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 NE Org. 11 June Ended 1949 Provisional Department organized 10 July 1867, but soon dropped Beath, 1889; Carnahan, 1893; 1877 from the rolls for lack of reports. Provisional Department restored National Encampment in 1874. and Permanent Department organized 11 June 1877. Proceedings, 1949 The Department came to an end with the death of its last member in 1948. 001 Sedgwick Kearney Buffalo NE MG John Sedgwick (1813-1864), Chart'd 1 Dec. Originally organized in 1870 under the Department of , re- Dept. Proceedings, 1910 famous Civil War leader, KIA 1875 organized in 1874 under the Department of Iowa, and re-organized Spotsylvania Co., VA, 9 May again under the Department of Nebraska in 1875. 1864. 002 Post No. 2 Brownville Nemaha NE In existence as early as 3 October 1867. Nebraska Advertiser (Brownville), 3 Oct. 1867 002 Phil Kearney Ft. Omaha / South Douglas NE MG Philip Kearny, Jr. (1815- Chart'd 1 Jan. Seventy-six charter members. History of the City of Omaha, Omaha 1862), KIA at Chantilly, VA, on 1 1876 1894; Dept. Proceedings, 1910 Sept. 1862. Famous Civil War leader. 003 Ellsworth Wahoo Saunders NE COL Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth (1837-1861), colonel in the New York Fire Zouaves (11th N.Y. Inf.), who was the first Union casualty of the Civil War, killed by a pro- Confederacy innkeeper in Alexandria, VA, on 24 May 1861. Civil War hero and martyr.

003 Seward Seward Seward NE Named for the community in Chart'd 16 Dec. Twenty-three charter members. History of Nebraska, 1882; which the Post was based. 1880 Dept. Proceedings, 1910 004 McPherson Fremont Dodge NE Chart'd 2 Nov. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1876 005 Casey Wayne Wayne NE Chart'd 2 Feb. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1881 006 351 Union Shubert / Stella Richardson NE Chart'd 20 Jan. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1883 007 George A. Custer / Old Guard Omaha Douglas NE MG George Armstrong Custer Chart'd 5 June Seventeen charter members. , 11th Commander- History of the City of Omaha, (1839-1876). KIA at Little 1876; Must'd 7 in-Chief of the GAR, was a member of this Post. 1894; Dept. Proceedings, 1910 Bighorn, MT, on 25 June 1876. June 1876 Famous Civil War (and Indian Wars) leader. 008 Canby St. Paul Howard NE MG Edward Richard Sprigg Chart'd 12 June Dept. Proceedings, 1910 Canby (1817-1873), famous Civil 1876 War leader, KIA in the Modoc Indian Wars, CA, 11 April 1873.

009 Baker Columbus Platte NE Chart'd 14 June Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1876 010 Abe Lincoln David City Butler NE Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Chart'd 7 June Twenty-three charter members. History of Nebraska, 1882; 16th President of the United 1877 Dept. Proceedings, 1910 States. 011 Lyon Grand Island Hall NE Chart'd 29 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1877 012 E. V. Sumner Sidney Cheyenne NE MG Edwin Vose Sumner (1797- Chart'd 5 Apr. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1863), famous Civil War leader. 1878 013 Silas A. Strickland Hastings Adams NE Chart'd 8 May Eighteen charter members. The 1890 history of Adams County Biographical and Historical 1878; Must'd 13 notes that the Post was originally chartered with the number 19. Memoirs of Adams, Clay, Hall May 1878; Re- This may have been a typographical error, but it needs to be and Hamilton Counties, NE, org. 5 Oct. 1880 confirmed. 1890; Dept. Proceedings, 1910

014 E. A. Rice Steele City Jefferson NE Org. 30 June NEGenWeb Military Resource 1883 Center

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 015 George H. Thomas Nelson Nuckolls NE MG George Henry Thomas (1816- Chart'd 11 May Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1870), famous Civil War leader. 1878

016 Edgar Edgar Clay NE Named for the community in Chart'd 1879; Re- Forty-three charter members. National Tribune, 5 Apr. 1883; which the Post was based. org. 7 March Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1883 017 Morton Hebron Thayer NE Chart'd 1879; Re- Dept. Proceedings, 1910 org. 4 Mar. 1882 018 W. A. Webb Fairmont Fillmore NE Chart'd 23 Mar. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1879 019 George G. Meade Sutton Clay NE MG George Gordon Meade (1815- IOOF Hall (original meeting Chart'd 27 Mar. Twenty charter members. History of Nebraska, 1882; 1872), famous Civil War leader. place); Armory 1879; Must'd 28 Dept. Proceedings, 1910 Apr. 1879 020 Edwin M. Stanton Rising City Butler NE Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814- Chart'd 2 July Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1869), Secretary of War under 1879 President Lincoln. 021 Wadsworth Syracuse Otoe NE Parry's Hall (1882) Chart'd 19 July Eighteen charter members. History of Nebraska, 1882; 1879 Dept. Proceedings, 1910 022 Wilson Geneva Fillmore NE Chart'd 21 July Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1879 023 Buford Central City Merrick NE Chart'd 22 July Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1879 024 William Baumer Nebraska City Otoe NE LTC William Baumer, 1st NE Chart'd 5 July 1935 Closed with death of last member, William Balfour Civil War Museum - GAR Hall, Infantry. 1883 Nebraska City, NE; Dept. Proceedings, 1910 025 Farragut Lincoln Lancaster NE ADM David Glasgow Farragut Chart'd 8 Sept. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 (1801-1870), famous Civil War 1879 leader. 026 J. F. Reynolds Osceola Polk NE MG John Fulton Reynolds (1820- Chart'd 4 June History of Nebraska, 1882; 1863), KIA at the Battle of 1879; Must'd 27 Dept. Proceedings, 1910 Gettysburg on 1 July 1863. Nov. 1879 Famous Civil War leader. 027 Thornburg Clarks Merrick NE Chart'd 20 Oct. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1879 028 Joe Hooker Shelton Buffalo NE MG Joseph Hooker (1814-1879), Chart'd 6 Dec. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 famous Civil War leader. 1879 029 Elmer E. Ellsworth Silver Creek Merrick NE COL Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth Chart'd 27 Dec. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 (1837-1861), colonel in the New 1879 York Fire Zouaves (11th N.Y. Inf.), who was the first Union casualty of the Civil War, killed by a pro- Confederacy innkeeper in Alexandria, VA, on 24 May 1861. Civil War hero and martyr.

030 Jeff. C. Davis Ft. Hartsuff Valley NE BG Jefferson Columbus Davis (1828-1879), famous Civil War leader. 030 COL Kane Raymond Lancaster NE Chart'd 7 Mar. Thirteen charter members. National Tribune, 17 May 1883; 1883 Dept. Proceedings, 1910

031 Robert McCook Ashland Saunders NE BG Robert Latimer McCook (1827- Chart'd 22 Jan. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1862), died of wounds at 1880 Huntsville, AL, on 6 August 1862. Famous Civil War leader. One of the "fighting McCooks." 032 Robert Anderson York York NE MAJ (Bvt. MG) Robert Anderson Chart'd 23 Jan. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 (1805-1871), commander of the 1880 garrison at Fort Sumter when it was bombarded at the outset of the Civil War. 033 James Shields Grafton Fillmore NE Chart'd 24 Jan. Dept. Proceedings, 1895 1880 034 Phil Sheridan Schuyler Colfax NE MG Philip Henry Sheridan (1831- Chart'd 25 Feb. Ten charter members. History of Nebraska, 1882; 1888), famous Civil War leader. 1880 Dept. Proceedings, 1910 035 Rawlins Beatrice Gage NE Chart'd 1880; Re- Dis. Mar. 1930 Disbanded with 8 surviving members. El Paso Evening Post, 17 Mar. org 27 Dec. 1882 1930; Dept. Proceedings, 1910

036 T. E. G. Ransom Scotia Greeley NE BG Thomas Edward Greenfield Chart'd 25 Feb. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 Ransom (1834-1864), U.S. 1880 Volunteers, died of disease at Rome, GA, 29 Oct. 1864.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 037 GEN Scott Blue Springs Gage NE Chart'd 8 Apr. Sur. 27 July Surrendered charter on 27 July 1911. Later recalled charter and Dept. Proceedings, 1910, 1912 1880; Re-org 16 1911 was reinstated with 10 members on 16 Oct. 1911. Oct. 1911 038 Mitchell Waverly Lancaster NE Chart'd 6 Mar. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1880 039 Lew Wallace Pleasant Hill Custer NE Maj-Gen Lewis "Lew" Wallace (1827-1905), famous Civil War leader. 039 Edward Lennox Atkinson Holt NE Chart'd 30 Oct. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1883 040 Commodore Foote Ord Valley NE Commodore (RADM) Andrew Hull Chart'd 1880; Re- Dept. Proceedings, 1910 Foote (1806-1863), U.S. Navy, org 9 June 1882 famous Civil War leader. 041 Dick Yates Waco York NE Richard "Dick" Yates (1815-1874), Chart'd 17 Mar. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 governor of Illinois during the Civil 1880 War. 042 Kit Carson Albion Boone NE COL (Bvt. BG) Christopher Chart'd 22 Mar. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 Huston "Kit" Carson (1809-1868), 1880 famous guide with J. C. Frémont, later colonel in the New Mexico Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. 043 George C. Oliver Fairfield Clay NE Conrad's Hall; Hopper's Hall Chart'd 14 Apr. Sur. 8 Jan. Twenty-six charter members. History of Nebraska, 1882; 1880 1914 Dept. Proceedings, 1910, 1914

044 Zack Chandler Aurora Hamilton NE Zachariah T. Chandler (1813- Chart'd 16 Apr. Twenty-six charter members. Associated with Zach Chandler History of Nebraska, 1882; 1879), U.S. Senator from MI who 1880 Corps, No. 30, WRC, and Zach Chandler Camp, No. 18, SUVCW. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 used his influence to raise and equip troops. He was one of the founders of the Republican Party.

045 John McConnihie Plattsmouth Cass NE Chart'd 26 Apr. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1880 046 Carrigan Bell Creek / Arlington Washington NE Chart'd 6 May Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1880 047 Heckathorne Tecumseh Johnson NE Chart'd 11 May Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1880 048 Commodore Porter Salem Richardson NE Commodore William David Porter Chart'd 13 May Dept. Proceedings, 1910 (1808-1864), U.S. Navy, famous 1880 Civil War leader. 049 Wright Woolsey Elk Creek Johnson NE 050 Reno Wisner Cuming NE MG Jesse Lee Reno (1823-1862), KIA at Battle of South Mountain, MD, on 14 Sept. 1862. Famous Civil War leader. 050 GEN Lew Wallace Hubbell Thayer NE MG Lewis "Lew" Wallace (1827- Chart'd 10 Mar. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1905), famous Civil War leader. 1883 051 C. G. Harker Wilber Saline NE BG Charles Garrison Harker Chart'd 21 June Dis. 1911 Forth charter members. Also listed as C. S. Harker Post. A fire History of Nebraksa, 1882; (1835-1864), KIA at Kennesaw 1880 destroyed their lodge rooms in the winter of 1880. Disbanded with Dept. Proceedings, 1912 Mountain, GA, on 27 June 1864. four members. Famous Civil War leader. 052 John A. Dix Blair Washington NE Chart'd 2 July One hundred and thirteen charter members. History of Nebraska, 1882; 1880 Dept. Proceedings, 1910 053 Sill Burlingame Merrick NE 053 Boston Corbett Fairfield Clay NE 053 G. W. Culp Nemaha Nemaha NE Org. 4 Aug. 1883 NEGenWeb Military Resource Center 054 Mansfield Palmyra Otoe NE Org. 20 July History of Nebraksa, 1882; 1880; Chart'd 28 Dept. Proceedings, 1910 July 1880 055 Dahlgren Papillion Sarpy NE Chart'd 1 Sept. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1880 056 Winslow Milford Seward NE Chart'd 1 Sept. Eighteen charter members. History of Nebraskas, 1882; 1880 Dept. Proceedings, 1910 057 Heintzelman Camp Sheridan Sheridan NE MG Samuel Peter Heintzelman (1805-1880), famous Civil War leader. 057 Frank P. Lombard North Loup Valley NE Chart'd 12 Apr. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1883 058 A. L. Gates Lerton / Lyons Burt NE Chart'd 22 Mar. Fourteen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1910; 1883 Tekamah Herald, 10 Sept. 1915

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 059 J. A. Mower Stromsburg Polk NE MG Joseph Anthony Mower (1827- Chart'd 2 Oct. Twenty-seven charter members. History of Nebraska, 1882; 1870), famous Civil War leader. 1880 Dept. Proceedings, 1910

060 Richardson Harvard Clay NE Chart'd 4 Oct. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1880 061 John Bishop Weeping Water Cass 061 Lafayette Weeping Water Cass NE Chart'd 28 Mar. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1881 062 Elizabeth Upright Bennet Lancaster NE Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Olmstead Chart'd 29 Apr. History of Nebraska, 1882; Marchant Upright (1805-1890), of 1881 Dept. Proceedings, 1910 Iowa, whose ten sons and husband (Morris Upright) served in the Union forces. An eleventh son served in the Indian Wars. A remarkable situation for one mother to send so many of her sons to war. 063 Old Abe Superior Nuckolls NE Chart'd 11 May Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1881 064 Sherman Valparaiso Saunders NE MG William Tecumseh Sherman Chart'd 6 June Dept. Proceedings, 1895 (1820-1891), famous Civil War 1881 leader. 064 W. A. Easley Valparaiso Saunders NE Namesake changed to MAJ Harlan Baird in 1910. See MAJ Harlan Baird Post, No. 64. 064 W. A. Easley / MAJ Harlan Valparaiso Saunders NE Chart'd 6 June Namesake changed from W. A. Easley in 1910. See W. A. Easley Dept. Proceedings, 1910 Baird 1881 Post, No. 64. 065 A. J. Smith Doniphan Hall NE Org. 20 June NEGenWeb Military Resource 1881 Center 066 William Mix Humboldt Richardson NE Chart'd 28 June Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1881 067 CPT James P. Mead Long Pine Brown NE Org. 4 July 1881 NEGenWeb Military Resource Center 067 216 Gould Republican City Harlan NE 067 087 Griffin Stockham Hamilton NE 068 John C. Fremont Neligh Antelope NE MG John Charles Frémont (1813- Chart'd 17 Aug. Fifteen charter members. History of Nebraska, 1882; 1890), famous Civil War and 1881 Dept. Proceedings, 1910 Mexican War leader. 069 Stephen A. Douglas North Platte Lincoln NE Chart'd 10 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1881 070 Schrontz / W. H. Irwin Creighton Knox NE Chart'd 6 Aug. Sur. 29 July Dept. Proceedings, 1910, 1914 1881 1913 071 Star Bromfield / Giltner Hamilton NE Chart'd 6 Aug. Listed as Starr Post in the 1907 Departmern Proceedings. Dept. Proceedings, 1895 1881 072 Dick Beadle Hardy Nuckolls NE Chart'd 18 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1881 073 Farnsworth Ulysses Butler NE BG Elon John Farnsworth (1837- Chart'd 19 Aug. Thirty charter members. History of Nebraska, 1882; 1863), famous Civil War leader, 1881 Dept. Proceedings, 1910 KIA at Gettysburg, PA, on 3 July 1863. 074 Caddell Cedar Rapids Boone NE Chart'd 23 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1881 075 Holland Crete Saline NE Chart'd 2 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1881 076 John Brown Exeter Fillmore NE John Brown (1800-1859), famous Chart'd 7 Sept. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 abolitionist. He was the leader of 1881 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. 077 Russell Fairbury Jefferson NE Chart'd 8 Sept. History of Nebraska, 1882; 1881; Must'd 19 Dept. Proceedings, 1910 Sept. 1881 078 Western Western Saline NE Named for the community in which the Post was based. 079 A. E. Burnside Bladen Webster NE MG Ambrose Everett Burnside Chart'd 22 Sept. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 (1824-1881), famous Civil War 1881 leader.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 080 James A. Garfield Red Cloud Webster NE MG James Abram Garfield (1831- Masonic Hall Chart'd 26 Sept. Dept. Proceedings, 1910; 1881), Civil War leader and later 1881 Biographical and Historical US President (assassinated). Memoirs of Adams, Clay, Webster and Nuckolls Counties, Nebraska (1890) 081 Geary Juniata Adams NE GAR Hall (dedicated 1886) Chart'd 24 Oct. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1881 082 Kilpatrick Oakdale Antelope NE Chart'd 17 Dec. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1881 083 C. R. Lowell Bellwood Butler NE Chart'd 11 Jan. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1882 084 Veteran Falls City Richardson NE Named in honor of the Civil War Chart'd 19 Jan. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 Veteran. 1882 085 SGT Key Eight Mile Grove Cass NE 086 GEN John O'Neill / GENs O'Neill Holt NE Re-org 1910 Consolidated with General Colburn Post, No. 251, of Leonia in Dept. Proceedings, 1910 O'Neill-Colburn (aft. 1910) 1910. Name changed to Gens. O'Neill-Coburn Post, No. 86, based in O'Neill. 087 067 Griffin Farmers Valley / Hamilton NE Org. 29 Mar. NEGenWeb Military Resource Stockham 1882 Center 088 Elliott Davenport Thayer NE Chart'd 6 Mar. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1882 089 S. R. Curtis Dewitt Saline NE Chart'd 9 Mar. Twenty-six charter members. History of Nebraskas, 1882; 1882 Dept. Proceedings, 1910 090 John A. Andrew Wahoo Saunders NE Chart'd 13 Mar. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1882 091 Strong Minden Kearney NE Chart'd 23 Mar. Dept. Proceedings, 1895 1882 092 Simon Cameron Cairo Hall NE Simon Cameron (1799-1889), Chart'd 29 Apr. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 Adjutant-General in 1882 in 1825, first Secretary of War during the Civil War, famous politician. 093 Stephen A. Hurlbut Hampton Hamilton NE MG Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (1815-1882), one of the founding fathers of the GAR. 094 Van Meter Alma Harlan NE Chart'd 10 May Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1882 095 John Ingham Pawnee City Pawnee NE Chart'd 18 May Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1882 096 Tucker Taylor Loup NE COL Isaac M. Tucker (1832- Chart'd 12 June Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1862), 2nd NJ Inf., KIA at Gaines' 1882 Mill, VA, on 27 June 1862.

097 Noble W. Graves Bradshaw York NE Chart'd 14 June Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1882 098 C. C. Washburn Broken Bow Custer NE Chart'd 12 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1882 099 GEN Sill Sterling Johnson NE Chart'd 31 July Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1882 100 SGT Cox Adams Gage NE Chart'd 1 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1882 101 J. B. Wyman Firth Lancaster NE Chart'd 2 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1882 102 R. O. D. Cummings Shelby Polk NE Chart'd 4 Aug. Sur. 19 Dec. Dept. Proceedings, 1910, 1914 1882 1913 103 Pollock Brownville Nemaha NE 104 GEN Roberts Talmage Otoe NE Chart'd 1 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1882 105 Sully North Bend Dodge NE Chart'd 14 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1882 106 Kirkwood Springfield Sarpy NE Chart'd 15 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1882 107 Coats Dorchester Saline NE Chart'd 15 Aug. Also spelled Coates. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1882 108 O. P. Mason Oxford Furnas NE Org. 26 Jan. 1882 NEGenWeb Military Resource Center 108 Crocker Oxford Furnas NE 109 Mathewson Norfolk Madison NE Chart'd 16 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1882 110 Omaha / U. S. Grant Omaha Douglas NE GEN Ulysses Simpson Grant Chart'd 18 Aug. Eighteen charter members. Organized as Omaha Post No. 110. History of the City of Omaha, 1822-1885), famous Civil War 1882 Name changed to U.S. Grant Post No. 110 on 12 June 1888. 1894; Dept. Proceedings, 1910 leader, later US President.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 111 SGT Glover Holcomb / Holdrege Phelps NE Chart'd 26 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1882 112 Reno Plum Creek / Dawson NE MG Jesse Lee Reno (1823-1862), Chart'd 30 Sept. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 Lexington KIA at Battle of South Mountain, 1882 MD, on 14 Sept. 1862. Famous Civil War leader. 113 George K. Warren Gibbon Buffalo NE Chart'd 21 Aug. Nineteen charter members. Associated with G. K. Warren Corps, Bassett, 1916, Buffalo County, 1882 No. 113, WRC. Nebraska, and its People; Dept. Proceedings, 1910

114 Whitehead Orleans Harlan NE Chart'd 23 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1882 115 Coleman Wymore Gage NE Chart'd 7 Oct. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1882 116 Stoneman Ponca Dixon NE Chart'd 4 Oct. Dis. 1915 Dept. Proceedings, 1910, 1916 1882 117 Collins Glenville Clay NE Sur. 1887 Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Adams, Clay, Webster and Nuckolls Counties, Nebraska (1890) 118 Boomer Tekamah Burt NE COL (Bvt.? BG) George Masonic Hall (to 1904); Post Hall Chart'd 10 Oct. Sixteen charter members. The Post Hall (orginally the Masonic Dept. Proceedings, 1910; Boardman Boomer (1832-1863), 1882 Hall) was consumed by a fire on 3 July 1904. Only the "descriptive Tekamah Herald, 10 Sept. 26th MO Inf., KIA at Vicksburg, list" and the Post Bible were saved. The Masons allowed the Post 1915 MS, on 22 May 1863. to meet in their hall free of charge, and they gave the hall -- with furnishings-- the the GAR in 1895 when they moved to another location. 119 Decatur Burt NE MG Gordon Granger (1822-1876), Chart'd 11 Oct. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 famous Civil War leader. 1882 120 Garrett Arapahoe Furnas NE Chart'd 16 Oct. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1882 121 COL Cruft Brainard Butler NE Chart'd 1 Nov. Dept. Proceedings, 1895 1882 122 Hunter Ohiowa Fillmore NE Chart'd 21 Nov. Dept. Proceedings, 1895 1882 123 Kenesaw Elmwood Cass NE Kennesaw Mountain, GA, site of Chart'd 8 Nov. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 major Civil War battle. 1882 124 Shiloh Loup City Sherman NE Shiloh, TN, site of major Civil War Chart'd 11 Nov. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 battle, 1862. 1882 125 Lander Niobrara Knox NE Chart'd 17 Nov. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1882 126 Buckingham Mills Bazile Mills Knox NE 127 Lookout Mountain Saxon / Friend Saline NE Org. 4 Nov. 1882 NEGenWeb Military Resource Center 128 Mulligan Sacramento Phelps NE 129 Finnicum Wisner Cuming NE Chart'd 29 Dec. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1882 130 W. F. Stacy / W. T. Sherman Friend Saline NE MG William Tecumseh Sherman Org. 20 Dec. NEGenWeb Military Resource (1820-1891), famous Civil War 1882 Center leader. 131 Antietam Bloomington Franklin NE Antietam, MD, site of major Civil Chart'd 8 Jan. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 War battle. 1883 132 B. F. Stephenson Gresham York/Polk NE Dr. (Surgeon) Benjamin Franklin Chart'd 27 Jan. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 Stephenson (1822-1871), 14th IL 1883 Inf., founder of the Grand Army of the Republic. 133 Upton Hooper Dodge NE Chart'd 9 Feb. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1883 134 Bradley Wood River Hall NE Chart'd 17 Mar. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1883 135 J. A. Logan Blue Hill Webster NE MG John Alexander Logan (1826- 1886), famous Civil War leader. 136 Ben Franklin Franklin Franklin NE Chart'd 17 Mar. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1883 137 MAJ Keenan Beaver Crossing Seward NE MAJ Peter Keenan (1834-1863), Org. 10 Apr. 1883 NEGenWeb Military Resource 8th PA Cav., KIA at Center Chancellorsville, VA, on 3 May 1863. 138 T. O. Howe Guide Rock Webster NE Org. Mar. 1883 Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Adams, Clay, Webster and Nuckolls Counties, Nebraska (1890)

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 139 Winchester Utica Seward NE Org. 16 Apr. 1883 NEGenWeb Military Resource Center 140 Kinsman St. Edwards Boone NE Chart'd 21 Mar. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1883 141 C. H. Slocum Endicott Jefferson NE Org. 14 Mar. Seventeen charter members. The National Tribune notes that the National Tribune, 24 May 1883; 1883 Post was mustered on 14 Apri 1883. NEGenWeb Military Resource Center 142 Putnam Marquette Hamilton NE Chart'd 12 Mar. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1883 143 S. P. Chase Madison Madison NE Chart'd 11 May Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1883 144 Parson Brownlow Chester Thayer NE William Gannaway "Parson" Org. 21 May 1883 NEGenWeb Military Resource Brownlow (1805-1877), famous Center newspaper editor and minister. He opposed secession, publishing a book on the topic in 1862. Later governor of TN. 145 Robert Mercer South Bend Cass NE Must'd 19 Apr. Thirteen charter members. National Tribune, 17 May 1883 1883 146 John E. Kleven Culbertson Hitchcock NE Org. 21 Apr. 1883 NEGenWeb Military Resource Center 147 Live Eagle Fullerton Nance NE Chart'd 19 Apr. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1883 148 Reserve Odell Gage NE Chart'd 1 May Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1883 149 Mission Ridge Greenwood Cass NE Chart'd 8 May Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1883 150 Frank P. Blair Riverton Franklin NE MG Franklin Preston Blair, Jr. Chart'd 8 Apr. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 (1821-1875), famous Civil War 1883 leader. 151 Memorial Schickley Fillmore NE Chart'd 24 May Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1883 152 Herron Ayr Adams NE Chart'd 8 May Twenty-three charter members. National Tribune, 24 May 1883; 1883 Dept. Proceedings, 1910

153 Corinth Genoa Nance NE Corinth, MS, site of major Civil Chart'd 19 May Dept. Proceedings, 1910 War battle (siege), 1862. 1883 154 Indianola Indianola Red Willow NE Named for the community in Chart'd 26 May Dept. Proceedings, 1910 which the Post was based. 1883 155 Mathies Kenesaw Adams NE Chart'd 26 May Also called Mathias Post. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1883 156 Valley Heartwell / Minden Kearney NE Org. 9 June 1883 NEGenWeb Military Resource Center 157 Reynolds / MAJ Potter Reynolds Jefferson NE Chart'd 15 June Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1883 158 Clark Elder Chapman Merrick NE Chart'd 23 June Sur. 1915 Dept. Proceedings, 1910, 1916 1883 159 William F. Barry Liberty Gage NE Org. 7 July 1883 NEGenWeb Military Resource Center 160 Hansen Hansen Adams NE Named for the community in Org. 23 June Disbanded before 1890. "It is alleged that beyond the formal Biographical and Historical which the Post was based. 1883 organization nothing was accomplished." Memoirs of Adams, Clay, Webster and Nuckolls Counties, Nebraska (1890) 161 Rocky Face Morseville Adams NE 162 GEN Thayer Alexander Thayer NE 163 CPT J. H. Freas Beaver City Furnas NE Chart'd 14 July Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1883 164 Volunteer Dawson Richardson NE Org. 19 July 1883 NEGenWeb Military Resource Center 165 John N. Gere Table Rock Pawnee NE Chart'd 15 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1883 166 Trego Rulo Richardson NE Org. 18 Dec. NEGenWeb Military Resource 1883 Center 167 Baldwin Phillips / St Joe / Hamilton NE Grand Island 168 E. O. C. Ord Carleton Thayer NE MG Edward Otho Cresap Ord Org. 27 Aug. NEGenWeb Military Resource (1818-1883), famous Civil War 1883 Center leader. 169 A. L. Mason Crab Orchard Johnson NE Chart'd 1 Sept. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1883 170 Crittenden / McBeath Dakota City Dakota NE

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 171 Ainsworth Ainsworth Brown NE Named for the community in Org. 14 July 1883 NEGenWeb Military Resource which the Post was based. Center 172 William A. Butler Burchard Pawnee NE Org. 14 Dec. NEGenWeb Military Resource 1883 Center 173 Auburn / Lot H. Carley Auburn Nemaha NE Chart'd 18 Jan. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1884 174 Atlanta Valley / Waterloo Douglas NE Chart'd 13 Oct. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1883 175 A. B. Fox / O. K. Vanscoye Louisville Cass NE Must'd 24 Nov. National Tribune, 20 Dec. 1883; Re-org. 28 1883; NEGenWeb Military Oct. 1891 Resource Center 176 Belmont Wakefield Dixon NE 177 COL R. M. Stuart Stuart Holt NE Chart'd 19 Feb. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1884 178 Hutton Elm Creek Buffalo NE 179 Ossowattomie Hartington Cedar NE Chart'd 28 Feb. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1884 180 Steedman Ainsley Custer NE MG James Blair Steedman 1817- Chart'd 20 Feb. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1883), famous Civil War leader. 1884 181 Gratehouse Humphrey Platte NE 182 Governor Harvey Tilden Madison NE Chart'd 11 Mar. History of Dearborn, and 1884 Switzerland Counties, 1885. 183 William Inman Inman Holt NE 184 Monitor Cortland Gage NE 185 C. R. Weaver Emerson Dixon NE Chart'd 19 Apr. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1884 186 J. L. Wright Grand Rapids Holt NE 187 Cambridge Cambridge Furnas NE Named for the community in Chart'd 21 Oct. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 which the Post was based. 1884 188 Jesse B. Morehouse Tobias Saline NE Chart'd 22 May Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1884 189 Amzi Garrison Fletcher Washington NE Org. 21 June NEGenWeb Military Resource 1884 Center 190 Kendall Stanton Stanton NE Chart'd 8 July Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1884 191 Pierce Pierce Pierce NE Named for the community in which the Post was based. 192 GEN Auger Ewing Holt NE Chart'd 10 July Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1884 193 J. G. Lauman Plainview John Burns NE Chart'd 13 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1884 194 Chickamauga Unadilla Otoe NE Chickamauga, GA, site of a series of major Civil War battles in 1863.

195 SGT G. W. Sweet Sargent / West Union / Custer NE Chart'd 13 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 Eri 1884 196 Excelsior Arnold Custer NE Chart'd 26 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1884 197 D. S. Crawford West Point Cuming NE Chart'd 29 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1884 198 Elwood / Stout Elwood / Homerville Gosper NE Chart'd 2 Apr. Dept. Proceedings, 1895 1885 199 Sanford Staley Swanton Saline NE Org. 4 Apr. 1885 NEGenWeb Military Resource Center 200 U. S. Grant Naponee Franklin NE GEN Ulysses Simpson Grant 1822-1885), famous Civil War leader, later US President. 201 Strain Plymouth Jefferson NE Chart'd 27 June Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1885 202 Williams Axtell Kearney NE 203 George Vanderventer Verdon Richardson NE 204 A. A. Plumb Wilsonville Furnas NE Chart'd 23 June Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1885 205 Lindsey Cozad Dawson NE Chart'd 1 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1885 206 Thomas Martin Gothenburg Dawson NE Chart'd 1 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1885 207 J. K. Barnes McCook Red Willow NE Chart'd 2 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1885 208 COL Wood Valentine Cherry NE Org. 24 Oct. 1885 NEGenWeb Military Resource Center

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 209 Mulligan Western Saline NE Chart'd 28 Sept. Dept. Proceedings, 1895, 1910 1885; Re-chart'd 27 Oct. 1894 210 Garland Doty Boyd NE 211 H. S. Kaley Cowles Webster NE 212 Springview Springview Keya Paha NE Named for the community in Re-Chart'd 6 Dept. Proceedings, 1895 which the Post was based. Sept. 1895 212 Harbine Harbine Jefferson KS Named for the community in which the Post was based. 213 George B. McClellan Bertrand Phelps NE MG George Brinton McLellan (1826-1885), famous Civil War leader. 214 Appomattox Lincoln Lancaster NE Appomattox Courthouse, VA, Knights of Pythias Hall, corner O Chart'd 28 Jan. Lincoln Evening Call, 2 July location of Gen. Lee's surrender. and 10th Streets (1887) 1886 1887; Dept. Proceedings, 1910

215 John M. Thayer Ogalalla Keith NE Org. 13 Feb. NEGenWeb Military Resource 1886 Center 216 067 Gould Republican City Harlan NE Chart'd 29 Apr. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1886 217 GEN Edwards Benkelman Dundy NE Chart'd 26 May Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1886 218 Harrison / Crocker Chappell Deuel NE Chart'd 14 June Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1886 219 Corinth Stratton Hitchcock NE Corinth, MS, site of major Civil Org. 23 June NEGenWeb Military Resource War battle (siege), 1862. 1886 Center 220 Cedar Mountain Ravenna Buffalo NE Chart'd 15 July Sur. Jan. 1913 Dept. Proceedings, 1910, 1913 1886 221 Pickett Kimball Cheyenne NE Org. 20 July 1886 NEGenWeb Military Resource Center 222 Clearwater Clearwater Antelope NE Named for the community in Chart'd 23 July Dept. Proceedings, 1910 which the Post was based. 1886 223 310, Hay Springs / Rushville / Hay Springs / Sheridan NE Chart'd 18 Oct. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 323 Sheridan Co. Rushville / Gordon 1886 224 335 William Whitaker Apple Creek / Dorsey Holt NE 225 COL J. R. Scott Ono Wheeler NE 226 Alfred Doane Gandy Logan NE Chart'd 7 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1886 227 Lennington Chadron Dawes NE Chart'd 29 Sept. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1886 228 Ransom Jewett Armada / Miller / Buffalo NE Chart'd 13 Oct. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 Kearney 1886 229 Newport Newport Rock / Brown NE Named for the community in Org. 4 Nov. 1886 NEGenWeb Military Resource which the Post was based. Center 230 Peter A. Porter Bloomfield / Peoria / Knox NE Org. 23 Oct. 1886 NEGenWeb Military Resource Blyville / Herrick Center 231 Perryville Litchfield Sherman NE Chart'd 17 Dec. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1886 232 Chickamauga Lodgepole Cheyenne NE Chickamauga, GA, site of a series of major Civil War battles in 1863.

233 Gettysburg Trenton Hitchcock NE Gettysburg, PA, site of major Civil Org. 3 Feb. 1887 NEGenWeb Military Resource War battle, 1863. Center 234 Hancock / GEN Victor Willow Springs Garfield NE Chart'd 23 Apr. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 Vifquain 1904 235 T. T. Dow Arcadia Valley NE Org. 10 Feb. NEGenWeb Military Resource 1887 Center 236 Hackleman Cairo Hall NE 237 Stone River Mason City Custer NE Stones River (Murfreesboro), TN, site of major Civil War battle, 1862. 238 Wauhatchie Howells Colfax NE 239 John A. Jordan Clay Center Clay NE Chart'd 11 Mar. Organized in the winter of 1886-7. Biographical and Historical 1887 Memoirs of Adams, Clay, Webster and Nuckolls Counties, Nebraska (1890) 240 GEN Hazen Bartlett Wheeler NE MG William Babcock Hazen (1830- Org. 17 Mar. NEGenWeb Military Resource 1887), famous Civil War leader. 1887 Center

241 GEN O'Brien Turner Holt NE Org. April 1887 NEGenWeb Military Resource Center

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 242 Chester A. Arthur Lawrence Nuckolls NE BG Chester Alan Arthur (1829- Chart'd 17 May Sur. Oct. 1912 Dept. Proceedings, 1910, 1913 1886), famous Civil War leader, 1887 21st President of the . 243 Campbell Campbell Franklin NE Named for the community in Chart'd 2 May Dept. Proceedings, 1910 which the Post was based. 1887 244 J. W. McLane Farnam Dawson NE COL John White McLane (1820- Org. 4 July 1887 NEGenWeb Military Resource 1862), 83rd PA Inf., KIA at Center Gaines' Mills, VA, on 27 June 1862. Resident of Erie County, PA. 245 Nickajack Diller Jefferson NE Chart'd 12 July Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1887 246 313 Emerick Emerick / Newman Madison NE Named for the community in Grove which the Post was based. 247 Mark Goodham Chambers Holt NE Chart'd 28 July Also listed as Mark Goodwin Post. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1887 248 A. C. Harding Wilcox Kearney NE 249 COL Gillespie Norden Keya Paha NE Org. 12 Sept. NEGenWeb Military Resource 1887 Center 250 Heintzelman Stockville Frontier NE MG Samuel Peter Heintzelman Org. 22 Sept. NEGenWeb Military Resource (1805-1880), famous Civil War 1887 Center leader. 251 GEN Colburn Leonia Holt NE Org. 3 Oct. 1887 1910 Consolidated with General John O'Neill Post, No. 86, of O'Neill in Dept. Proceedings, 1910; 1910. Name changed to Gens. O'Neill-Colburn Post, No. 86, NEGenWeb Military Resource based in O'Neill. Center 252 Vicksburg Strang Fillmore NE Vicksburg, MS, site of major Civil Org. 5 Oct. 1887 NEGenWeb Military Resource War battle (siege and campaign). Center

253 GEN Ricketts Arborville York NE Org. 19 Oct. 1887 NEGenWeb Military Resource Center 254 Carleton Imperial Chase NE 255 Putnam / John A. Logan Grant Custer NE Name changed to John A. Logan Post on 27 July 1894. Dept. Proceedings, 1895 256 Samuel Rice Merna Custer NE Chart'd 22 Oct. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1887 257 R. B. Marcy Brewster Blaine NE Org. Dec. 1887 Also listed as A. B. Mercer Post. NEGenWeb Military Resource Center 258 William F. Cody Wallace Lincoln NE Chart'd 18 Feb. Dept. Proceedings, 1895 1888 259 E. D. Fancher Johnstown Brown NE Chart'd 21 Feb. Dept. Proceedings, 1895 1888 260 Iuka Carrico / Hayes Center Hayes NE Chart'd 25 Feb. Dept. Proceedings, 1895 1888 261 Robinson / Dawes NE Org. 6 Apr. 1888 NEGenWeb Military Resource Crawford Center 262 Gate City / Phil S. Sheridan / Omaha Douglas NE 3rd namesake: MG George R. Goodrich Hall, N 24th St. (1890) Chart'd 6 Apr. Sixteen charter members. Originally chartered as Gate City Post. Omaha Sunday Bee, 21 Dec. GEN George Crook Crook (1828-1890), famous Civil 1888 Name changed to Phil S. Sheridan Post, but a conflict over the 1890; History of the City of War and Indian Wars leader. name selection arose with Post 34 in Schuyler. The matter was Omaha, 1894; Dept. dropped when the Post convened a special meeting in March Proceedings, 1910 1890, and opted to change its name to honor recently deceased GEN George Crook. 263 Myrtle Kingston Custer NE Org. 30 Mar. NEGenWeb Military Resource 1888 Center 264 William Hayes Callaway Custer NE Chart'd 13 Mar. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1888 265 Gering Gehring Scotts Bluff NE Chart'd 30 Mar. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1888 266 Norton Daykin Jefferson NE Org. 8 June 1888 NEGenWeb Military Resource Center 267 Thomas F. Meagher Greeley Center Greeley NE BG Thomas Francis Meagher Chart'd 9 June Dept. Proceedings, 1910 (1823-1867), famous Civil War 1888 leader. 268 Nonpareil Nonpareil Box Butte NE Named for the community in which the Post was based. 269 H. B. Hull Palisade Hitchcock NE Org. 18 July 1888 NEGenWeb Military Resource Center 270 Little Phil Tecumseh Johnson NE MG Philip Henry Sheridan (1831- Org. 30 July 1888 Sur. 22 May Dept. Proceedings, 1895; 1888), famous Civil War leader, 1894 NEGenWeb Military Resource nicknamed "Little Phil." Center 271 A. W. Howard Alexandria Thayer NE

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 272 John W. Vance Battle Creek Madison NE Org. 18 Aug. NEGenWeb Military Resource 1888 Center 273 Boston Corbett Leigh Colfax NE Chart'd 4 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1888 274 GEN Crittenden Comstock / Wescott Custer NE Re-org 19 Sept. Sur. 12 Oct. Surrendered charter with seven members in 1910. They recalled Dept. Proceedings, 1911, 1912 1911 1910 their charter and were reinstated on 19 Sept. 1911 275 Atlanta Monroe / Platte Centre Platte NE Chart'd 18 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1888 276 Meredith Petersburg Boone NE Org. 13 Sept. NEGenWeb Military Resource 1888 Center 277 William H. L. Wallace Filley Gage NE BG William Hervey Lamme Re-chart'd May Dept. Proceedings, 1895 Wallace (1821-1862), mortally 1894 wounded at Shiloh, died 19 Apr. 1862. 278 W. E. Drury Pender Thurston NE Org. 23 Oct. 1888 NEGenWeb Military Resource Center 279 COL Jewell Barada Richardson NE Org. 29 Oct. 1888 Also listed as COL Jewett Post. NEGenWeb Military Resource Center 280 Stephen A. Hurlbut Madrid Perkins NE MG Stephen Augustus Hurlbut Org. 26 Nov. NEGenWeb Military Resource (1815-1882), one of the founding 1888 Center fathers of the GAR. 281 Hemingford Hemingford Box Butte NE Named for the community in which the Post was based. 282 Robert R. Livingston South Omaha Douglas NE Chart'd 18 Feb. Dept. Proceedings, 1895 1889 283 William H. Harrison Trumbull Clay NE Org. 16 Mar. NEGenWeb Military Resource 1889 Center 284 Dick Oglesby Huntley Harlan NE Chart'd 4 Apr. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1889 285 Sackett Haigler Dundy NE Org. 19 Apr. 1889 NEGenWeb Military Resource Center 286 A. V. Cole Prosser Adams NE Org. 13 May 1889 NEGenWeb Military Resource Center 287 CPL James Tanner Curtis Frontier NE Chart'd 26 May Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1889 288 Eagle Eagle Cass NE Named for the community in Chart'd 7 June Dept. Proceedings, 1910 which the Post was based. 1889 289 GEN Willich Palmer Merrick NE BG August Willich, aka, Johann Chart'd 13 June Dept. Proceedings, 1910 August Ernst von Willich (1810- 1889 1878), famous Civil War leader. 290 Oak Oak Nuckolls NE Named for the community in Org. 13 May 1889 NEGenWeb Military Resource which the Post was based. Center 291 J. A. Stafford Bassett Rock NE 292 J. B. Davis Craig Burt NE Org. 23 Sept. Nineteen charter members. NEGenWeb Military Resource 1889 Center; Tekamah Herald, 10 Sept. 1915 293 Gretna Gretna Sarpy NE Named for the community in Org. 2 Nov. 1889 which the Post was based. 294 Beemer Beemer Cuming NE Named for the community in which the Post was based. 295 Cheney Cheney Lancaster NE Named for the community in which the Post was based. 296 James Laird Bartley Red Willow NE Org. 4 Dec. 1889 NEGenWeb Military Resource Center 297 CPT Keyes Lebanon Red Willow NE 298 F. M. Graham Danbury Red Willow NE Chart'd 25 Jan. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1890 299 Smith Gavitt Kearney Buffalo NE Chart'd 4 Mar. Seventeen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1890 300 James Isom Florence Douglas NE 301 Champion Champion Chase NE Named for the community in Org. 19 Apr. 1890 NEGenWeb Military Resource which the Post was based. Center 302 Martin Stowell Peru Nemaha NE Chart'd 16 May Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1890 303 GEN Sibley Maywood Frontier NE Org. 17 May 1890 NEGenWeb Military Resource Center 304 Edward Hatch Whitney Dawes NE Org. 21 May 1890 NEGenWeb Military Resource Center 305 George Weeks Harrisburg Banner NE Org. 23 May 1890 NEGenWeb Military Resource Center 306 C. W. Hayes Lushton York NE Chart'd 24 May Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1890

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 307 Berwyn Berwyn Custer NE Named for the community in Org. 12 July 1890 NEGenWeb Military Resource which the Post was based. Center 308 Banner South Sioux City Dakota NE Chart'd 16 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1890 309 Ben Thompson Brownville Nemaha NE Org. 8 Sept. 1890 NEGenWeb Military Resource Center 310 223 Rushville Rushville Sheridan NE Named for the community in Chart'd 20 Sept. Dept. Proceedings, 1895 which the Post was based. 1890 311 D. A. Woodbury Scribner Dodge NE COL Dwight Avery Woodbury Org. 25 Oct. 1890 NEGenWeb Military Resource (1828-1862), 4th MI Inf., KIA at Center Malvern Hill, VA, on 1 July 1862. Resident of Adrian, MI. 312 Jerry Sullivan Hickman Lancaster NE Org. 3 Dec. 1890 Sur. 14 Dec. Surrendered charter with three members remaining. Dept. Proceedings, 1911; 1910 NEGenWeb Military Resource Center 313 246 Emerick Emerick / Newman Madison NE Named for the community in Org. 13 Dec. NEGenWeb Military Resource Grove which the Post was based. 1890 Center 314 John Bryner Sumner Dawson NE COL John Bryner (1820-1865), Org. 29 Dec. History of Peoria County, IL, 47th IL Inf. He was later 1890 1902; NEGenWeb Military commissioned 1LT and Resource Center Quartermaster in the 139th IL Inf., dying a few months after being mustered out of that regiment. Buried Springdale Cem. and Mausoleum, Peoria, IL.

315 Gossard Herman Washington NE Org. 30 Dec. NEGenWeb Military Resource 1890 Center 316 A. H. Terry Neligh Antelope NE Org. 31 Dec. NEGenWeb Military Resource 1890 Center 317 Orchard Orchard Antelope NE Named for the community in Org. 7 Feb. 1891 NEGenWeb Military Resource which the Post was based. Center 318 Belknap University Place Lancaster NE Chart'd 7 Mar. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1891 319 GEN Morrow Overton Dawson NE 320 Stinehope / Porter Catherine Chase NE 321 GEN Dayton Alliance Box Butte NE Org. 1 July 1891 NEGenWeb Military Resource Center 322 Resaca Creston Platte NE Resaca, GA, site of famous Civil Org. 24 Oct. 1891 NEGenWeb Military Resource War battle. Center 323 S. V. Brewer Gordon Sheridan NE Org. 18 Jan. 1892 NEGenWeb Military Resource Center 324 A. N. Snider Powell Jefferson NE Chart'd 3 Mar. Dept. Proceedings, 1895 1892 325 Charles Davenport Dubois Pawnee NE Org. 3 Mar. 1892 NEGenWeb Military Resource Center 326 John H. Allen Dodge Dodge NE Chart'd 11 June Dept. Proceedings, 1895 1892 327 Rutherford B. Hayes Elgin Antelope NE BG Rutherford Birchard Hayes Chart'd 7 Feb. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 (1822-1893), famous Civil War 1893 leader, 19th President of the United States. 328 William Burgess Spencer Boyd NE Chart'd 7 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1895 1893 329 Detwilder Upland Franklin NE Chart'd 9 July Dept. Proceedings, 1895 1892 330 Sixty Six Hull Banner NE Chart'd 22 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1895 1892 331 Dr. Charles H. Wilson Nebraska City Otoe NE Chart'd 17 Sept. Dept. Proceedings, 1895 1892 332 Purdam Moorefield Frontier NE Chart'd 7 June Dept. Proceedings, 1895 1893 333 John Lamason Page Holt NE Chart'd 7 June Dept. Proceedings, 1895 1893 334 Harvey Platt Loomis Phelps NE Chart'd 3 July Dept. Proceedings, 1895 1893 335 224 George Washington Dorsey Holt NE George Washington (1731-1799), Chart'd 17 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1895 1st President of the United States. 1894

336 A. G. Curtin Douglas Otoe NE Andrew Gregg Curtin (1817- Chart'd 19 Jan. Dept. Proceedings, 1895 1894), Governor of PA during he 1895 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. 337 002 Samuel Dennis South Omaha Douglas NE 338 William S. Hooten Butte Boyd NE Chart'd 18 Apr. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1895 339 Stone River Mason City Custer NE Stones River (Murfreesboro), TN, Chart'd 20 Apr. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 site of major Civil War battle, 1895 1862. 340 Lester Baker Wauneta Chase NE 341 E. W. Ellis Vernango Perkins NE 342 CPT Cooper Axtell Kearney NE Chart'd 8 Feb. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1896 343 Curtis Curtis Frontier NE Named for the community in which the Post was based. 344 Jerry Rusk Harrison Sioux NE LTC (BVT BG) Jeremiah McLain Rusk (1830-1893), 25th WI Inf. Famous Civil War leader and post- war politician. 345 COL Louis Fancheld Harvard Clay NE 346 Nathan Bailey Edison Furnas NE 347 Holbrook Holbrook Adams NE Named for the community in which the Post was based. 348 Arapahoe Arapahoe Furnas NE Named for the community in which the Post was based. 349 M. L. Hayward Carroll Wayne NE 350 Robinson Bayard Morrill NE Chart'd 10 May Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1901 351 McKinley Stella Richardson NE CPT (Bvt. MAJ) William McKinley Chart'd 25 Feb. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 (1843-1901), soldier, 23rd Ohio 1902 Infantry, later US President, assassinated 14 September 1901.

352 Randolph Randolph Cedar NE Named for the community in Chart'd 17 Apr. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 which the Post was based. 1902 353 John A. Logan Gross Boyd NE MG John Alexander Logan (1826- Chart'd 23 Oct. Dept. Proceedings, 1907 1886), famous Civil War leader. 1903 354 A. W. Whipple Burkett Hall NE MG Amiel Weeks Whipple (1816- Chart'd 12 Dec. Based at the State Soldiers Home. Also listed as W. A. Whipple Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1863), famous Civil War leader. 1903 Post. 354 Grand Island Grand Island Hall NE Named for the community in which the Post was based. 355 W. R. Akers / GEN Logan Mitchell Scotts Bluff NE 1) SGT William R. Akers (1828- Chart'd 18 July Namesake changed from W. R. Akers to General Logan on 12 Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1915), Co. G, 7th IA Inf. 2) MG 1906 Mar. 1910. John Alexander Logan (1826- 1886), famous Civil War leader. 356 Jack Horton Lynch Boyd NE Chart'd 10 Apr. Dept. Proceedings, 1910 1908

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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