawford County, local hero. 347 McKean Smethport McKean PA Probably named for the county in Must'd 21 June Thirty-one charter members. National Tribune, 5 July 1883, which the Post was based. 1883 26 July 1883; History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania, 1890 348 James Noble West Alexandria Washington PA Must'd 31 Aug. About twenty-five charter members. National Tribune, 6 Sep. 1883 1883 349 MAJ Keenan Jersey Shore Lycoming PA MAJ Peter Keenan (1834-1863), Must'd 26 June About forty charter members. National Tribune, 5 July 1883, 8th PA Cav., KIA at 1883 26 July 1883 Chancellorsville, VA, on 3 May 1863. 350 CPT James Taggart Northumberland Northumberland PA CPT James Taggart (1827-1862), Must'd 20 June National Tribune, 26 July 1883 Co. B, 34th PA Inf., KIA at New 1883 Market Cross Roads, VA, on 30 June 1862. Resident of Northumberland County, local hero. 351 SGT Samuel W. Lascomb Steelton Dauphin PA PVT Samuel W. Lascomb (1840- Must'd 27 June National Tribune, 26 July 1883 1862), Co. C, 36th PA Inf., KIA at 1883 Charles City Cross Roads, VA, on 30 June 1862. 352 Stephen N. Warner Linesville Crawford PA PVT Stephen Nathan Warner Must'd 20 June National Tribune, 26 July 1883 (1843-1863), Co. H, 83rd PA Inf., 1883 died 14 Aug. 1863, from wounds received at Gettysburg, PA, on 2 July 1863. Resident of Crawford County, local hero. 353 John Hipple Bainbridge Lancaster PA 1SGT John H. Hipple (1836- Chart'd & Must'd Sur. 1920 Seventeen charter members. National Tribune, 12 July 1883, 1864), Co. B, 45th PA Inf., KIA at 29 June 1883 26 July 1883; Glenn Knight, Spotsylvania Court House, VA, on SUVCW PA Dept. 18 May 1864. Resident of Bainbridge, local hero. 354 John Koch Nickleville Venango PA (presumably) PVT John Koch Must'd 28 June Dis. 1918 Twenty-six charter members. National Tribune, 19 July 1883, (1839-1863), Co. I, 105th PA Inf., 1883 26 July 1883; Dept. died 19 May 1863. Son of Proceedings, 1919 Abraham Koch of Venango County. 355 CPT Michael Smith McClure Snyder PA Must'd 22 July Organized at Bannerville. The Post was originally made up almost National Tribune, 23 Aug. 1883 exclusively of veterans of Co. F, 184th PA Inf. Local histories note 1883; History of that Part of the that the Post organized on 23 July 1883. Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys, 1886 356 J. H. Mullin Rixford / Duke Centre McKean PA Org. 30 July 1883 Organized at Rixford. Forty-five charter members. The headquarters were moved to Duke Centre on 15 June 1885. 357 CPT Philip Holland Lawrenceville Tioga PA CPT Philip Holland (1836-1862), Must'd 16 July National Tribune, 23 Aug. Co. A, 42nd PA Inf., KIA at 1883 1883; History of Tioga County, Charles City Cross Roads, VA, on 1897 30 June 1862. Resident of Lawrenceville, local hero. 358 CPT John A. Ross Christiana / Atglen Lancaster PA Chart'd & Must'd Dis. 1921 National Tribune, 23 Aug. 17 July 1883 1883; Dept. Proceedings, 1922; Glenn Knight, SUVCW PA Dept. 359 LT H. F. Lewis Fairview Erie PA 1LT Horatio Farnham Lewis (1842- Must'd 21 July Sur. 1922 National Tribune, 23 Aug. 1863), Co. D, 145th PA Inf., KIA 1883 1883; Dept. Proceedings, 1923 at Gettysburg, PA, on 2 July 1863. Buried Erie Cem.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 360 Chas R. Bright Verona Allegheny PA PVT Charles Rowan Bright Must'd 18 July National Tribune, 23 Aug. 1883 (c.1841-1863), Bat. F, PA 1883 Independent Light Art., accidentially killed at Boonsboro, MD, on 10 July 1863. Buried Bright Cem., Allegheny County.

361 Ross Rush Ursina Somerset PA PVT Ross Rush (1842-1864), Co. Chart'd & Must'd Twenty-four charter members. Original charter; National H, 85th PA Inf., KIA at 23 July 1883 Tribune, 23 Aug. 1883; History Petersburg, VA, on 18 June 1864. of Bedford, Somerset, and Fulton Counties, 1884 362 Wallace Bogart Nelson Tioga PA PVT Wallace Bogart (c.1843- Org 1 Sept. 1883 Seventeen charter members. History of Tioga County, 1897 1862), Co. A, 42nd PA Inf., died in New York, NY, on 2 Aug. 1862, from wounds received at Charles City Cross Roads, VA, on 30 June 1862. Resident of Nelson, local hero. 363 GEN Thomas C. Devin Philadelphia Philadelphia PA BG (Bvt. MG) Thomas Casimer Parkway Building (1913) Philadelphia in the Civil War, Devin (1822-1878), famous Civil 1913 War leader. 364 CPT G. W. Ryan Middleburg Snyder PA CPT George W. Ryan, Co. F, Org. 7 Aug. 1884 Twenty-three charter members. Albright Swineford, a veteran of History of the Susquehanna 131st PA Inf., KIA at the , was an honorary member of this Post. and Juniata Valleys, 1886 Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 Dec. 1862. 365 King McConnellsburg Fulton PA IOOF Hall (1902) Must'd 22 Apr. Twenty-two charter members. National Tribune 5 May 1887; 1887 Fulton County News, 17 Apr. 1902 365 Dawson Uniontown Fayette PA Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause (Gannon, 2011). 366 SGT H. A. Martindell Langhorne Bucks PA QMS Hugh A. Martindell (1840- Org. 18 Aug. Twenty-two charter members. History of Bucks County, 1887 1869), Co. B, 104th PA Inf. 1883 Buried Langhorne Methodist Churchyard. 367 J. F. McCullough Waynesburg Greene PA COL John Fulton McCullough (1841-1864), 140th PA Inf., KIA at Totopotomoy Creek, VA, on 31 May 1864. Buried Jefferson Presbyterian Church Cem., Jefferson, Greene County. 368 O. H. Armstrong Portland Northampton PA SGT Oliver H. Armstrong (c.1839- Org. 1883 Dis. 1921 Thirteen charter members. National Tribune, 20 Sept. 1862), Co. F, 129th PA Inf., KIA at 1883; Dept. Proceedings, 1922 Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 Dec. 1862. Resident of Northampton County, local hero. 369 David E. Small York York PA (presumably) David Etter Small Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause (1824-1883), prominent railroad (Gannon, 2011). car builder in York. He had lost an arm in an industrial accident prior to the war. Member of the Maryland District US Christian Commission. 370 Albert W. Perrin Ridgway Elk PA PVT Albert W. Perrin (? -1865), Org. 21 Sept. Twenty-five charter members. Mustered before 13 Sept. 1883, National Tribune, 13 Sept. Co. I, 190th PA Inf., died a POW 1883 according to the National Tribune. 1883; History of the Counties at Salisbury, NC, on 19 Feb. of McKean, Elk, Cameron and 1865. Resident of Spring Creek Potter, 1890 Twp., local hero. 371 Charles A. Painter Coulterville Allegheny PA SGT Charles A. Painer (1844- Must'd 5 Sept. Twenty-one charter members. National Tribune, 13 Sept. 1865), Co. E, 4th PA Cav. 1883 1883 Resident of Coulterville, local hero. Buried Greenock Cem., Greenock, Allegheny County. 371 CPT Joshua W. Sharp Newville Cumberland PA CPT Joshua Williams Sharp Org. 24 Mar. Indiana County, PA, 1913 (1831-1881), Co. E, 130th PA 1888 Infantry. Newville resident, died at Jaffa (Tel Aviv, Israel) and buried there. 372 Martin V. Ryan Genesee Forks Potter PA (presumably) PVT Martin V. Ryan Org. Sept. 1883 National Tribune, 13 Sept. (? -1864), Co. G, 46th PA Inf., 1883 died of wounds on 15 July 1864.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 373 CPT Oliver Mumford Starrucca Wayne PA CPT Oliver Mumford (1833-1864), Org. Sept. 1883 National Tribune, 13 Sept. Co. A, 56th PA Inf., KIA in 1883 Petersburg, VA, on 18 June 1864. Buried Starrucca Cem. 374 CPT M. L. Stone Conneautville Crawford PA CPT Martin Luther Stone (1831- Org. Sept. 1883 National Tribune, 13 Sept. 1870), Co. I, 2nd PA Cav. Died of 1883 disease contracted while in the Civil War. Buried Conneautville Cem. 375 W. T. Campbell Normalville Fayette PA William T. Campbell. No other Org. Sept. 1883 The last member of the Post was Andrew Johnston (1844-1932). National Tribune, 13 Sept. information. 1883; Daily Courier (Connellsville), 6 June 1946 376 Kissinger Gratz Dauphin PA IOOF Hall Must'd 29 Sept. Sur. 1922 Twenty-four charter members. National Tribune, 13 Sept. 1883 1883, 18 Oct. 1883; Dept. Proceedings, 1923 377 Jacob Maynard North Mehoopany Wyoming PA PVt Jacob Maynard (1835-1862), IOOF Hall Org. 24 Sept. Twenty-eight charter members. National Tribune, 13 Sept. Co. B, 41st PA Inf., died 17 Sept. 1883 1883, 18 Oct. 1883 1862, from wounds received at Antietam, MD, on the same date. Resident of Wyoming County, local hero. Buried Union Hill Cem., Wyoming County.

378 074 LT G. W. Fuller Catasauqua Lehigh PA 1LT George W. Fuller (1839- NW corner, Front & Bridge Org. 10 Sept. Thirty-one charter membesrs. Originally organized as Post No. 74, National Tribune, 18 Oct. 1883; 1864), Co. F, 47th PA Inf. Died Streets (1893) 1883 it disbanded twice before stabilizing in 1883. See Post No. 74 History of the Counties of 29 Sept. 1864 at Fort Jefferson, entry for additional history. Lehigh and Carbon, 1884; Dry Tortugas, FL, after being Koons' Illustrated History of medically discharged on 22 June Lehigh Valley, 1893; 47th 1864. Local hero, buried at Pennsylvania Volunteers Fairview Cem., Catasauqua. website - Fuller family page 379 George W. Moyer Loganton Clinton PA PVT George W. Moyer (? -1862), Org. 28 Sept. Sur. 1908/9 Historical and Biographical Co. B, 11th PA Inf, KIA on 28 1883 Work: Or, Past and Present of Aug. 1862, "a young Loganton Clinton County, 1892; Dept. soldier, son of Dr. Jonathan Proceedings, 1909 Moyer, who was shot in action at Thoroughfare Gap, VA."

380 David Cummings McAlevys Fort Huntingdon PA David Cummings, Co. C, 49th PA Must'd 6 Oct. National Tribune, 18 Oct. 1883 Inf., died at Fortress Monroe in 1883 1862 (as reported in the National Tribune, service not verified).

381 Wampum Wampum Lawerence PA Named for the community in which the Post was based. 382 SGT Justice Gollipher Schellsburg Bedford PA PVT Justice Gollipher (? -1864), Co. G, 101st PA Inf., died of disease at Florence, SC, on 16 Oct. 1864. Resident of Bedford County, local hero. 383 Albert Jones Bangor Northampton PA Dis. 1927 Dept. Proceedings, 1928 384 612 MAJ William H. Byers Adamsburg / Beaver Snyder PA CPT (Bvt. MAJ) William H. Byers Must'd 12 Oct. Dis. about 1886 Fifteen charter members. Disbanded for "about a year to a year History of Juniata and Springs (? - 1877), Co. I, 49th PA Inf. 1883 and a half," then reorganized as Post 612. Susquehanna Valleys, 1886; History of Beaver Springs, 1906 384 Henry Gibson (Gipson) Derry Station Westmoreland PA PVT Henry Gibson (1836-1881), Council Rooms, North Side (1911, Org. Sept. 1891 Thirty-one names on the original roster. Ligonier Echo, 23 Sept. 1891 Co. K, 11th PA Inf. Killed in a 1912) railroad yard accident on 29 Oct. 1881. He also spelled his name "Gipson." 385 COL S. D. Barrows Williamsport Lycoming PA LTC Sylvester D. Barrows (1834- Org. 30 Oct. 1883 Thirty charter members. Williamsport Sun-Gazette, 29 1879), 1st PA Cav., buried at January 1895 Wildwood Cem., Williamsport. 386 Adjutant John E. Myers Sligo Clarion PA Adjutant John E. Meyers (1839- Must'd 9 Nov. National Tribune, 6 Dec. 1883 1864), 62nd PA Inf., KIA at 1883 Spotsyvania Court House, VA, on 12 May 1864. Resident of Clarion County, local hero. The name is also spelled Myers. 387 E. B. Morrison Stewartstown York PA 388 Sullivan Dushore Sullivan PA

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 389 CPT Warren G. Moore Hollisterville/ Hamilton Wayne PA CPT Warren G. Moore (? -1867), P.O.S. of A. Hall, Sterling (1905) Sur. 1922 History of Wayne, Pike, and / Sterling Co. B, 32nd PA Inf. Son of Monroe Counties, 1886; Dept. Joseph Moore, Jr. and Rebecca Proceedings, 1923 Goodrich. Died 10 Nov. 1867 in Ariel, PA. 390 COL Chas. W. Fribley Williamsport Lycoming PA COL Charles W. Fribley, 8th U.S. Org. 29 Oct. 1883 Dis. 1921 Seventeen charter members. Noted as an African American GAR Williamsport Sun-Gazette, 29 Colored Infantry, KIA at Olustee, Post in The Won Cause (Gannon, 2011). January 1895; Dept. FL, 20 Feb. 1864. Previously, Proceedings, 1922 CPT of Co. F, 84th PA Inf. (organized in Lycoming Co.).

391 MAJ Harry Wetter Strattonville Clarion PA (presumably) 1LT Henry "Harry" Must'd 16 Nov. Sur. 1922 Twenty-three charter members. National Tribune, 29 Nov. Wetter (1842-1883), Adjutant, 1883 1883, 4 Apr. 1884; Dept. 37th PA Inf. Buried in Clarion Proceedings, 1923 Cem., Clarion. 392 P. Billings / William N. Nicholson Wyoming PA CPL Philander Billings (1841- Must'd 16 Nov. Sur. 1908/9 Must'd as Billings Post in 1883, and appears to have retained that National Tribune, 29 Nov. Williams 1863), Co. K, 143rd PA Inf., died 1883 namesake until the surrender of its charter in 1909. The 1883; Dept. Proceediings, 1909 of pneumonia on 14 Mar. 1863. namesake, William N. Williams, does not appear in available Buried Stark Cem., Nicholson. records, so it is unclear when it was used. 393 B. F. Miller Fisherville Dauphin PA B. F. Miller, first man from Must'd Nov. 1883 Sur. 1922 National Tribune, 29 Nov. Fisherville who was killed in 1883; Dept. Proceedings, 1923 action. 394 SGT B. F. Walls McCullochs Mills Juniata PA PVT (Color SGT?) Benjamin F. Walls (1795-1867), Co. C, 47th PA Inf., resident of Juniata County, local hero. 395 Luther Day Prosperity Washington PA Must'd 27 Nov. National Tribune, 6 Dec. 1883 1883 396 SGT J. M. H. Gordon Fayette City Fayette PA PVT James Martin Hunter Gordon Must'd 28 Nov. Although usually listed as Sergeant J. M. H. Gordon Post, the National Tribune, 13 Dec. 1883 (1825-1883), Co. I, 2nd WV Inf., 1883 pension file for the Post's namesake indicates that his rank was later appointed to hospital service PVT. The earliest report of the formation of the Post in the on Fourteenth Street, National Tribune referred to the namesake as "Surgeon" J. M. H. Washington, D.C. Physician. Gordon, which may have been the originally intended designation. Buried Mount Auburn Cem., Fayette City. 397 SGT Warren Ricks Waymart Wayne PA PVT Warren Ricks (1830-1864), Must'd 1 Dec. National Tribune, 13 Dec. 1883 Co. M, 17th PA Cav., died at 1883 Newtown, VA, on 11 Oct. 1864, from wounds received there on the same date. Resident of Wayne County, local hero. 398 LT David Zentmyer Franklinville Huntingdon PA 1LT David Zentmyer (1835-1862), Must'd 25 Nov. Dis. 1916 National Tribune, 6 Dec. 1883; Adjutant, Co. I, 34th PA Inf. KIA 1883 Dept. Proceedings, 1917 at Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 Dec. 1862. Native of Huntingdon County, local hero. 399 COL J. W. Greenawalt Cowansburg Westmoreland PA LTC Jacob W. Greenawalt (1837- Must'd 7 Dec. National Tribune, 20 Dec. 1883 1864), Co. E, 105th PA Inf. Died 1883 of wounds at Wilderness, VA, 17 May 1864. Local hero, buried at Mars Hills Cem., Westmoreland County. 400 The Naval Philadelphia Philadelphia PA Named in reference to the US 132 S. Eigth Street (1913) Must'd 12 Dec. Sur. 1923-1924 The only Post in the GAR whose membership was exclusively National Tribune, 20 Dec. Navy veterans. 1883 veterans of the US Navy. The members wore a regular GAR 1883; Philadelphia in the Civil dress uniform, with the exception of a cap which was similar to that War, 1913; Dept. Proceedings, worn by naval officers. 1924 401 Etz Tioga Tioga PA 1LT Charles O. Etz (1826-1862), Must'd 14 Dec. National Tribune, 10 Jan. 1884; Co. D, 57th PA Inf., KIA at 1883 History of Tioga County, 1897 Malvern Hill, VA, on 1 July 1862. Resident of Tioga County, local hero. 402 Daniel Leasure Darlington Beaver PA COL (Bvt. BG) Daniel Leasure Must'ed Dec. Dis. 1891 Mustered as Darlington Post. National Tribune, 10 Jan. 1884; (1819-1886), 100th PA Inf. 1883 Altoona Tribune, 25 Feb. 1892 402 GEN D. B. McKibbin Pleasant Ridge Fulton PA COL (Bvt. BG) David Bell McKibbin (1831-1890), 214th PA Inf. 403 John Foster Cowansville Armstrong PA PVT John Foster (1831-1864), Must'd 22 Dec. National Tribune, 10 Jan. 1884 Co. B, 103rd PA Inf., died a POW 1883 at Andersonville, GA, on 28 Aug. 1864. Resident of Armstrong County, local hero.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 404 John H. Randolph Prospect Butler PA PVT John H. Randolph (1843- 1863), Co. H, 102nd PA Inf., KIA at Salem Heights, VA, on on 3 May 1863. Buried Mount Nebo Cem., Butler County. 405 ADM Reynolds Lancaster Lancaster PA CPT (post-war Rear ADM) Org. 2 Jan. 1884 Duplicate charter issued April 1910. Glenn Knight, SUVCW PA William Reynolds (1815-1879), Dept. famous Civil War naval officer from Lancaster. 406 CPT J. N. Neff Strasburg Lancaster PA CPT Jefferson N. Neff (? -1863), Good Templar's Hall Org. 31 Dec. Last member, Joseph H. Long, died July 1934. Glenn Knight, SUVCW PA Co. G, 122nd PA Inf., died of 1884 Dept. disease on 21 Apr. 1863. Buried Brackbill-Neff Graveyard, Stasburg. 407 Freedom Freedom Beaver PA Named for the community in Must'd 17 Jan. Sur. 1889 National Tribune, 31 Jan. 1884; which the Post was based. 1884 7 Feb. 1889 407 John C. Arnold Trevorton Snyder PA CPL John C. Arnold (c.1843- 1864), Co. I, 49th PA Inf., KIA at Sailor's Creek, VA, on 6 Apr. 1865. Resident of Snyder County, local hero. 408 CPT John Q. Snyder Liverpool Perry PA CPT John Quincy Snyder (1842- Must'd Jan. 1884 National Tribune, 31 Jan. 1884 1865), Co. B, 36th PA Inf. Died 25 Aug. 1865, probably as a consequence of wounds received at Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 Dec. 1862. Buried Liverpool Union Cem. 409 CPT Pfeiffer Abbotstown Adams PA CPT Thaddeus Stevens Pfeiffer Org. 5 Feb. 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885 (1840-1864), Co. I, 87th PA Inf., KIA at Cold Harbor, VA, 3 June 1864. Buried New Oxford Cem., Adams County. 410 GEN Joshua Howell Dawson Fayette / Beaver PA BG Joshua Blackwood Howell Org. 27 Feb. Dept. Proceedings, 1885 (1806-1864), famous Civil War 1884 leader, formerly COL of the 85th PA Inf. Died at Petersburg, VA, on 14 Sept. 1864, from wounds received there on 12 Sept. 1864. 411 Silas W. Smith Cochranton Crawford PA Org. 5 Mar. 1884 411 CPT W. R. Jones Jeannette Westmoreland PA (presumably) CPT William Sur. 1923-1923 Dept. Proceedings, 1885, 1924 Richard Jones (1839-1889), Independent Co., 97th PA Inf. Died 29 Sept. 1889, buried Braddock Hills, Allegheny County.

412 MAJ James McConkey Delta York PA (presumably) MAJ James Org. 10 Mar. Dis. 1918 Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause Dept. Proceedings, 1885, 1919 McConkey (1787-1861), War of 1884 (Gannon, 2011). 1812 veteran, and resident of Peach Bottom, York County. 413 Horton Wells Tannery Fulton PA Org. 16 Mar. Dis. 1918 Dept. Proceedings, 1885, 1919 1884 414 W. W. Waters Olyphant Lackawanna PA Org. 22 Feb. Dept. Proceedings, 1885 1884 415 COL H. I. Zinn Mechanicsburg Cumberland PA COL Henry I. Zinn (1834-1862), Org. 4 Mar. 1884; Thirty-four charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1885; Hist. 130th PA Infantry, KIA at Must'd 15 Mar. of Cumberland and Adams Fredericksburg, VA, 13 Dec. 1884 Counties, PA, 1886 1862. Local hero, first from the community to be KIA. 416 Proudfit Edinboro Erie PA Org. 13 Mar. Dis. 1926 Dept. Proceedings, 1885, 1927 1884 417 Elijah Thompson Sheakleyville Mercer PA PVT Elijah Thompson (1815- old IOOF Hall; new IOOF Hall, Org. 2 Apr. 1884 Sur. 1923-1924 Sixteen charter members. The Post membership included the Dept. Proceedings, 1885, 1883), Co. D, 57th PA Inf. One of Main St. (1909) boroughs of Sheakleyville and New Lebanon. 1924; A Twentieth Century the organizers of the Post, he History of Mercer County, PA, died before the charter arrived. v.1, 1909 418 Thomas Jenkins Black Lick Indiana PA Org. 27 June Dept. Proceedings, 1885 1884 419 SGT William I. Furst Stormstown Centre PA SGT William Ilgen Furst (1814- Org. 10 Mar. Twelve charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1885 1883), Co. C, 1st PA Cav. Died 6 1884; Must'd 16 Dec. 1881, buried Gray's Cem., Apr. 1884 Stormstown.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 420 Princeton Princeton Lawrence PA Named for the community in Org. 16 Apr. 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885 which the Post was based. 421 David Troxel Glasgow Cambria PA Org. 28 Mar. This Post apparently superseded one named John Glasgow Post Dept. Proceedings, 1885 1884 (number not know), which was mustered on 28 April 1883. It's namesake was John Glasgow, Co. D, 53rd PA Inf., who was KIA at Fiar Oaks, VA, in June 1862. 422 LT M. J. Halstead Slate Lick Armstrong PA 2LT Matthew J. Halstead (1820- Org. 11 Apr. 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885 1863), Co. K, 78th PA Inf., KIA at Stones River, TN, on 2 Jan. 1863. Resident of Armstrong County, local hero. 423 CPL McLean Shippensburg Cumberland PA CPL George Johnston McLean Org. 28 Mar. Sur. 1900 Thirty-nine charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1885, (1842-1862), Co. D, 130th PA 1884, Must'd 7 1901; Hist. of Cumberland and Infantry, died of wounds sustained Apr. 1884 Adams Counties, PA, 1886 at Fredericksburg, VA, 23 Dec. 1862. Local hero. bur. in Shippensburg 424 Edgar Whiting Harmonsburg Crawford PA PVT Edgar Whiting (? -1863), Co. Org. 15 Apr. 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885 B, 137th PA Inf., KIA at Belle Plain, VA, on 2 Mar. 1863. Resident of Crawford County, local hero. 425 Lookout St. Petersburg Clarion PA Org. 18 Apr. 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885

426 Sandford F. Beyer Bellwood Blair PA PVT Sanford Frederick Beyer Org. and Must'd Sur. 1924 Dept. Proceedings, 1885, (c.1841 -1865), Co. A, 110th PA 18 Apr. 1884 1924; Anonymous informant Inf., KIA at Hatcher's Run, (email), July 2015; PA-Roots Petersburg, VA, on 35 March "Soldiers of Blair County, PA, 1865. Resident of Blair County, 1940" by Floyd G. Hoenstine local hero. Buried at Mt. Zion Cem., Bellwood. 427 John M. Phipps Clintonville Venango PA CPL John Morgan Phipps (1841- Org. 22 Apr. 1884 Dis. 1891 The brother of the Post's namesake was MAJ Robert J. Phipps of Dept. Proceedings, 1885; 1862), Co. F, 121st PA Inf., Venango County. Altoona Tribune, 25 Feb. 1892 apparently died 24 Jan. 1863 at home, from exposure or wounds received at Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 Dec. 1862. The official record lists him KIA. Buried Calvert Riddle Cem., Venango County. 427 T. H. Wynkoop Newton Bucks PA PVT Thomas Henry Torbert The brother of the Post's namesake was CPT William Wynkoop, The Wynkoop Family, 1999, by Wynkoop (1841-1862), Co. C, who served as Post Commander. The Post organized between Caroline Sellers Castle 104th PA Inf., KIA on the 1891 and 1897. USS Mound City on 8 June 1862, while in the Western Gun-Boat Service. 428 William Smith Wind Ridge Greene PA Org. 13 May 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885

429 Aaron Benedict Pleasantville Venango PA Aaron Benedict (1824-1862), Co. Org. 24 Apr. 1884 Twenty-seven charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1885; H, 4th PA Cav., died of disease at History of Venango County, Fortress Monroe, VA, on 9 July 1890 1862, son of the founder of Pleasantville. Buried Fairview Cem., Pleasantville. 430 Harlansburgh Harlansburg Lawerence PA Named for the community in Org. 30 Apr. 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885 which the Post was based. 431 Henry Metcalf Port Allegheny McKean PA PVT Henry H. Metcalf ( ? -1865), Org. 15 May 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885 Co. H, 58th PA Inf., a released POW, he died 25 Apr. 1865 while being escorted by his mother back home from VA. 432 Watson Brothers Portersville Butler PA SGT Henry W. Watson (1840- Org. 14 may 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885; An 1891), Co. C, 100th PA Inf., and accounty by John J. Munnell, his three brothers. Two were KIA, Co. F, 100th PA Inf., c1910 one was crippled for life. Henry buried at Presbyterian Church of Portersville Cem. 433 SGT John C. Dickey Greenville Mercer PA SGT John C. Dickey (1839-1865), AOUW Hall; IOOF Hall; GAR Hall, Org. 23 Apr. 1884 Forty-five charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1885; A Co. G, 145th PA Inf., died a POW Merchants' Block, cor. Main and Twentieth Century History of at Salsbury, NC, on 2 Feb. 1865. Mercer Streets. Mercer County, PA, v.1, 1909 Resident of Greenville, local hero.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 434 W. D. Myers Johnsonburg Elk PA 434 COL D. S. Porter Sprankle Mills Jefferson PA LTC (Bvt. COL) Daniel S. Porter, Seiler's Hall (1887) Must'd 8 May Dept. Proceedings, 1885; Co. B, 40th PA Inf., resigned 10 1884 History of Jefferson County, March 1864. Resident of Indiana 1888 County. 435 William E. Downing Oil City Venango PA (presumably) PVT William E. Steele's Hall (1884) Org. 9 May 1884 Forty-nine charter members. Consolidated with CPT William Dept. Proceedings, 1885; Downing (c1845-1864), Co. L, Evans Post, No. 167, to form R. B. Hayes Post, No. 167. History of Venango County, 16th PA Cav., died 28 June 1864 Associated with Corp. No. 30, WRC. 1890; Venango County, at DeCamp Hospital, David's Pennsylvania: Her Pioneers Island, NY, from wounds received and People, 1919 at Hawes' Shop, VA, on 28 May 1864. 435 Joseph A. Pealer Orangeville Columbia PA Org. 13 May 1893 Historical and Biographical Annals of Columbia and Montour Counties, 1915 436 J. R. Jones Forksville Sullivan PA COL John Richter Jones (1804- Org. 17 May 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885 1863), 58th PA Inf., KIA at Bachelor's Creek Station, NC, on 23 May 1863. Resident of Sullivan County, local hero. 437 Chaplain E. F. Roberts Meshoppen Wyoming PA Rev. Eli Fuller Roberts (1826- Org. 28 Apr. 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885 1882), Chaplain, 137th NY Inf. Buried Overfield Cem., Meshoppen. 438 CPL Rihl Greencastle Franklin PA CPL William H. Rihl (1843-1863), Org. 12 May 1884 Dis. 1926 Thirty charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1885, Co. C, 1st NY Cav., KIA at 1927; History of Franklin Greencastle, PA, on 22 June County, 1887 1863. 439 LT William Bryan Unityville Lycoming PA (presumably) 2LT William Bryan Org. 19 June Dept. Proceedings, 1885 (1837-1862), Co. F, 106th PA Inf., 1884 KIA at Antietam, MD, on 17 Sept. 1862. Buried Pleasant Hill Cem., Hughesville, Lycoming County.

440 CPL Jesse G. Thompson Carlisle Cumberland PA CPL Jesse G. Thomspon (1844- ? Org. 2 July 1884 Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause Dept. Proceedings, 1885 ), Co. A, 32nd US Colored Inf. (Gannon, 2011). Buried Lincoln Cem., Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County. 441 Mechanicsburg Mechanicsburg Cumberland PA Named for the community in Org. 4 July 1884 Sur. 1908/9 Dept. Proceedings, 1885, 1909 which the Post was based. 442 George C. Wilson Alexandria Huntingdon PA CPT George C. Wilson (1843- Org. 17 June Dis. 1918 Dept. Proceedings, 1885, 1919 1879), Co. G, 189th PA Inf. 1884 Buried Alexandria Presbyterian Cem. 443 Kishacoquillas Reedsville Dauphin PA Named for the Kishacoquillas Org. 24 June Sur. 1913 Dept. Proceedings, 1885, 1914 Valley, where the Post was 1884 based. 443 CPT J. Henderson Hummelstown Dauphin PA CPT James Henderson (1829- 1880), Co. C, 127th PA Inf. Buried at Hummelstown Cem. 444 Keith Wilkes-Barre Luzerne PA Org. 25 June Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause Dept. Proceedings, 1885 1884 (Gannon, 2011). 445 Madison Cooper Big Pond Bradford PA Org. 9 July 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885; History of Bradford County, PA, 1891 446 New Wilmington New Wilmington Lawerence PA Named for the community in Org. 17 July 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885 which the Post was based. 447 Hugh W. McNeill Clarendon Warren PA 1LT Hugh Watson McNeill (1830- Org. 25 June Dept. Proceedings, 1885 1862), Co. D, 42nd PA Inf., KIA at 1884 Antietam, MD, on 17 Sept. 1862. Warren County resident, local hero. 448 SGT John Jones New Bloomfield Perry PA PVT John Jones ( ? -1865), Co. Org. 28 June Dis. 1916 Twenty-four charter members. The History of Juniata Valley A History of the Juniata Valley G, 9th PA Cav., KIA at Solemn 1884 (1913) states that the Post namesake was a sergeant. and Its People, Volume 1, Grove, NC, on 10 Mar. 1865. 1913; Dept. Proceedings, 1885, 1917 449 Anderson Fleming Rural Valley Armstrong / PA Org. 18 July 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885 Washington

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 450 Jesse Taylor Mount Morris Greene PA PVT Jesse Taylor (1840-1861), Org. 4 Aug. 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885 Co. F, 7th WV Inf., KIA at Romney, WV, on 26 Oct. 1861. First soldier from Green County killed in the war. 451 Surgeon James D. Noble Woodbury Bedford PA James Davis Noble (1837-1874), Org. 6 Aug. 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885 Surgeon, 51st PA Inf., also Navy service. 452 Charles M. Holmes / A. J. South Gibson Susquehanna PA 1st SGT Augustus P. Roper, Co. Org. 26 July 1884 Orginally mustered as Charles M. Holmes Post, No. 452. Dept. Proceedings, 1885; G. Roper F, 141st PV, killed 9/11/1864, in Reed Howard, PCC, Bradbury front of Petersburg VA Camp #149, PA Dept. 453 Four Brothers Montrose Susquehanna PA Brothers: 1) 2LT Benjamin Richards Lyons (1839-1862), Co. D, 50th PA Inf., died 6 July 1862 from wounds; 2) CPT Jerome Richards Lyons (1828-1877), Co. A, 57th PA Inf.; 3) 1SGT Luke Lorenzo Lyons (1841-1864), Co. D, 50th PA Inf.; 1LT Clark M. Lyons (1837-1864), Co. A, 57th PA Inf., died 20 June 1864, from wounds received at Petersburg, VA. 454 L. R. Piper Hopewell Bedford PA CPL Luther R. Piper ( ? -1863), Org. 4 Sept. 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885 Co. F, 37th PA Inf., died 1 Jan. 1863, from wounds received at Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 Dec. 1863. Buried Piper Cem., Hopewell. 455 LT S. B. Pettingale Fassett Bradford PA 2LT Samuel B. Pettingill ( ? - ? ), Org. 19 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1885 Co. G, 171st PA Inf. Resident of 1884 Bradford County. 456 Alonzo McCall West Middlesex Mercer PA PVT Alonzo McCall (c.1843- Must'd 11 Aug. Twenty-three charter members. The 1909 history of Mercer county The Record-Argus (Greenville), 1863), Co. B, 39th PA Inf., KIA at 1884 notes that the Post was organized on 12 August 1884. This may 21 Aug. 1884; A Twentieth Gettysburg, PA, on 2 July 1863. have been the charter date. Century History of Mercer Resident of West Middlesex, local County, PA, v.1, 1909 hero. 457 Surgeon Charles Bower Newton Hamilton Mifflin PA Bvt. COL Charles Bower (1816- Org. 12 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1885 1867), Surgeon,35th PA Inf. 1884 Buried Newton Hamilton Memorial Cem. 458 Philo Paul Amity Washington PA PVT Philo Paul (1824-1864), Co. Org. 18 Sept. Dept. Proceedings, 1885 D, 140th PA Inf., KIA at 1884 Spotsylvania Court House, VA, on 12 May 1864. Resident of Amity, local hero. 459 COL John Nyce Milford Pike PA COL John Nyce (1831-1880), Org. 17 Sept. Sur. 1923-1924 Dept. Proceedings, 1885, 1924 174th PA Militia., died 13 Apr. 1884 1880, from the effects of wounds received at Antietam, MD. 460 LT Alexander Welton Kennerdell Venango PA 2LT John Alexander Welton Org. 13 Sept. Nineteen charter members. Listed as Lt. Alex. Welton Post at time Dept. Proceedings, 1885 (1841-1865), Co. K, 4th PA Cav., 1884 of muster. It also appears as "John Welton" Post in some died 21 Apr. 1865, from wounds histories. received at Sailor's Creek, VA, on 6 Apr. 1865. Native of Venango County, local hero. 461 CPT Snow Pleasant Grove Lancaster PA Org. 8 Oct. 1884 Dis. about 1928 Dept. Proceedings, 1885; Glenn Knight, SUVCW PA Dept. 462 B. F. Eisenberger New Cumberland Cumberland PA PVT Benjamin F. Eisenberger (d. Org. 10 Oct. 1884 Dept. Proceedings, 1885; Hist. 1864), Co. I, 28th PA Infantry, of Cumberland and Adams died 16 June 1864 from wounds Counties, PA, 1886 sustained at Lost Mountain, GA, the previous day. 463 William H. Wise Goldsborough York PA (presumably) PVT William H. Org. 15 Oct. 1884 Dis. 1916 Dept. Proceedings, 1885, 1917 Wise (1840-1865), Co. C, 200th PA Inf., KIA at Fort Stedman, VA, on 25 Mar. 1865. Buried Smoketown Cem., Plainfield, York County.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 464 Robert Wainwright Scott Erie Erie PA Robert Wainwright Scott Org. 29 Jan. 1885 Sur. 1900 Surrendered its charter in 1900 and consolidated with GEN Strong Dept. Proceedings, 1885, 1901 (1827-1866), US Navy, South Vincent Post, No. 67. The Department Commander allowed the Atlantic Blockading Squadron. original charter to be kept by Post No. 67. Died in Acapulco from disease on 5 Jan. 1866, while in command of the gunboat Saginaw. His mother was a resident of Erie.

465 James H. Gibbony Duncansville Blair PA CPL James H. Gibbon (1839- Above J. Lee Wilt store Org. 15 Nov. Dept. Proceedings, 1885; 1862), Co. G, 125th PA Inf., KIA 1884 Hoenstine, 1940, Soldiers of at Antietam, MD, on 17 Sept. Blair County Pennsylvania 1862. Native of Duncansville, local hero. Buried Mar. 1863 at Presbyterian Cem., Hollidaysburg.

466 Bissell Rush Susquehanna PA SGT Alanson Woodworth Bissell IOOF Hall, Rush (1887) Chart'd 26 Nov. Dis. 1916 Twelve charter members. Centennial History of (1839-1863), Co. H. 143rd PA 1884 Susquehanna County, 1887; Inf., died of typhoid fever at Dept. Proceedings, 1885, 1917 Windmill Point, VA, on 1 June 1863. Resident of Susquehanna County, local hero.

467 G. Dawson Coleman Annville Lebanon PA George Dawson Coleman (1825- Org. 13 Dec. Dept. Proceedings, 1885; Red: 1878), prominent businessman in 1884 White: and Blue Badge, Annville, and member of the Pennsylvania Veteran Sanitary Commission, he gave Volunteers, 1911 liberally to the war effort to assure that PA troops were well equipped. 468 Fred C. Ward Altoona Blair PA PVT Frederick Calloway Ward 800 Eighth Ave.; GAR Rooms, Org. 7 Jan. 1885; Sur. 16 Aug. The final Post meeting was held on 15 Aug. 1934, when the Dept. Proceedings, 1885; (1842-1862), Co. K, 125th PA Inf., 911 Chesnut Ave. Must'd 10 Jan. 1934 decision was made to disband. Last surviving member was Henry Hoenstine, 1940, Soldiers of died 19 Sept. 1862 at 1885 V. Carls, who died 23 Aug. 1938. Blair County Pennsylvania Smoketown, MD, from a severe hip would received at Antietam, MD, on 17 Sept. 1862. Resident of Blair County, local hero. 469 SGT H. C. Ackley Sabinsville Tioga PA SGT Henry C. Ackley (1838- Org. 19 Jan. 1885 Dept. Proceedings, 1885 1880), Co. D, 207th PA Inf. Buried Ackley Cem., Clymer, Tioga County. 470 CPT William Scott Rural Ridge / Allegheny PA 1LT William Scott (1826-1862), Org. 4 Feb. 1885 Originally mustered at Rural Ridge. Dept. Proceedings, 1885 Bakerstown Co. B, 61st PA Inf., KIA by a at Fair Oaks, VA, on 31 May 1862. Originally CPT of a company that did not reach full quota. Buried Deer Creek United Presbyterian Church Cem., West Deer Twp., Allegheny County.

471 CPT William Tice Myerstown Lebanon PA CPT William Tice (1818-1870), Org. 30 Jan. 1885 Dept. Proceedings, 1885 Co. E, 17th PA Cav. Buried Union Cem., Myerstown. 472 James P. Young Sugar Grove Warren PA Org. 31 Jan. 1885 Dept. Proceedings, 1885

473 Beaver Beaver Beaver PA Named for the community in Dis. 1926 Dept. Proceedings, 1927 which the Post was based. 474 Robert M. Johnston Williambsurg Blair PA MAJ Robert M. Johnston (1842- Org. about 1885 Sur. 20 Oct. Hoenstine, 1940, Soldiers of 1862), 125th PA Inf., died 19 1918 Blair County Pennsylvania Sept. 1862 at Antietam, MD, from wounds received there on 17 Sept. 1862. Resident of Blair County, local hero, buried in Presbyterian Cem., Williamsburg.

475 Amos Kiser Shippenville Clarion PA PVT Amos Kiser (1837-1862), Co. A. U. Hall, over Wilson's hardware Org. 19 Mar. Thirty-one charter members. Associated with Amos Kiser Corps, History of Clarion County, 1887 E, 39th PA (10th Reserve) Inf. (1887) 1885 No. 55, WRC. KIA at Gaines' Mill, MD, on 27 June 1862. Buried Mt. Zion Cem., Shippenville.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 476 CPL C. W. Deming Millerton Tioga PA CPL Charles W. Deming, Co. D, Dean Enderlin, SUVCW 16th PA Cav., captured 29 Nov. 1863 at Parker's Store, VA. Died 11 Aug. 1865 in prison at Richmond, VA. Local hero. 477 S. S. Simmons Laporte / Sonestown Sullivan PA 1st SGT Simpson S. Simmons According to "The Times" newspaper (Philadelphia, 1 March Judy Simmons (via email, Sept. (1839-1863), Co. B, 84th PA Inf., 1891), the Post had recently changed its headquarters from 2015) died 9 Dec. 1863 at Alexandria, Laporte to Sonestown VA, from wounds received at Mine Run, VA, on 30 Nov. 1863. Resident of Sonestown, local hero. 478 LT D. H. Nissley Mount Joy Lancaster PA 1LT David H. Nissley (1838- Chart'd 4 May Dis. 1925 Glenn Knight, SUVCW PA 1862), Co. G, 9th PA Cav., 1885 Dept. drowned at Bowling Green, KY, on 5 July 1862. Buried Henry Eberle Cem., Mount Joy. 479 CPT John M. Sell Wesleyville Erie PA CPT John M. Sell (1834-1863), Co. I, 83rd PA Inf., died at Gettysburg, PA, on 3 July 1863, from wounds received there on 2 July 1863. Buried Erie Cem., Erie. 480 CPT Simon Litzenberg Clifton Heights Delaware PA LTC Simon Litzenberg (1815- Dis. 1891 Altoona Tribune, 25 Feb. 1892 1884), 124th PA Inf. (originally CPT, Co. B). Buried Media Cem., Media, Delaware County. 480 J. B. Sweitzer Pittsburgh Allegheny PA COL (Bvt. BG) Jacob Bowman Liberty and Ella Avenues (1895) Org. 27 Apr. Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), Sweitzer (1821-1888), 62nd PA 1891: Must'd 3 9 Sept. 1895; Pittsburgh Inf. Resident of Pittsburgh, local Oct. 1891 Directory, 1895 hero. 481 CPT P. Hall Clarks Green Lackawanna PA (presumably) CPT Philip S. Hall (1837-1865), Co. I, 132nd PA Inf., killed by the explosion of a locomotive on 6 July 1865. Buried Ephraim Leach Cem., Chinchilla, Lackawanna County. 482 Chaplain Thomas Stevenson McVeytown Mifflin PA Thomas Stevenson ( ? - ? ), Org. 21 June Thirty-one charter members. A History of the Juniata Valley Chaplain, 35th PA Inf. 1885 and Its People, Volume 1, 1913

483 GEN C. Albright Three Springs Huntingdon PA COL (Bvt. BG) Charles Albright Dis. 1918 Dept. Proceedings, 1919 (1830-1880), 202nd PA Inf. 484 J. D. Bertolette Lehighton Carbon PA CPT (Bvt. COL) John deB. Bertolette (1839-1881), Assistant Adj. General, US Vols. AG Dept. formerly 1LT 48th PA Inf.

485 John S. Meredith Frackville Schuylkill PA (presumably) PVT John S. Meredith (? -1863), Co. K, 137th PA Inf., died of disease at Washington, D.C., on 11 Mar. 1863. 486 SGT Owen Phillips Clifford Susquehanna PA Color SGT Owen Phillips (? - Granger's Hall, Clifford Corners Chart'd and Dis. 1927 Centennial History of 1864), Co. B, 143rd PA Inf., died (1887) Must'd 24 July Susquehanna County, 1887; 15 May 1864, from wounds 1885 Dept. Proceedings, 1928 received at Spotsylvania Court House, VA, on 9 May 1864, resident of Clifford, local hero. 487 William Roberts Christiana Lancaster PA 2LT William F. Roberts (c.1836- Org. 4 Aug. 1886 Dis. 1931 Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause Glenn Knight, SUVCW PA 1865), 6th US. Colored Inf., died (Gannon, 2011). Dept. of disease at Wilmington, NC, on 19 Sept. 1865. 488 John Braden North East Erie PA CPT John Braden (1807-1863), Chart'd 1885 Co. F, 111th PA Inf., died at North East on 11 Mar. 1863. Buried North East Cem. 489 MAJ E. L. Rogers Carversville Bucks PA MAJ Edward L Rogers (1836- Sur. 1901 Dept. Proceedings, 1902 1873), 104th PA Inf. Buried Doylestown Cem., Doylestown, Bucks County.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 490 Kennedy Mt. Holly Springs Cumberland PA PVT Levi Kennedy (? -1862), Co. IOOF Hall (1886) Org. 15 Aug. Goodyear in his 1951 history of GAR Posts in Cumberland County, Hist. of Cumberland and I, 30th PA Inf., KIA at South 1885 incorrectly identifies the namesake as PVT William Kennedy (1839- Adams Counties, PA, 1886; Mountain, MD, on 14 Sept. 1862. 1910), 149th PA Inf., a well-liked veteran who had come to Mt. The GAR Posts of Cumberland Cumberland County resident, Holly Springs from Grand Rapids, MI. William Kennedy was a County (Goodyear), 1951; The local hero. charter member of Post 490. The National Tribune (27 Aug. 1885) National Tribune, 27 Aug. 1885 identifies the correct namesake as Levi Kennedy, "who was killed at the ." 491 E. A. Killbourne Galeton Potter PA PVT Elliott A. Kilbourne (c.1844- MAJ John M. Kilbourne, father of the Post's namesake, served History of the Counties of 1864), Co. H, 45th PA Inf., died at with his son in the same regiment. He was also commander of the McKean, Elk, Cameron and Washington, D.C., on 15 June post. Potter, Pennsylvania, 1890 1864, from wounds received at Spottsylvania Court House, VA, on 12 May 1864. 492 Danforth Enon Valley Lawrence PA 493 James Wesley Birch Evansburg (Conneaut Crawford PA PVT James Wesley Birch (1843- Lake) 1862), Co. E, 111th PA Inf., died at Baltimore, MD, on 19 July 1862. Buried Quigley Cem., Meadville, Crawford County. 494 John A. Weimer Lebanon Lebanon PA (presumably) John A. Weimer The Post attempted to change its name to honor COL John M. (1832-1879). Associated with the Mark Post after his death in 1906, but the official record indicates Weimer Machine Works of that this never took effect. Lebanon, a manufacturer of gun carriages during the Civil War. Buried Mount Lebanon Cem., Lebanon. 494 MAJ M. R. Delaney Chambersburgh Franklin PA MAJ Martin Robison Delany (1812- Org. 1885 Dis. 1893 Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause African Americans and the 1885), 104th US Colored Inf. First (Gannon, 2011). , 2012 African-American field officer in the US Army. 495 GEN Thos. A. Rowley Natrona Allegheny PA BG Thomas Algeo Rowley (1808- 1892), famous Civil War leader from Pennsylvania. 495 Robert P. Thompson Plumville Indiana PA (presumably) PVT Robert P. Thompson (? -1864), Co. E, 148th PA Inf., died of disease as a POW at Salisbury, NC, on 8 Dec. 1864.

496 COL J. H. Wilson Zelienople Butler PA COL Joseph Hemphill Wilson (1820-1862), 101st PA Inf., died of disease at Roper's Church, VA, on 3 May 1862. 497 CPT J. P. McCullough Mercersburg Franklin PA CPT James Paull McCullough Org. 2 Oct. 1885 Sur. 1922 Twenty-eight charter members. History of Franklin County, (1837-1865), Co. D, 209th PA Inf., 1887; Dept. Proceedings, 1923 died 3 Apr. 1865, from wounds received at Petersburg, VA, on 2 Apr. 1865. 498 Chaplain R. C. Christy Ashville / St. Augustine Cambria PA Rev. Richard Calixtus Christy (1829-1878), Chaplain, 78th PA Inf. Buried Old Holy Name Church, Ebensburg, Cambria County. 499 George F. Moore Sweet Valley Luzerne PA PVT George F. Moore (? -1864), Co. F, 143rd PA Inf., KIA at Wilderness, VA, on 5 May 1864. Resident of Luzerne County, local hero. 500 MAJ J. B. Keenan Delmont Westmoreland PA MAJ John B. Keenan (1832- 1864), 11th PA Inf., KIA at Laurel Hill (Spotsylvania Court House), VA, on 8 May 1864. Resident of Westmoreland County, local hero.

501 McKee Adamsville Crawford PA (presumably) CPL James Nesbit Dis. 1918 Dept. Proceedings, 1919 McKee (1842-1864), Co. H, 145th PA Inf., KIA at Petersburg, VA, on 31 Oct. 1864. Buried Rocky Glen Cem., Adamsville.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 502 John M. Good Elizabethtown Lancaster PA PVT John M. Good (c.1844- Chart'd 4 Aug. Glenn Knight, SUVCW PA 1864), Co. G, 207th PA Inf., KIA 1885 Dept. at Petersburg, VA, on 2 Apr. 1865. 503 Jonathan R. Bryan Hughesville Lycoming PA PVT Jonathan R. Bryan (1835- 1863), Co. H, 2nd WI Inf., KIA at Gettysburg, PA, on 1 July 1863. Buried Pleasant Hill Cem., Hughesville. 504 Nelson Luthers Mills Bradford PA 505 Frank Hall Thompson Susquehanna PA CPL Urbane Frank Hall ( ? - ? ), Dis. 1926 The 1887 Centennial History notes that the Post organized in late Centennial History of Co. F, 141st PA Inf., returned 1885 or early 1886. Susquehanna County, 1887; home after the war and died a few Dept. Proceedings, 1927 years later. 506 LT Frank Torbert Gatchelville York PA 2LT Frank Torbert (? -1862), Co. Sur. 1923-1924 Dept. Proceedings, 1924 I, 130th PA Inf., KIA at Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 Dec. 1862. Resident of York County, local hero. 507 SGT T. F. Elden Bendersville Adams PA SGT Thomas F. Elden (1834- Sur. 1923-1924 Dept. Proceedings, 1924 1864), Co. G, 138th PA Inf., died in Washington, DC, on 7 June 1864, from wounds received at Wilderness, VA, on 6 May 1864. Buried Bendersville Cem. 508 James Howland Academy Corners Tioga PA PVT James Howland (1847- Hall over M. V. Purple's store Org. 15 Jan. 1886 Twelve charter members. History of Tioga County, 1897 1865), 2nd PA Cav., died 5 Feb. (1897) 1865 in Dinwiddie County, VA. Buried Howland Cem., Tioga County. 509 Matthew McPherson Union Dale Susquehanna PA 1SGT Matthew McPherson (? - Chart'd 5 Feb. Centennial History of 1865), Co. B, 17th PA Cav., KIA 1886; Re-org. Susquehanna County, 1887; at Five Forks, VA, on 1 Apr. 1865. about 1913 Dept. Proceedings, 1914 Native of Susquehanna County, local hero. 510 Adjutant Martin New Oxford Adams PA 1LT Anthony M. Martin (1834- 1864), Adjutant, 87th PA Inf., KIA at Monocacy, MD, on 9 July 1864. Buried Conewago Chapel Basilica Cem., Adams County. 511 Winfield S. Bireley Quarryville Lancaster PA PVT Winfield Scott Bireley (1849- 1 Mar. 1886 Sur. 1922 Dept. Proceedings, 1923; 1865), Co. D, 203rd PA Inf., died Glenn Knight, SUVCW PA of yellow fever at Wilmington, NC, Dept. on 14 Apr. 1865. Native of Lancaster County, local hero. 512 Myron French Jackson Susquehanna PA SGT Myron French (1841-1863), Roberts Hall (1887) Org. 26 Mar. Sur. 1923 Centennial History of Batt. F, 1st PA Light Art., KIA at 1886 Susquehanna County, 1887; Gettyburg, PA, on 2 July 1863. Dept. Proceedings, 1924 Resident of Jackson, local hero. 513 573 CPT William Stewart Evans City Butler PA CPT William Stewart (1834-1862), Twenty charter members. Formerly Post No. 513. Changed its History of Butler County, 1895 Co. D, 40th PA Inf., KIA at number in 1894 to 573. (See William Stewart Post, No. 573) Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 Dec. 1862. A cenotaph to his memory was placed in Evans City Cem.

513 COL Dick White Lilly Cambria PA COL Richard "Dick" White (1826- Sur. 1924 Dept. Proceedings, 1925 1865), 55th PA Inf., died of a heart condition on 14 Apr. 1865, soon after retiring from active duty. 514 James Harvey Maple Grove Butler PA (presumably) CPL James Harvey GAR Hall, Riddle's Crossroads Org. 25 Mar. Eleven charter members. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 11 (1838-1881), Co. D, 137th PA Inf. 1886 Jan. 2010 (research by Drenda Buried Westminster United Gostkowski) Presbyterian Church Cem., Butler County. 515 George B. McClellan Schwenksville Montgomery PA MG George Brinton McClellan Sur. 1923-1924 Dept. Proceedings, 1924 (1826-1885), famous Civil War leader. 516 F. A. M. Krepps Smithton Westmoreland PA CPT Frank A. M. Kreps (? -1887), Co. B, 77th PA Inf.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 517 Stevens Lititz Lancaster PA Brobst Hall Org. 13 Mar. Dis. 29 Sept. Twenty-two charter members. Glenn Knight, SUVCW PA 1886; Must'd 7 1930 Dept. May 1886 518 William Horton East Bethlehem Washington PA CPL William Horton (? -1863), Co. C, 140th PA Inf., KIA at Gettysburg, PA, on 2 July 1863. Resident of Washington County, local hero. 519 Rudolph Pratt Sheffield Warren PA PVT Horace Rudolph Pratt (1844- Org. 27 May 1886 Thirteen charter members. Warren Times Mirror, 22 June 1864), Co. H, 46th PA Inf., KIA at 1931 Pine Knob, GA, on 15 June 1864. Native of Warren County, local hero. 520 David R. Stephens Harrisburg Dauphin PA Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause (Gannon, 2011). 521 CPT Charles Mitchell Cassville Huntingdon PA 522 S. S. Kerr Hookstown Beaver PA CPT (Bvt. MAJ) Samuel S. Kerr Must'd 15 July Dis. 1897/8 National Tribune, 23 Sept. (1841-1865), Co. H, 140th PA Inf., 1886 1886; Dept. Proceedings, 1898 died 3 May 1865, from wounds received at Farmville, VA, on 7 Arp. 1865. Buried Old Mill Creek Cem., Hookstown. 523 GEN H. W. Slocum Halifax Dauphin PA MG Henry Warner Slocum (1827- Org. 28 June Dis. 1926 Twenty-three charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1927; 1894), famous Civil War leader, 1886 Halifax Heritage, 1994 later congressman from NY. 524 LT David Leech Ephrata Lancaster PA Strohl's Hall; Bitzers' Hall; Mentzer Org. 1 July 1886 Dis. about 1900 Glenn Knight, SUVCW PA Hall Dept. 525 Allen G. Dodd Proctor Lycoming PA 1LT Allen G. Dodd, Co. I, 207th Must'd 21 Aug. National Tribune, 23 Sept. PA Inf., died at City Point, VA, 6 1886 1886; History of Lycoming Apr. 1865 from wounds rec'd at County, 1892 Petersburg, VA, 2 Apr. 1865. Local hero. 526 Robert F. Elliot Spring Run Franklin PA PVT Robert F. Eliot (? -1863), Co. Must'd 31 July Thirty-four charter members. National Tribune, 12 Aug. H, 126th PA Inf., died at 1886 1886, 23 Sept. 1886 Washington, DC, on 2 Jan. 1863, from wounds received at Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 Dec. 1862. Resident of Franklin County, local hero. 527 Robert Oldham Bethlehem Northampton PA Must'd 2 Aug. National Tribune, 23 Sept. 1886 1886 528 David Martin White Hall Bedford PA Must'd 2 Sept. Sur. 1923-1924 National Tribune, 23 Sept. 1886 1886; Dept. Proceedings, 1924

529 Elias Rice Landisburg Perry PA PVT Elias Rice (1843-1864), Co. Must'd 30 July Forty charter members. National Tribune, 12 Aug. B, 36th PA Inf., died of disease as 1886 1886, 23 Sept. 1886 a POW at Andersonville, GA, on 3 Sept. 1864. Resident of Perry County, local hero. A cenotaph to his memory is in the Landisburg Cem. 530 Lysander Robb Bruin Butler PA PVT Lysander Robb (1843-1862), Must'd 27 July Twenty-one charter members. National Tribune, 12 Aug. Co. H, 102nd PA Inf., accidentally 1886 1886, 23 Sept. 1886 killed at Tennallytown, MD, on 28 Jan. 1862. Buried New Salem Cem., Annisville, Butler County.

531 Cyrus E. Chambers Pleasant Unity Westmoreland PA PVT Cyrus Chambers (1840- 1862), Co. C, 11th PA Inf., KIA at Fredericskburg, VA, on 13 Dec. 1862. Resident of Westmoreland County, local hero.

532 Charles E. Patton Limestone Clarion PA CPT Charles E. Patton (1838- 1864), Co. C, 105th PA Inf., KIA at Boydton Plank Road, VA, on 27 Oct. 1864. Buried Limestone Cem. 533 MAJ A. J. Bolar Homer City Indiana PA MAJ Andrew Jackson Bolar (1830- Must'd 8 Aug. National Tribune, 23 Sept. 1886), 41st PA Inf. Buried 1886; Org. 16 1886; Indiana County, PA, Greenwood Cem., Indiana, Aug. 1886 1913 Indiana County.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 534 CPT George Davenport Gravity Wayne PA CPT George C. Davenport (1828- Must'd 7 Aug. National Tribune, 23 Sept. 1874), Co. B, 32nd PA Inf. Buried 1886 1886 in Detroit, MI. 535 T. M. Jones Brownsville Berks / Bucks / PA Must'd 2 Aug. Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause National Tribune, 23 Sept. Fayette / Franklin 1886 (Gannon, 2011). 1886

536 J. P. Eves Millville Columbia PA PVT John P. Eves, Co. I, 136th Must'd 3 Sept. National Tribune, 23 Sept. PA Inf., died 18 Dec. 1862 from 1886 1886; History of Columbia and wounds rec'd at Fredericksburg, Montour Counties, PA VA, 13 Dec. 1862. "His remains found their last resting place in an unmarked grave on the banks of the Rappahanock." 537 James L. O'Neill Cookport Indiana PA SGT James L. O'Neill (c.1843- Edward O'Neill's Store, Mitchell's Org. 21 Nov. Dis. 1918 The first meeting to organize the Post was held at Edward O'Neill's Indiana Democrat, 19 Nov. 1864), Co. B, 40th PA Inf., Mills (1886) 1885; Must'd 21 Store on Saturday afternoon, 21 Nov. 1885, Edward being a Civil 1885; Indiana Weekly captured at Wilderness, VA, 4 Oct. 1886 War veteran and brother to the Post's namesake. The Post was Messenger, 20 Oct. 1886; May 1864, declared POW on 5 mustered there on 20 Oct. 1886, at a 7 p.m. meeting. Indiana Progress, 21 Oct. May 1864. Presumed dead soon 1886; Dept. Proceedings, 1919 thereafter. A resident of Indiana County, local hero. 538 S. J. Rosenberry / Rosenberg Eau Claire Butler PA PVT Samuel Jack Rosenberry, Must'd 29 Dec. The name of the Post was frequently misspelled as "Rosenberg" in National Tribune, 6 Jan. 1887 Co. D, 40th PA Inf., died of 1886 Proceedings of the Department Encampments. typhoid fever at Washington, D.C, 3 June 1862. 539 Foster Brook Derrick City / Gillmore McKean PA Named for the community of Must'd 23 Oct. Sur. 1923-1924 According to "The Times" newspaper (Philadelphia, 1 March National Tribune, 4 Nov. 1886; Foster Brook in McKean County, 1886 1891), the Post had recently changed its headquarters from Dept. Proceedings, 1924 PA. Gilmore to Derrick City. 539 LT J. C. Kuhn Hooker Butler PA 2LT John C. Kuhn (? -1862), Co. C, 40th PA Inf., died 17 Dec. 1862, from wounds received at Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 Dec. 1862. Resident of Butler County, local hero. 540 George Hill Moosic Lackawanna PA Must'd 23 Oct. Twenty-one charter members. National Tribune, 28 Oct. 1886, 1886 4 Nov. 1886 541 Jerry Jones Smithfield Fayette PA (presumably) PVT Jeremiah B. Org. 25 Oct. 1886 Nineteen charter members. Nelson's Biographical Jones (? -1862), Co. G, 37th PA Dictionary and Historical Inf., died 16 Nov. 1862, from Reference Book of Fayette wounds received at an unknown County, 1900 location. Resident of Fayette County, local hero. 542 Hilliard Hilliard Butler PA Named for the community in Must'd 28 Dec. National Tribune, 6 Jan. 1887 which the Post was based. 1886 543 Samuel Baker Blain Borough Perry PA PVT Samuel Baker (1836-1865), Must'd 4 Jan. Twenty-three charter members. National Tribune, 13 Jan. 1887 Co. C, 9th PA Cav., died 13 Apr. 1887 1865, from wounds received at Raleigh, NC, on 12 Apr. 1865. Buried Blain Union Cem., Blain. 544 MAJ Gaston Gastonville Washington PA MAJ James Morrison Gaston Must'd 1887 Twenty-four charter members. National Tribune, 3 Feb. 1887 (1830-1885), 1st PA Cav. Buried Mingo Cem., Finleyville, Washington County. 545 GEN A. A. Humphreys Millvale Allegheny PA MG Andrew Atkinson Humphreys Must'd 30 Dec. National Tribune, 6 Jan. 1887 (1810-1883), famous Civil War 1886 leader. 546 John C. Schnure Laurelton Union PA SGT John C. Schnure (1834- Must'd 1887 National Tribune, 26 May 1887 1864), Co. F, 184th PA Inf., died of disease as a POW at Andersonville, GA, on 7 Nov. 1864. Native of Union County, local hero. 547 Upton Nycum Clearville Bedford PA SGT Upton Nycum (1838-1863), Must'd 21 May Seventeen charter members. National Tribune, 2 June 1887 Co. E, 2nd PA Cav., died 12 Dec. 1887 1863 in hospital in Arlington, VA, from wounds received in battle. Buried Bethel Frame Church Cem., Clearville. 548 MAJ W. G. Lowry Wilkinsburg Allegheny PA MAJ William Gustin Lowry (1835- Must'd 14 May Dis. 25 Oct. Thirty-one charter members. National Tribune, 2 June 1887; 1863), 62nd PA Inf., KIA at 1887 1928 Dept. Proceedings, 1928 Gettysburg, PA, on 2 July 1863.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 549 William. H. Weller Rockwood Somerset PA CPL William H. Weller (1844- Must'd 1887 National Tribune, 2 June 1887 1864), Co. C, 54th PA Inf., died 9 July 1864. Buried Union Cem., New Centerville, Somerset County. 550 Philip Gump Jollytown Greene PA PVT Philip Gump (1830-1886), Must'd 8 June Sur. 1923-1924 Twenty-eight charter members. National Tribune, 23 June Co. C, 18th PA Cav., died at 1887 1887; Dept. Proceedings, 1924 Deep Valley in 1886, from the effects of wounds received at Cedar Creek, VA, on 19 Oct. 1864. 551 Peter Miller York Springs Adams PA PVT Peter Miller (? -1862), Co. K, Must'd July 1887 The last member of the Post was James Alexander Spealman, National Tribune, 28 July 1887 30th PA Inf., KIA at South who died in York Springs on 17 Jan. 1931. Mountain, MD, on 14 Sept. 1862. Buried Sunnyside Cem., York Springs. 552 William Hunnell / CPT G. S. Hyndman Bedford PA 1) William Hunnell, service not Dis. 1916 Originally named for William Hunnell. It changes its name to Mullin Dept. Proceedings, 1917 Mullen known; 2) CPT George Shannon Post in 1899. Mullin (1821-1891), Co. H, 55th PA Inf. Buried Mt. Olivet Cem., Bedford County. 553 Joseph McLaren Osceola Mills Clearfield PA PVT Joseph McLaren, service not Must'd 26 July Twenty-seven charter members. National Tribune, 11 Aug. known. 1887 1887, 12 Sept. 1888 554 Kellogg Monroeton Bradford PA 1LT Charles Henry Kellogg (1836- Must'd July 1887 Dis. 1921 Twenty-nine charter membres. National Tribune, 4 Aug. 1887; 1862), Co. K, 50th PA Inf., died 1 Dept. Proceedings, 1922 Sept. 1862, from wounds received at 2nd Bull Run, VA, on 29 Aug. 1862. Buried Kellogg Cem., Bradford County. 555 Patterson Jobes Claysville Washington PA PVT Patterson Jobes (1837- Must'd 5 Aug. Twenty-four charter members. National Tribune, 18 Aug. 1887 1864), Co. A, 85th PA Inf., KIA at 1887 Petersburg, VA, on 17 June 1864. Buried Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cem., East Finley, Washington County. 556 CPT John M. Jones Ebensburg Cambria PA CPT John M. Jones (1837-1862), Must'd 2 Aug. National Tribune, 11 Aug. 1887 Co. F, 133rd PA Inf., KIA at 1887 Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 Dec. 1862. Resident of Cambria County, local hero. A cenotaph in his honor was placed in the Lloyd Cem., Ebensburg. 557 Clarksville Clarksville Mercer PA Named for the community in Org. 4 Aug. 1887 Eighteen charter members. National Tribune, 18 Aug. which the Post was based. 1887; A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County, PA, v.1, 1909 558 Alfred Flory (Flury) Manchester York PA PVT Alfred Flory (1835-1865), Co. Must'd 23 July Fifteen charter members. National Tribune, 4 Aug. 1887 B, 200th PA Inf., KIA at Fort 1887 Stedman, VA, on 25 Mar. 1865. Buried Manchester Union Cem. 559 J. R. Callahan Rays Hill Bedford PA SGM Jacob R. Callahan (? - 1864), 190th PA Inf., KIA at Petersburg, VA, on 20 June 1864. Resident of Bedford County, local hero. 560 Daniel T. Stineman South Fork Cambria PA PVT Daniel T. Stineman (1839- Must'd 29 July Sur. 1923-1924 National Tribune, 11 Aug. 1865), Co. F, 198th PA Inf., KIA at 1887 1887; Dept. Proceedings, Battle of Hatcher's Run (Dabneys' 1924; Judith Stineman Mill), VA, on 9 Feb. 1865. Local Marseglia, 2015 hero, buried at South Fork Cemetery. 561 William T. Dickson West Sunbury Butler PA Rev. William Turner Dickson Must'd 23 Sept. Dis. 1916 The Times (Philadelphia), 16 (1812-1977), Chaplain, 40th PA 1887 Oct. 1887; Dept. Proceedings, Inf. Headed the West Sunbury 1917 Academy at several times. Buried West Sunbury Union Cem.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 562 Theodore Fenner Sciota Monroe PA CPL Theodore Fenner (1843- Must's 20 Sept. The Times (Philadelphia), 16 1863), Co. G, 142nd PA Inf., died 1887 Oct. 1887 at Washington, DC, on 12 Jan. 1863, from wounds received at Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 Dec. 1862. A cenotaph to his memory is present in Mount Zion Cem., Sciota. 563 LTC Solomon Stair Conyngham Luzerne PA 2LT Gideon Solomon Stair (1834- Sur. 1922 Dept. Proceedings, 1924 1867), Co. F, 147th PA Inf. Buried Brainard Presbyterian Cem., Conyngham.

564 Philip Sheridan Dravosburg Allegheny PA MG Philip Henry Sheridan (1831- 1888), famous Civil War leader. 565 William Stauffer Burnside Clearfield PA 566 Stewart Rawlinsville Lancaster PA Must'd 3 Nov. Dis. 1930 Thirty-three charter members. National Tribune, 17 Nov. 1887 1887; Glenn Knight, SUVCW PA Dept. 567 LT Charles H. Riley Wyoming Luzerne PA (presumably) 1LT Charles H. Must'd 5 Nov. Fifteen charter members. The last surviving member was L. G. National Tribune, 17 Nov. Riley (? -1864), Co. A, 143rd PA 1887 Widoner, who died in June 1935. 1887; Wilkes-Barre Record, 25 Inf., KIA at Spotsylvania Court May 1936 House, VA, on 10 May 1864. 568 John and Martin Bowman Tylersburg Clarion PA Brothers: 1) PVT John R. Must'd 5 Jan. Forest Republican, 11 Jan. Bowman (c.1841-1862), Co. A, 1888 1888 103rd PA Inf., died at Mill Creek, VA, on 27 July 1862, from wounds received at Fair Oaks, VA, on 31 May 1862. 2) PVT Martin Bowman (c.1843-1862), Co. A, 103rd PA Inf., died of disease at Suffolk, VA, on 20 Oct. 1862. 569 Ralph Clapp Grand Valley Warren PA Rev. Ralph Clapp (1801-1865), Sur. 1923-1924 Dept. Proceedings, 1924 former resident of Warren County, "one of the Union's most earnest and able supporters and advocates." 570 James Skinner Ohiopyle Fayette PA Sur. 1908-1909 Dept. Proceedings, 1909

571 CPT George H. Hess Safe Harbor Lancaster PA CPT George Hoffman Hess (1828- Org. 4 July 1884 Dis. 1923 Glenn Knight, SUVCW PA 1862), Co. D, 30th PA Inf., died a Dept.; Dept. Proceedings, 1924 POW at Richmond, VA, on 4 July 1862, from wounds received at Charles City Cross Roads, VA, on 30 June 1862. Buried Christ Covenant Church, Millersville.

572 Thomas Armstrong Webster Schuylkill / PA Must'd Sept. 1888 National Tribune, 13 Sept. Westmoreland 1888 573 513 CPT William Stewart Evans City Butler PA CPT William Stewart (1834-1862), Chart'd 23 Apr. Twenty charter members. Formerly Post No. 513. Changed its History of Butler County, 1895 Co. D, 40th PA Inf., KIA at 1888 number in 1894 to 573. Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 Dec. 1862. A cenotaph to his memory was placed in Evans City Cem.

574 Peter Shoeman Martinsburg Blair PA PVT Peter Shoeman ( ? -1864), Org. 1 May 1888; Dis. 1916 Sixteen charter members. Last surviving member was John H. Hoenstine, 1940, Soldiers of Co. H, 49th PA Inf., died at Chart'd 18 May Nicodemus, died 17 Feb. 1935. The name is misspelled on the Blair County Pennsylvania Washington, D.C., on 18 May 1888 Post charter as Shoeuman. One of the charter members, David 1864, from wounds received at Shoeman, was Peter's brother. Spotsylvania Court House, VA, on 10 May 1864. Resident of Morrison Cove, Blair County, local hero. 575 SGT Charles D. Waltz Newfoundland Wayne PA SGT Charles D. Waltz (1838- Must'd Sept. 1888 Dis. 1927 National Tribune, 13 Sept. 1881), Co. L, 13th PA Cav. 1888; Dept. Proceedings, 1928 Buried Albright Bennett Cem., Newfoundland. 576 LT William McKean South Easton Northampton PA 1LT William M. McKean (? -1872), Must'd Sept. 1888 Sur. 1922 National Tribune, 13 Sept. Co. K, 118th PA Inf. Died at 1888; Dept. Proceedings, 1924 South Easton.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 577 David Acheson Washington Washington PA CPT David Acheson (1841-1863), Dis. 1916 Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause Dept. Proceedings, 1917 Co. C, 140th PA Inf., KIA at (Gannon, 2011). Gettysburg, PA, on 2 July 1863. Buried Washington Cem. 578 COL James G. Elder St. Thomas Franklin PA COL James Gettys Elder (1822- 1992), 126th PA Inf. Buried Cedar Grove Cem., Chambersburg, Franklin County. 579 Ezekiel J. Houck Broad Top City Huntingdon PA PVT Ezekiel J. Houck (c.1833- Genealogy of the Woodcock 1864), Co. C, 53rd PA Inf., died Valley (website), 2011 17 June 1864, from wounds received near Petersburg, VA. Resident of Huntingdon County, local hero. 580 SGT D. M. Milligan Madison Westmoreland PA 1SGT Daniel Murtland Milligan Biographical and Historical 1843-1869), Co. A, 15th PA Cav., Cyclopedia of Westmoreland died 19 Apr. 1869 from wounds County, 1890 received in NC on 10 Apr. 1865. Buried Sewickley Union Cem., West Newton, Westmoreland County. 581 J. Edgar Parkhurst / COL Elkland Tioga PA 1) 1LT John Edgar Parkhurst Name changed to COL Owen Jones in November 1889. National Tribune, 7 Nov. 1889 Owen Jones (c.1841-1865), Co. H, 207th PA Inf., died in Alexandria, VA, on 24 May 1865. Buried Highland Cem., Elkland. 2) COL Owen Jones (1819-1878), 1st PA Cav. 582 LT Eames Gillette Bradford PA (presumably) 2LT Benjamin F. Must'd 12 Jan. National Tribune, 7 Feb. 1889 Eames (1827-1864), Co. D, 6th 1889 PA Cav., died in hospital in Washington, DC, on 31 May 1864, from wounds received near the North Anna River, FL, on 24 May 1864. Resident of Bradford County, local hero. 583 CPT Devereaux East Springfield Erie PA (presumably) CPT Charles Wesley Devereaux (1836-1864), Co. K, 145th PA Inf., KIA at Spotsylvania Court House, VA, on 12 May 1864. Resident of Erie County, local hero. 584 McKee West Franklin Bradford PA 585 John S. Melvin Bradford Bradford PA PVT John S. Melvin (1845-1864), Must'd 21 June Name changed to John S. Melvin Post in November 1889. National Tribune, 7 Nov. 1889; Co. F, 42nd PA Inf. He was 1889 Formed by members of Bradford Post, No. 141, and consolidated History of the Counties of mustered out with his company on with Post No. 141 in the 1890's. McKean, Elk, Cameron and 11 June 1864. Buried in Oak Hill Potter, 1890 Cem., Bradford.

586 Thomas Harris Valley Huntingdon PA 587 CPT Robert Kirk Horton Indiana PA CPT Robert Kirk (1830-1863), Co. Must'd Sept. 1889 National Tribune, 26 Sept. F, 105th PA Inf., KIA at 1889 Chancellorsville, VA, on 3 May 1863. Resident of Indiana County, local hero. 588 Irvin Big Run Jefferson PA Must'd Sept. 1889 National Tribune, 26 Sept. 1889 589 John Q. Taylor Lashley Fulton PA PVT John Q. Taylor (1824-1862), Lashley Hall (1902) Must'd 5 Oct. Sur. 1911 National Tribune, 7 Nov. 1889; Co. B, 126th PA Inf., KIA at 1889 Fulton County News, 17 Apr. Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 Dec. 1902; Dept. Proceedings, 1912 1862. Buried Buck Valley Zion Lutheran Church Cem., Buck Valley, Fulton County. 589 J. I. Adams Buck Valley Fulton PA 590 John Telford Westover Clearfield PA John Telford (c.1841-1884), Co. Must'd Sept. 1889 National Tribune, 26 Sept. F, 5th PA Inf. Service unverified, 1889; Indiana Weekly based on obituary of his widow, Messenger, 27 Jan. 1938 Lavina. 591 COL Owen Jones Bryn Mawr Montogomery PA COL Owen Jones (1819-1878), 1st PA Cav.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 593 George H. Elliott Uniontown Fayette PA Must'd 14 Oct. Dis. 1886 Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause National Tribune, 7 Nov. 1889; 1889 (Gannon, 2011). Glenn Knight, SUVCW PA Dept. 594 Hiram Warner Wilcox Elk PA CPL Hiram Warner (1833-1862), Org. Dec. 1889 Twelve charter members. History of Counties of McKean, 2nd US Sharp Shooters, KIA at Elk and Forest, 1890 Antietam, MD, on 17 Sept. 1862. Resident of Wilcox, buried Wilcox Cem. 595 M. E. Richards Pottstown Montogomery PA MAJ Matthias Edgar Richards (1830-1876), 9th PA Inf., Adjutant to GEN Bartlett. Buried Pottstown Cem. 596 Stahlstown Stahlstown Westmoreland PA Named for the community in Org. 10 Jan. 1890 Dis. 1918 About 24 charter members. The Ligonier Echo, 15 Jan. which the Post was based. 1890; Dept. Proceedings, 1919

597 GEN George Crook Boyertown Berks PA MG George R. Crook (1828- 1890), famous Civil War and Indian Wars leader. 598 E. L. Dana West Nanticoke Luzerne PA COL(Bvt. BG) Edmund Lovell Dana (1817-1889), 143rd PA Inf. Buried Hollenback Cem., Wilkes- Barre, Luzerne County. 599 Daniel C. Reed Coatesville Chester PA (presumably) CPL Daniel C. Reed Org. 20 Oct. 1890 Sixteen charter members. An African American GAR Post Pocket Directory and Business ( ? - ? ), Co. D, 3rd US Colored according to the 1897 directory. Asociated with Daniel C. Reed Guide of Coatesville, 1897; Inf. Corps, No. 150, WRC. Chester County and its People, 1898 600 Robert Aston Saulsburg Huntingdon PA PVT Robert G. Aston (c.1809- 1863), Co. C, 49th PA Inf., died in on 19 Apr. 1863, after being medically discharged on 11 Apr. 1863. Buried Manor Hill Methodist Church Cem., Manor Hill, Huntingdon County. 601 William Wray Marienville Forest PA Org. 11 Sept. Forest Republican, 17 Sept. 1890 1890 602 GEN Sherman Felton York PA MG (1820-1891), famous Civil War leader. 603 CPT William C. Lindsey Jefferson Greene PA CPT William C. Lindsey (? -1863), Dis. 1921 Dept. Proceedings, 1922 Co. A, 18th PA Cav., killed at Hagerstown, MD, on 6 July 1863. Buried Cumberland Presbyterian Cem., Jefferson. 604 Henry Williard Hegins Schuylkill PA Chart'd 10 Oct. Thirteen charter members. Post charter. 1891 605 J. D. Barker Littlestown Adams PA CPL John D. Barker (1834-1862), Co. E, 3rd MD Home Guard Inf., died at Monocacy, MD, on 9 July 1864, from wounds received there on the same date. Buried Mt. Carmel Cem., Littlestown.

606 CPT Lewis Hermany Steinsville Lehigh PA CPT Lewis Hermany (1836-1888), Co. I, 176th PA Inf. Buried Jacobs Union Church Cem., New Tripoli, Lehigh County.

607 SGT Benn Lancaster / Columbia Lancaster PA SGT Joel Benn (? - 1863), Co. B, 42 N. Queen St.; Bethel's Hall, Org. 28 Jan. 1892 Sur. 31 Dec. Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause Dept. Proceedings, 1909; 3rd US Colored Inf., KIA at Marion 525 Chester St.; 503 North St. 1909 (Gannon, 2011). Organized in Lancaster, and later relocated its Glenn Knight, SUVCW PA County, FL, on 10 March 1865. (1900); IOOF Hall, Columbia headquarters to Columbia. Dept. Resident of Lancaster County, (1909) local hero. 608 Levi Coleman Jenners Cross Roads Somerset PA PVT Levi Coleman (1831-1864), Co. G, 93rd PA Inf., KIA at Cedar Creek, VA, on 19 Oct 1864. Buried Hoffman Zion Lutheran Church Cem., Jenners, Somerset County. 609 COL Joseph Steel Hazen Beaver / PA Jefferson

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 610 Levi McFadden Richardsville Jefferson PA PVT Levi B. McFadden (? -1862), Co. K, 40th PA Inf., died of disease at Washington, DC, on 19 Dec. 1862. Resident of Jefferson County, local hero. 611 GEN Wayne Honeybrook Chester PA MG "Mad" Anthony Wayne (1745- 1796), famous militry leader in the and early Indian Wars. Native of Chester County. 612 384 MAJ William H. Byers Beaver Springs Snyder PA CPT (Bvt. MAJ) William H. Byers Reorganized from Post 384 after about a 1 to 1-1/2 year hiatus. History of Juniata and (? - 1877), Co. I, 49th PA Inf. Susquehanna Valleys, 1886; History of Beaver Springs, 1906 613 Strongstown / William Graham Strongstown Indiana PA

614 William Hunter Jermyn Hartford PA 615 J. W. Baker Spring Creek Warren PA (presumably) 1LT Joshua W. Dis. 1916 Dept. Proceedings, 1917 Baker (? -1864), Co. E, 145th PA Inf., KIA at Spotsylvania Court House, VA, on 10 May 1864. Resident of Warren County, local hero. 616 CPT E. R. Backer Roseville Tioga PA CPT Elmer R. Backer (1840- Org. 6 Sept. 1892 The Post's namesake was a living individual, which was generally History of Tioga County, 1897 1920), Co. A, 207th PA Inf. not permitted by the GAR. The case of this Post is an unusual (previously, 1LT, Co. D, 16th PA exception. Cav.). Buried at Woodlawn Cem., Elmira, NY. 617 Benjamin Armstrong Richfield Juniata PA PVT Benjamin Armstrong (1844- 1863), Co. D, 151st PA Inf., died at McKim's Hospital in Baltimore, MD, on 6 Sept. 1863, from wounds received at Gettysburg, PA, on 1 July 1863. Resident of Richfield, local hero. 618 CPT B. X. Blair Shade Gap Huntingdon PA CPT Brice X. Blair (1820-1890), Co. I, 149th PA Inf. Buried Riverview Cem., Huntingdon, Huntingdon County. 619 LT Milton Black Addison Somerset PA 2LT Milton C. Black (1839-1862), Chart'd 6 Dec. Twenty-five charter members. Post charter. Co. H, 85th PA Inf., died of 1892 typhoid fever at White Oak Swamp, VA, on 23 June 1862. Buried Newbury Cem., Somerset County. 620 Harvey S. Rice Harford Susquehanna PA CPL Harvey Sibley Rice (1840- Sur. 1908-1909 Dept. Proceedings, 1909 1864), Co. Co. B, 17th PA Cav., KIA at Trevilian Station, VA, on 12 June 1864. Buried Harford Cem.

621 Jesse L. Pryer Rockland Venango PA 1SGT Jesse L. Pryer (1823- Sur. 1923-1924 Dept. Proceedings, 1924 1889), Co. C, 39th PA Inf. Buried Rockland Cem. 622 Washington G. Dengler Perkasie Bucks PA PVT Washington G. Dengler Chart'd 31 Mar. Eighteen charter members. Gretzinger Genealogy, 2002 (c.1843-1864), Battery M, 5th US 1894 (edited 2012) Light Art. Died of starvation as a POW at Andersonville, GA, on 6 May 1864. 623 J. C. Markle West Newton Westmoreland PA 2LT Joseph C. Markle (1838- 1862), Co. B, 28th PA Inf., KIA at Antietam, MD, on 17 Sept. 1862. Buried Mill Grove Cem., Westmoreland County. 624 Post No. 624 Spangler Cambria PA No namesake. Known only by its Dis. 1896-1897 Dept. Proceedings, 1897 number. 625 Thos. M. Carnegie Homestead Allegheny PA Thomas Morrison Carnegie (1843- 1886), American industrialist. Buried in Allegheny Cem., Pittsburgh, Allegheny County.

626 John R. Russell Spartansburg Crawford PA 627 Andrew Madison Lairdsville Wyoming PA Dis. 1916 Dept. Proceedings, 1917

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 628 Taylor West Finley Washington PA 629 Eli Berlin East Hickory Forest PA PVT Eli Berlin (1828-1863), Co. Must'd 25 Jan. The last surviving member of the Post was Walter Riley Smail, Forest Republican, 30 Jan. G, 83rd PA Inf., KIA at 1895 who died 3 Sept. 1927. 1895 Gettysburg, PA, on 2 July 1863. 630 Gracey Newburg Cumberland PA (presumably) PVT Robert Gracey, Must'd 1895 National Tribune, 12 Dec. 1895 Sr. (1813-1865), Co. G, 202nd PA Inf., died of disease at Fairfax Station, VA, on 14 Jan. 1865. Buried Spring Hill Cem., Shippensburg, Cumberland County. 631 Isaac Decker Morrellville / Cambria PA (presumably) PVT Isaac Decker Must'd 1895 National Tribune, 12 Dec. 1895 Johnstown (1840-1881). Co. A, 54th PA Inf. Buried Sandyvale Cem., Johnstown 632 Robert A. Kinnear Youngsville Warren PA PVT Robert Alexander Kinnear Must'd 1895 National Tribune, 12 Dec. 1895 (1839-1895), Co. D, 42nd PA Inf. Warren County resident. 633 LT Peter Kaylor Patton Cambria PA 1LT Peter Kaylor (1826-1863), Dis. 1916 Dept. Proceedings, 1917 Co. F, 28th PA Inf., died 4 Dec. 1863, from wounds received at Ringgold, GA, on 27 Nov. 1863. Buried Saint Michael Cem., Loretto, Cambria County. 634 Abraham Lincoln Lima Peru, South PA Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Must'd 10 June Dis. 1918 Dept. Proceedings, 1898, 1919 16th President of the United 1897 States. 635 Mathew G. Isett Marklesburg Huntingdon PA 1SGT Matthew G. Isett (1838- Must'd 1 May Dept. Proceedings, 1897 1863), Co. C, 53rd PA Inf., KIA at 1897 Gettysburg, PA, on 2 July 1863. Resident of Huntingdon County, local hero. 636 New Kensington New Kensington Westmoreland PA Named for the community in Must'd 4 Sept. Dis. 1926 Dept. Proceedings, 1898, 1927 which the Post was based. 1897 637 COL John Irwin Mahaffey Clearfield PA COL John Irvin (1836 -1897), Must'd 29 Oct. Dept. Proceedings, 1898 149th PA Inf. Native of Clearfield 1897 County, local hero. Buried Oak Hill Cem., Curwensville. 638 Joseph Shields Covode Indiana PA PVT Joseph Shields (1826-1893), Must'd 8 Mar. Dept. Proceedings. 1901 Co. C, 206th PA Inf. Buried 1900 Mount Pleasant Cem. of Covode.

639 GEN Charles L. Leiper Norwood Delaware PA COL (Bvt. BG) Charles Lewis Chart'd and Dept. Proceedings, 1903 Leiper (1842-1899), 6th PA Cav. Must'd 10 Jan. 1903 640 CPL A. J. Grimm Spring City Chester PA (presumably) CPL Andrew J. Grim Must'd 4 Nov. Sur. 1923-1924 Re-organized after CPL A. J. Grimm Post, No. 152, which was Dept. Proceedings, 1906; Dept. (? -1864), Co. C, 51st PA Inf., 1905 based in Spring City. Proceedings, 1924 died at Campbell Hospital, Washington, D.C., on 6 June 1864, from wounds received at Spotsylvania Court House, VA. 641 Thomas P. Dumm Hastings Cambria PA PVT Thomas Patrick Dumm (1839- Must'd 31 Dec. Dept. Proceedings, 1908 1901), Co. D, 9th PA Cav. 1907 Previous service in Co. A, 40th PA Inf. Buried Saint Nicholas Cem., Nicktown, Cambria County.

642 CPT LaFayette Westbrook Matamoras Pike PA CPT LaFayette Westbrook (1824- Org. about 1909 Sur. 1913 The Post appeared for the first time in the 1910 Department Dept. Proceedings, 1914 1908), Co. B, 151st PA Inf. Proceedings, but no mention was made regarding its muster in the Resident of Pike County, local officer reports. hero. 643 Reuben Delamater Guys Mills Crawford PA PVT Reuben Smalley Delamater Org. about 1913 The namesake is also spelled Delameter. Dept. Proceedings, 1914 (? -1862), Co. F, 83rd PA Inf., died 2 July 1862, from wounds received at Malvern Hill, VA, on 1 July 1862. Resident of Crawford County, local hero.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 644 CPT Jacob Bolard Cambridge Springs Crawford PA CPT Jacob Boland (1837-1912), Org. about 1913 Sur. 1923-1924 Dept. Proceedings, 1914, 1924 Co. B, 197th OH Inf. Pennsylvania politician, banker, and businessman. Buried Conneautville Cem., Crawford County. 645 Conneaut Lake Conneaut Lake Crawford PA Named for the community in Org. about 1914 Dept. Proceedings, 1915 which the Post was based. ? Marion West Middlesex Mercer PA Org. 1869 Dis. 1872 First commander was H. H. Warren. A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County, PA, v.1, 1909

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

For sources of Post names, refer to the SUVCW GAR Records Catalog Edited by Dean Enderlin, SUVCW National GAR Records Officer, 30 June 2013 Last updated: 12/21/2020

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